In Brief

’19 killed’ in Nigeria head-on collision
LAGOS – Nineteen people were killed and nine others injured when a truck slammed into a bus in southwestern Nigeria, police said yesterday.

SA ‘likely to toughen stance on Zim’CAPE TOWN – Political analysts said yesterday that it would be difficult to ascertain the outcome of the SADC extraordinary summit on Zimbabwe to be held in South Africa this weekend, but South Africa is likely to press the organ to take effective action on the country’s political crisis.Senegal president in Libya for rebel talksBENGHAZI – Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade arrived in Benghazi yesterday, the first foreign head of state to travel for talks in the Libyan rebel stronghold, an AFP correspondent reported.Somali leaders postpone elections by a yearNAIROBI – Somalia’s squabbling leaders agreed to postpone their country’s upcoming presidential vote by one year to help the government deal with security and political issues, leaders said in an agreement released yesterday.Ethiopia jails 14 for AU HQ bomb plotADDIS ABABA – Ethiopia’s supreme court jailed 14 people for terms ranging from nine years to life for plotting bomb attacks, including on the African Union’s headquarters, court papers showed yesterday.