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New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?

New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?

At a debate on "independence" in Africa during the second edition of the New York Forum Africa 2013 in Libreville, Gabon, the Rwandan minister...
Ivory Coast makes sex not war

Ivory Coast makes sex not war

Condomerie, the Amsterdam-based condom shop, provided over 2,000 “little blue helmet” condoms for UN soldiers stationed in Côte d’Ivoire on February 1. The prophylactics...
Beneath the Islamic beards and burqas

Beneath the Islamic beards and burqas

The most striking scene in Nick Broomfield's powerful 2007 film Battle for Haditha is not one of violence but a simple love scene. A...
Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?

Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?

Some people accuse us old guards of not adopting new ways and new solutions even to old and persistent problems and I think it...
Exit for Cameroon as Lions fail to roar

Exit for Cameroon as Lions fail to roar

Nine points for the Netherlands, none for Cameroon. The so called Indomitable Lions head home empty handed after a disappointing run. Paul Le Guen...
Dutch Oil Company in the dock for Ivory Coast disaster

Dutch Oil Company in the dock for Ivory Coast disaster

Dutch oil firm, Trafigura alleged of dumping toxic waste in The Ivory Coast is facing prosecution in The Netherlands. Prosecutors said Trafigura had broken...
El Asira’s first Muslim Halal online Sex Shop

El Asira’s first Muslim Halal online Sex Shop

Abdelaziz Aouragh, a 29-year old Dutch-Moroccan and a practicing Muslim, has launched El Asira, a rather unlikely, if not daring, enterprise in the Netherlands....
Trafigura in Africa: A crime against humanity

Trafigura in Africa: A crime against humanity

This week the controversial oil trading company Trafigura found itself in the limelight once again, following a revelation by the British press showing evidence...
Ivory Coast: Massive population poisoning, Dutch oil-trading company guilty?

Ivory Coast: Massive population poisoning, Dutch oil-trading company guilty?

Trafigura, would have purposefully dumped deadly chemicals in Ivory Coast that poisoned and killed thousands of people in 2006. An Ivorian contractor Solomon Ugburogbu,...
Badu Bonsu II, King of the Ahanta

The Netherlands gives back the head of King Badu Bonsu II to Ghana

Members of the Ahanta kingdom, one of several kingdoms within the Akan group, Thursday took part in a ceremony in the Netherlands to honour...
Netherlands – Zimbabwe: You will get no money from us

Netherlands – Zimbabwe: You will get no money from us

Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was told in the Netherlands on Monday that his government had to implement serious political and economic reforms before...
Dutch confiscation of HIV drugs for Nigeria threatening

Dutch confiscation of HIV drugs for Nigeria threatening

Dozens of HIV patients have been placed at risk after the Dutch authorities seized consignments of Indian-made medicines shipped via Schipol airport for distribution...
A new Moroccan Mayor for Rotterdam

A new Moroccan Mayor for Rotterdam

This is the first time a person of foreign descent has been appointed to run a city in the Netherlands. Ahmed Aboutaleb, of Moroccan...
Prosecutors outraged by ‘genocide’ singer’s sentence

Prosecutors outraged by ‘genocide’ singer’s sentence

Reports emanating from the UN-backed tribunal based in Tanzania claim that a famous Rwanda singer, Simon Bikindi, has been handed a 15 years jail...
Ivorian gov’t to embark on criminal investigations against Netherlands company

Ivorian gov’t to embark on criminal investigations against Netherlands company

Government lawyers from the Ivory Coast have said they may go ahead with criminal investigations against Trafigura, the Netherlands-based oil trader, which owned the...
Dutch company to blame for deaths and poisonous sledge in Abidjan ?

Dutch company to blame for deaths and poisonous sledge in Abidjan ?

A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil sludge in August 2006 and...
Zimbabwe official’s smuggling plan foiled by France and the Netherlands

Zimbabwe official’s smuggling plan foiled by France and the Netherlands

Gideon Gono, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe boss has felt the sting on sanctions imposed on him by the European Union when his consignment...
Malaysian tanker bound for Holland hijacked by Somali pirates

Malaysian tanker bound for Holland hijacked by Somali pirates

A Malaysian tanker carrying palm oil has been seized off the coast of Somalia, regional maritime sources said Thursday. The vessel and more than...
Telecommunications gaint moves from Holland to Kenya

Telecommunications gaint moves from Holland to Kenya

Zain International, one of Africa's leading mobile phone service providers, has moved its Africa regional headquarters to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital. Zain, formerly Celtel, is...
Dutch company to make beer more affordable to Kenyans despite tax hikes

Dutch company to make beer more affordable to Kenyans despite tax hikes

Dutch brewer Heineken has re-entered the Kenyan beer market, wielding what it called a 'green-label' specifically designed to appeal to environmentally-minded drinkers. Heineken, a brand...
ANC to bring Zuma rape accuser back to SA from Netherlands to apologise

ANC to bring Zuma rape accuser back to SA from Netherlands to apologise

The ANC leadership is reported to be keen to have Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser brought back from the Netherlands to apologise for making...
Tsvangirai intends to leave Dutch refuge amid growing tension

Tsvangirai intends to leave Dutch refuge amid growing tension

Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai intends to leave the refuge of the Dutch embassy in Harare over the next 48 hours. Tsvangiria's spokeperson this morning...
Shell Nigeria warned by unions over planned massive lay-off

Shell Nigeria warned by unions over planned massive lay-off

The umbrella Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has warned the Nigerian subsidiary of the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell against the reported plan to sack 3,500...
Netherlands and South Africa in bilateral agreement talks

Netherlands and South Africa in bilateral agreement talks

South African Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, accompanied by Deputy Foreign Minister Sue van der Merwe, departed Monday for the Netherlands where she will hold...
Release of Fitna the Movie met with calm

Release of Fitna the Movie met with calm

The much controversed Geert Wilders film « fitna » has been released online. The Dutch Prime minister rejected Geert Wilders’ views in a statement...
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Dutch row over Geert Wilders’ anti-islam film

The Netherlands are again in the controversial limelight with islam. The populist member of parliament (MP) Geert Wilders is getting ready to show FITNA,...
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Government silent over anti-islamic film

Parliament is already brewing controversy in the Islamic world, less than one month before it is planned to be aired on television. The film...
Awards, foreign investments and development

Awards, foreign investments and development

Among news that made headlines over the past week is the award for the world’s emerging economy as well as the doubling of foreign...