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Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai warned by Zanu-PF youths
A month long ultimatum has been issued to Prime Minister Morgan
Tsvangirai by Zanu PF youths today for him to call for the removal of...
UNAMID welcomes Government of the Sudan, JEM move toward peace
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) welcomes the signing this evening of the Darfur Framework Agreement for the Resolution of...
Zimbabwe: Military group attacks Police in arrest case
13 armed soldiers led by a senior lieutenant on Monday night stormed a police station to set free two of their arrested colleagues.
The two...
Eritrea sanctions get mixed reactions
The Eritrean Diaspora has expressed its anger over a recently imposed United Nations sanctions that seek to penalize the eastern African country for supporting...
Niger: Military class gets mixed reactions after coup
There is now an issue of militarism versus autocracy in the wake of Niger’s Coup d'état. The African Union and the international community condemn...
Niger coup: “Tandja is not in a good position”
Niamey, the capital of Niger has been hit by a coup d'état. The President, Mamadou Tandja, and his Cabinet Ministers who were holding an...
Sudan: Ukraine’s silent proliferation of arms exposed
Armed rebels fighting in Sudan are being supplied ammunition by a Ukrainian weapon company, a Russian Newspaper has revealed. The Sudan conflict has...
Nigerian leader urged to resolve Niger Delta crisis
Acting Nigerian president Mr. Goodluck Jonathan has been urged to use his proximity with the troubled Niger Delta region of Nigeria, to broker a...
Ivory Coast heads for a major upheaval?
A few days after Ivory Coast President, Laurent Gbagbo, dissolved the country's government and Independent Electoral Commission (CEI), a coalition of opposition parties is...
Ivory Coast at the threshold of a civil war?
Tuesday, demonstrators burned down the prefecture of Vavoua, a town in central Côte d'Ivoire, to protest against attempts by the Ivorian Popular Front (Front...
Somalia: Rebels storm capital, warn Kenya
African Union forces in Somali and Somali government forces are geared for combat against militants in the capital city Mogadishu. Eyewitness reports claim that...
East African Community develops a draft conflict prevention, management and resolution (CPMR) mechanism
Without peace and stability, all our remarkable integration achievements will fall like a castle built on sand. Trade and development can only thrive in...
UNAMID JSR Gambari meets negotiating teams in Doha
UNAMID Joint Special Representative (JSR) Ibrahim Gambari continued his round of consultations with key stakeholders by meeting all the armed movements present in Doha.
In...
China’s Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu’s Remarks on the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) Charge against the Sudanese President
China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu's Remarks on the International Criminal Court's (ICC) Charge against the Sudanese President:
Q: The Appellate Chamber of the ICC...
Chad and Sudan seek better ties in a surprise move
Chad and Sudan have moved to mend broken diplomatic ties in a bid to bolster security in both countries. President of Chad, Mr. Idriss...
Botswana-Zimbabwe diplomatic relations take a damaging turn
Diplomatic relations between Botswana and Zimbabwe have taken a damaging twist with the former recalling its defence and intelligence attaches from Zimbabwe. Botswana says...
Burundi: Female ex-combatants picking up the pieces
By age 15, Annonciata Nduwimana was an accomplished fighter for Burundi's opposition Forces nationales de liberation (FNL) and knew how to kill in battle.
"My...
UNAMID rejects accusations levelled by Sudanese military
The African Union - United Nations Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) strongly rejects the accusations recently made by the spokesman of the Sudanese Armed Forces...
Zimbabwe: Violent diamond rush in Chipinge
Another wave of diamond rush has hit Zimbabwe sparking a fierce battle to control the field site. This time diamonds said to be of...
Nigerian rebels return
Nigeria’s recent political upheaval, in the face of an absentee president has been worsened by news that factions of disgruntled rebels of the Nigeria’s...
Burundi: Tutsi and Hutu soldiers combine to plot coup
Hutu and Tutsi military officers in the Burundi army have been arrested for attempting to overthrow the government. The army chief of staff, Major...
Tony Blair at the Iraq Inquiry
In a speech in May 1997 newly elected Prime Minister Tony Blair stated “ine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that...
Sudan: Calls for North South border demarkation over arms
Khartoum government has been accused by southern Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA), for the chaos caused by illegally armed people in southern Sudan.
SPLA spokesman,...
Botswana-Zimbabwe diplomatic row over armed scouts imminent
A diplomatic row could erupt between Zimbabwe and neighboring Botswana after three armed officers from the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks (DWNP)...
Nigeria: Perpetrators of religious riots could be freed again
The aftermath of the Christian-Muslim conflict in the Northern Nigerian city of Jos has seen hundreds of people arrested. However, there are fears that...
Nigerian sectarian violence: Religion as a pretext
The city of Jos in Nigeria's Plateau State was the scene recent of communal clashes that registered the death of several hundreds of people....
Zimbabwe: Anglican Church invites Mugabe to pray out ex Bishop’s unholy mess
Anglicans in Zimbabwe have resolved to hold a street prayer protest in central Harare to press the police to allow the church access to...
United Kingdom-Iraq: Pride and Shame
Days before Tony Blair is due to testify before the Iraq Inquiry in London, Stefan Simanowitz comments on the performance of Alistair Campbell, one...
Africa’s Woes and Jokes
“The time has come, » the Walrus said,
“To talk of many things;
Of shoes and ships—and sealing wax—
Of cabbages—and kings—
And why the sea is boiling...
Southern Sudan: 72 injured admitted after riots
At least 70 students have been admitted to the hospital in Yambio, in southern Sudan's Western equatoria state, after getting injured during riots which...