Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- African artefacts looted or inadvertently taken a way from Africa by colonialists and invaders of the continent must be repatriate d , Ethiopian newspapers suggested this week. Full text...

Addis Ababa- Ethiopia (PANA) -- A 16th century soldier's helmet stolen from Ethiopia by invading British troops nearly 140 years ago will be returned to the country on Saturday, official sources confirmed here Wednesday. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A correctional court here will next Tuesday begin hearing a defamation case filed by the deputy Djibouti army chief of staff, General Ibrahim Zakaria, against the Association for the Respect of Human Rights in Djibouti (ARDHD), judicial sources disclosed Thursday. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Former President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya on Wednesday threatened to sue the Kenyan government for alleged defamation after the parliamentary select committee decided to probe the 1990 death of former foreign minister Robert Ouko who died in mysterious circumstances. Full text...

Maputo- Mozambique (PANA) -- Three Mozambicans were remanded in the northern town of Angoche on charges of defaming President Joaquim Chissano for being in possession of a leaflet local authorities said was 'libellous'. Full text...

Sao Tome- Sao Tome and Principe (PANA) -- Sao Tome and Principe Prime Minister Maria das Neves has lodged a court case against Abel Veiga, a correspondent of the Portuguese Radio and Television (RTP)/Africa, accusing him of publicly insulting and defaming him, as well as abusing press freedom. Full text...

Harare- Zimbabwe (PANA) -- Germany Wednesday returned to Zimbabwe, on "permanent loan," an artefact stolen from the country some 100 years ago during European colonisation of Africa. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambian vice president Enoch Kavindele was on Tuesday discharged from a magistrate's court over charges of criminal defamation initiated by the opposition leader of the Heritage Party, Godfrey Miyanda, who vowed to pursue the case in the High Court. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (Nairobi) -- Kenya coach Jacob Mulee has warned against underestimating the opponent in Friday's East and Central Africa Senior Challenge Cup match with Eritrea in Mwanza. Full text...

Nairobi- Kenya (PANA) -- Muzinga of Burundi will take on a Kenyan side still to be named, when the East and Central African football club championship kicks off in Kampala, Uganda on 25 January 2003. Full text...

Lamu- Kenya (PANA) -- A top Islamic scholar has launched an appeal to US and German governments over valuable art objects which he said were taken out of Kenya to those countries decades ago. Full text...

Paris- France (PANA) -- A Paris High Court Monday adjourned hearing until 29 April in the defamation suit filed by Rwandan President Paul Kagame against Cameroonian journalist and author, Charles Onana. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- A high court in Gaborone has awarded 250,000 Pula or 40,000 US dollars in damages to a Botswana judge who sued a local newspaper for defamation. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- A Lusaka magistrate's court has sentenced a 27-year-old man to two years imprisonment and hard labour for insulting President Frederick Chiluba last April, the local press reported Wednesday. Full text...

Johannesburg- South Africa (PANA) -- South Africa's Housing Minister Sankie Mthembi-Mahanyele has filed a three-million rand defamation charge against the Mail Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Labour Minister Edith Nawakwi has made an application in a Lusaka magistrate court, asking the state to provide her with round the clock police protection. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Labour minister Edith Nawakwi and two journalists from the independent Post newspaper Wednesday appeared in a Lusaka magistrate court and pleaded not guilty to a charge of defaming Zambian President Frederick Chiluba. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Zambia's Director of Public Prosecution, Mukelabai Mukelabai, Thursday directed that defamation charges against a former deputy minister and a journalist be dropped. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Labour minister Edith Nawakwi, who is currently member of the opposition Forum for Democracy and Development (FDD), has been charged with defamation against Zambian President Frederick Chiluba and would appear in court on Friday. Full text...

Gaborone- Botswana (PANA) -- Botswana vice-president Gen. Full text...

Lusaka- Zambia (PANA) -- Former Zambian Labour Minister Edith Nawakwi was questioned Wednesday by police in connection with President Frederick Chiluba's allegation that she was harassing and inciting the public against him. Full text...