Channel_Africa_General_Newshttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/largest radio telescope is under constructionhttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=1988b59b7a1be310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-172013-05-17sabcThe construction of the largest radio telescope in the Southern Hemispehere - the Square Kilometre Array at Sutherland in the Karoo in South Africa's Northern Cape Province is underway.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=1988b59b7a1be310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=1988b59b7a1be310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaOver 20 South African boys die in circumcision ritualshttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=99d75e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16reutersMore than 20 South African boys have died over the past week during coming of age rituals, police said on Thursday, and they blamed botched circumcisions as the likely cause of death.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=99d75e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=99d75e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaMobile phone service off in northeast Nigeriahttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=3599f18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16sapa afphttp://www.channelafrica.org/CHANNELAFRICA/Home/English/News Images/General/Cellphone chat.jpgMobile phone service has been cut in areas of northeast Nigeria as the military sends more soldiers to the region to fight Islamic extremists.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=3599f18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=3599f18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaLesotho princesses barredhttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=468cf18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16sapa afpLesotho's top court on Thursday upheld a law that bars princesses from succeeding their fathers as traditional chiefs, a decision activists say dealt a "serious blow" to women's rights and gender equality.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=468cf18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=468cf18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaBoston bombing suspect wrote note before capturehttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b42df18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16sapa afphttp://www.channelafrica.org/CHANNELAFRICA/Home/English/News Images/General/Boston bombing Suspects. 1jpg.jpgBoston bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev wrote a note before his capture in which he called the victims "collateral damage" for US action in Afghanistan and Iraq, local media reported Thursday.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b42df18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b42df18728eae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaGupta probe findings will be made publichttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=311d5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16There will be no attempt to keep secret a report into the illegal landing of a jet chartered by the politically-connected Gupta family at Waterkloof Air Force Base, acting Minister in the Presidency Edna Molewa said on Thursday.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=311d5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=311d5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaPolela learnt of dismissal in media: reporthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=9c0b5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16http://www.channelafrica.org/CHANNELAFRICA/Home/English/News Images/Politics/Macintosh Polela.jpgFormer South African Hawks spokesman McIntosh Polela learned he had been fired via media reports on Thursday, EyeWitnessNews reported.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=9c0b5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=9c0b5e8f96dae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaKarabus expected home tomorrowhttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=30c17eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16South African Paediatric oncologist, Professor Cyril Karabus is expected to return to the country tomorrow.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=30c17eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=30c17eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaFishing explosives kill three in Benghazihttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=a3f07eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-162013-05-16A blast that killed three people in Libya's second city, Benghazi, was caused by fishing explosives that detonated accidentally and not by a car bomb as originally thought.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=a3f07eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=a3f07eabe7cae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaNwest cops blew up Gupta wedding invitehttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=402e5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-152013-05-15North West police blew up an invitation to the lavish Gupta family wedding because it was thought to be an explosive device, it was reported on Wednesday.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=402e5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=402e5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfricaRwanda building collapse kills 6, injures 30http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b2af5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=default2013-05-152013-05-15A four-story building under construction collapsed, killing at least six workers and injuring dozens more people, police said Wednesday.http://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b2af5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica/menuitem.0440eb803775db47ee41ee41674daeb9/?vgnextoid=b2af5331373ae310VgnVCM10000077d4ea9bRCRD&vgnextfmt=defaulthttp://www.channelafrica.org/portal/site/ChannelAfrica