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US-Algeria: Remarks of Attorney General Eric Holder at the Signing of the U.S.- Algeria Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty
The following are remarks by Attorney General Eric Holder:
Minister Belaiz, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen:
I am pleased to have the opportunity to be here...
US-Algeria: Attorney General Holder Signs First Criminal Law Enforcement Agreement Between United States and Algeria
Attorney General Eric Holder and Algerian Minister of Justice Tayeb Belaiz today signed a treaty between the United States and Algeria on mutual legal...
Ethiopia: Maritime security and safety in Africa
African experts on maritime security and safety are gathering on 6 and 7 April 2010, at the headquarters of the African Union (AU), Addis...
Zimbabwe coup plotters’ prison escape foiled
Zimbabwe's maximum prison - Chikurubi Maximum is on high alert after seven dangerous inmates including a man accused of plotting to assassinate President Robert...
South African White supremacist blasts Nigerians after leader’s murder
Tensions were high at a Ventersdorp Magistrate's Court on Tuesday morning in South Africa where two black men accused of murdering a leader of...
Africa foots the bill for illicit financial transfers
Nigeria, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco and South Africa lead the list of African countries that made the most illegal financial transfers between 1970 and 2008....
ICC Prosecutor is given authorisation to open an investigation in Kenya
The FIDH and its member organisation, the Kenya Human Rights Commission (KHRC), welcome the decision rendered yesterday by the judges of Pre-Trial Chamber II...
Uganda royal tombs’ arsonist arrested
A man yesterday surprised policemen in Uganda's capital Kampala, when he walked into a Police station and allegedly confessed setting ablaze the Buganda...
South Africa: Killings by Police on the rise
A total of 556 South African’s have been shot dead by police since the controversial "shoot to kill" statements were made two years ago.
The...
Somalia: Number of successful pirate attacks decline
With the cooperation of the international shipping industry, there has been steady progress in the fight against maritime piracy off the east coast of...
LRA leader Kony “will be hanged in Uganda” says Museveni
Ugandan President has today said that notorious Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels' leader, Joseph Kony has fled into Darfur which is under the government...
EAC heads of prisons/correctional services hold inaugural meeting in Arusha
The inaugural meeting of the EAC Heads of Prisons/Correctional Services ended today at the Naura Springs Hotel in Arusha, Tanzania. The inaugural meeting was...
Zimbabwe death row inmates unsure of fate
Fourty nine death row inmates in Zimbabwe’s jails live in perpetual fear as they have no clue when the executioner will show-up.
All 49 of...
Somalia: Al-Shabaab, UN officials accused of aid grab
Contractors, local UN workers and Islamist militants in Somalia have been accused of diverting food aid meant for refugees and destitute Somalis for their...
Journalists Kidnapped in Niger Delta: IPI Urges Immediate Release
Three journalists from the African sports network M-Net SuperSport were kidnapped in the Niger Delta Region on Monday, but one has since escaped from...
Somalia: International navies working to stop pirates
An international naval flotilla of vessels from the European Union, NATO, Russia, China, the United States and other nations is patrolling the Gulf of...
Uganda: Hunt for aid convoy attackers begin
The army in Uganda is hunting for Karamojong warriors who killed three people including a policeman in a convoy of an international aid...
Rwanda: Grégoire Ndahimana pleads not guilty during his further appearance
Grégoire Ndahimana, former mayor of Kivumu, Kibuye prefecture in Rwanda, today pleaded not guilty to all...
South Africa in Media Row
The two men were wielding guns and preparing to unleash terror on the nation. With their faces obscured, they were apparently loading their guns...
Zimbabwe lauded for halting diamond auction by Mugabe crony
Human Rights activists have for once applauded the Zimbabwe government for blocking the auctioning of more than 300 000 carats of what is termed...
U.S. counterfeit dollar dealers arrested in Zimbabwe and Zambia
Counterfeit United States Dollars are in huge calculation in most African countries as hardly a month passes by without arrests. Tuesday morning, both Zambian...
Lord’s Resistance Army waves the white flag, after Christmas massacre
In an unprecedented move, the Ugandan rebel group, Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), has announced that it is tired of fighting and wants peace.
It's spokesman,...
Lord’s Resistance Army attacks DR Congo village and kills many
Reports from Democratic republic of Congo (DRC) reveal that Lord's Resistance Army rebels attacked villages in very remote areas of Isiro -Niangara county in...
Somali pirates hijack two ships
Somali pirates have captured two ships with 45 crew off the East African coast, officials say.
British chemical tanker, the St James Park, was reportedly...
Of child soldiers and obscene systems
Or, it can be called a timely call to end the hypocrisy over child soldiers. I know my position would draw some fire even...
Liberia’s shady diamond deals and free war criminals
The Liberian government despite its post-conflict progress, has not frozen assets benefiting or owned by war criminals, the UN panel of experts monitoring Liberia...
South African military get heavy pay rise ahead of 2010 World Cup
South African soldiers have been granted a pay rise months after they
staged heavy protests over salaries. Observers have indicated that timely salary increase is...
Uganda-DR Congo: Soldiers torture and pillage mourners
Authorities from the Democratic Republic of Congo are investigating allegations made by a group of over 20 Ugandan mourners, from northern Uganda, that they...
Nigeria: Police and vigilante killings out of control
Nigerian hospital is reportedly planning a mass burial as its facilities are overstuffed with corpses being brought to them by the Nigerian police. The...
Uganda: A history of politically motivated violence, intimidation, bribery
Uganda’s government should reform the country’s election laws to improve accountability for election-related crimes and reduce the risk of violence in the upcoming 2011...