14 weeks 2 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

HUNGER STRIKE BEFORE GABON POLL ! Ali-Ben Bongo is favourite to succeed his father One of the 23 presidential candidates in Gabon has begun a hunger strike to demand that the election be postponed. Bruno Ben Moubamba, an ...

14 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

COURT GIVES BAIL TO CONGO'S BEMBA ! Jean-Pierre Bemba's troops are accused of rape, murder and pillaging The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the conditional release of Congolese ex-Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba ...

14 weeks 4 days 18 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

ZIMBABWE - LETTER FROM THE DIASPORA ! 14th August 2009 Dear Friends, Listening to Joseph Chintimba being interviewed By Violet Gonda on SW Radio Africa this last week was one of those typical 'Zim Moments' when one simply didn't know whether to laugh or cry. My first reaction when I heard that Violet Gonda was planning to ...

14 weeks 5 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

SOMALI PIRATES OVERPOWERED BY CREW ! Somali piracy has become a major international issue About 40 Egyptian fishermen have escaped from their Somali pirate captors near the northern town of Las Qorey, reports from the region say. A ...

14 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MURDERED GEMS EXPERT'S SON SPEAKS ! Murdered gems expert's son speaks ! Campbell Bridges was credited with discovering the rare stone Tsavorite The son of a Scottish gemstone expert murdered by a mob in Kenya has told the BBC how ...

14 weeks 6 days 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Khartoum denies arming militias! People hurt in the attack continue to recover in Akobo's hospital Officials in the north of Sudan have rejected accusations they armed militias who killed dozens in recent ethnic clashes in the south. Humanitarian minister Abdelbagi Gailani described ...

14 weeks 6 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

US HONOURS 16 ! Obama awards medals of freedom President Barack Obama has awarded the highest US civilian honour - the Presidential Medal of Freedom - to 16 people praised as "agents of change". Recipients included South African human rights champion Archbishop Desmond Tutu and ...

14 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

MOB KILLS UK GEMS EXPERT IN KENYA ! A leading Scottish gemstone expert has been killed in Kenya by a gang armed with clubs, spears, bows and arrows. Campbell Bridges, 71, was attacked by 20 men in the grounds of his 600-acre property near the southern town ...

14 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

CLINTON SET FOR VISIT TO LIBERIA ! Mrs Clinton has been pushing a self-help programme for Africa US Secretary State Hillary Clinton is due to arrive in Monrovia on the sixth stage of her seven-nation African tour. During her visit, ...

14 weeks 6 days 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

HEALING SCARS OF KENYAN VIOLENCE ! By Will Ross BBC News, Rift Valley, Kenya ...

15 weeks 12 hours 19 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Genocide suspect found in Congo ! Some 800,000 Tutsis and moderate Hutus were killed in 1994 A man accused of planning the massacre of Rwandans during the 1994 genocide has been arrested in the ...

15 weeks 15 hours 1 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Travel ban in Sudan trouser trial ! Ms Hussein wants to make this a test case for women's rights in Sudan A Sudanese woman charged with dressing indecently for wearing trousers has been prevented ...

15 weeks 15 hours 31 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Niger opposition figure 'beaten' ! Marou Amadou was brought to court on Tuesday with other prisoners Niger opposition activist Marou Amadou has been mistreated in custody by security forces, ...

15 weeks 18 hours 52 min ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Pakistanis shot at Somali mosque ! At least five Pakistanis have been killed in a dawn attack at a mosque in Somalia's semi-autonomous Puntland region, witnesses say. Armed men in masks entered a mosque in Galkayo and ...

15 weeks 1 day 15 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Clinton demands end to Congo rape The UN estimates 3,500 women have been raped since the start of the year US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has demanded an end to widespread sexual abuse in ...

15 weeks 1 day 17 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Aid workers 'released in Somalia' ! Four European aid workers and two Kenyan pilots kidnapped nine months ago in Somalia have been released, French aid group Action Against Hunger says. The group was taken captive from ...

15 weeks 1 day 23 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Horrors of South Sudan massacre ! By Peter Martell BBC News, Akobo ...

15 weeks 2 days 14 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Niger 'must return to democracy' ! Mamadou Tandja's plans have caused unrest at home and abroad France has called on Niger to restore a democratic framework, after weeks of turmoil caused by the ...

15 weeks 2 days 19 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Clinton to tackle Congo conflict ! Many thousands have fled the violence in eastern DR Congo this year US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is heading to the Democratic Republic Of Congo, where ...

15 weeks 3 days 22 hours ago wrote on the blog Mara Mara

Cathy Buckle's Weekly Letter from Zimbabwe ! Ordinary Heroes Saturday 8th August 2009 Dear Family and Friends, As Zimbabwe commemorates Heroes Day in 2009 it again feels like a very partisan affair. For many of us who have suffered such trauma in recent times, it is appropriate to remember the ordinary heroes of our country who have died ...