Posts having tag: politics
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Crews 'overpower Somali pirates' ! 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 ...
ZAMBIA EX-LEADER VERDICT DELAYED ! Frederick Chiluba was found guilty of fraud by a British court two years ago A verdict in the long-running corruption case against Zambia's former president, Frederick Chiluba, has been delayed by ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Swamp halts Africa's parliament ! The Pan-African Parliament was set up five years ago Building has been halted on new Pan-African Parliament in South Africa after officials realised the site was ...
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 ...
Nigeria bans televisions at work ! Nollywood films are extremely popular in Nigeria The head of Nigeria's civil service, Steve Oronsaye, has banned televisions from public offices from the end of this week as they distract ...
Nigeria bans televisions at work ! Nollywood films are extremely popular in Nigeria The head of Nigeria's civil service, Steve Oronsaye, has banned televisions from public offices from the end of this week as they distract ...
South Sudan in independence threat ! Pagan Amum says the governing party is laying down unfair referendum rules A senior politician in South Sudan says the south will declare unilateral ...
Niger opposition leader abducted ! Marou Amadou was among a group of prisoners brought to court in Niamey An opposition leader in Niger, Marou Amadou, has been abducted, hours after he was freed ...
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 ...
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 ...
