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Africa’s largest country has been at war with itself for nearly a half century, but as peace returns so are its people… Conflict in Sudan began just before independence in 1956 and, after a pause from 1972 to 1983, exploded with a fresh fury. It has been Africa’s longest, costliest, and deadliest war with parties […]
Continue ReadingAs monitors warn of an impending crisis in Darfur after cholera arrives from the south, we visit the source of the virus in Sudan's jungle… There’s a reason why the guards in the truck ahead suddenly switch from relaxing in the sun to loading their Kalashnikovs and scanning the landscape for movement. A single tree […]
Continue ReadingThe International Crisis Group (ICG) has requested international sanctions on Zimbabwe are tightened until improvements are made to the country's stability… President Robert Mugabe, his wife Grace and other top Zanu PF and government officials were slapped with targeted sanctions by the European Union following a series of human rights violations. Mugabe's administration stands accused […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on naval forces in Africa to tackle pirates troubling waterways around the continent… He said this malaise poses a threat to the socio-economic development of the continent, calling on government within the country to consider giving priority attention to equipping the navies of their various countries. He spoke during the […]
Continue ReadingZimbabwean student leaders are being denied food in police cells, further proving President Mugabe’s administration is not prepared to stop violating human rights there… Zimbabwe is viewed by Western governments such as Britain and the United States as a country that has a base level human rights record. In Britain, premier Tony Blair recently told […]
Continue ReadingSouth Africa's national labour body is heaping pressure on its government to request the resignation of neighbouring Zimbabwe leader Robert Mugabe… The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) is positioning itself to aggressively push SA President Thabo Mbeki to force Zimbabwe's Mugabe to call for an interim government as a precursor for the ushering in of a new political dispensation. The move by […]
Continue ReadingA former Kenyan anti-corruption czar responsible for distributing a tape that implicates his government in corruption is facing allegations he was a spy for Britain. Mr John Githongo, formerly the Ethics and Governance Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Office of the President here in Kenya, released on Wednesday a tape recording in Britain where […]
Continue ReadingA former Kenyan anti-corruption czar responsible for distributing a tape that implicates his government in corruption is facing allegations he was a spy for Britain. Mr John Githongo, formerly the Ethics and Governance Permanent Secretary (PS) in the Office of the President here in Kenya, released on Wednesday a tape recording in Britain where […]
Continue ReadingKenya is set to be the fourth African country to lose military aid from the United States following its refusal to sign an Immunity Agreement… The Immunity Agreement exempts US nationals and soldiers from the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC). Tanzania, South Africa and Namibia have also refused to sign the agreement and […]
Continue ReadingMurder charges against a British aristocrat and prominent Kenyan farmer have been dropped by prosecutors, sparking public outrage… Thomas Cholmondeley, son of the former British colonial farmer Baron Delamere, was charged with the murder of an undercover warden in April. Cholmondeley, 37, denied the charges and said he acted in self-defence, believing the dead Maasai […]
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