Freedom Newspaper "A United States Army Reservist and also a Data Base Systems Administrator at Sprint, Gheran Senghore has threatened to kill the Freedom Newspaper, Managing Editor Pa Nderry MBai. Mr. Senghore who left a voicemail on Mr. MBai’s cellular phone Friday, said Mr. MBai’s days were numbered as he vowed to take the journalist’s life. Senghore who resides in Kansas said he was going to be in Raleigh to deal with the Editor of the Freedom Newspaper. He was apparently unhappy with recent internet investigations, linking him to the malicious emails earlier sent to the Editor of Freedom, in which the writer smeared the image of the Mbai family."
The World Cup football tournament kicks off in one week, and host South Africa is busy putting on the finishing touches. But not everyone is looking forward to the tournament. Authorites in cities including Cape Town are being accused of clearing the poor from the streets - to create a good impression for visiting fans. Al Jazeera's Haru Mutasa has more.