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Gabon: Is the gouvernement seeking to eliminate physically the leaders of the opposition?
According to the leaders of the Union of Forces for Change (UFC), the names of the politicians and their supporters are on the...
Uganda: Opposition politicians arrested
Police has blocked the planned walk to walk campaign organized by opposition party leaders arresting over ten politicians.
Among those arrested is the leader of...
Social media and cyber-activism in North Africa’s revolution
As hundreds of thousands of Egyptians in Cairo’s Tahrir Square celebrated the resignation of President Hosni Mubarak on 11 February, some held up mobile...
Arab World’s Revolutionary Immolations and ‘Martyrdom’ Change
Self-immolations in the Arab world have been on the rise after Mohammed Bouaziz, a young unemployed Tunisian, dramatically set himself on fire to protest...
Morocco: A King’s revolution
Though Libyans are yet to achieve a democratic revolution, the wave of pro-democracy ideologies blowing across the Arab world has forced Morocco to revise...
Several Ugandans arrested over protests
Eight people who gathered to protest against President Yoweri Museveni, who they say "rigged" the recent elections, have been arrested by police in Kampala,...
Uganda opposition warned against planned protests
Police in Uganda has warned opposition presidential candidates against
holding planned protests in Kampala city.
A group of unsuccessful Ugandan presidential candidates today, Wednesday, announced...
Libyans, Black-Africans and Gaddafi’s divisive power struggle
Numerous Black African mercenaries, reportedly bankrolled by Muammar Gaddafi to quell Libya's popular revolt, have taken part in the bloody crackdown by the north...
Libya: International community to arm Libya opposition
The international community headed by Washington has considered arming the Libyan opposition to defend themselves against the Indifferent Muammar Gaddafi who continues to utilize...
Malawi President threatens critics amid civil society ‘buy out’
Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika has issued a clarion call on his political party supporters to take arms and defend him against protestors and...
Libya: Muammar Gaddafi won’t budge, civil war looms
Libyan strong man Muammar Gaddafi appears to be winning his battle against the people’s revolution after enervating protesters with series of air strikes and...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe calls for foreign product boycott
Veteran Zimbabwean ruler, Mr Robert Mugabe has ordered an immediate product boycott of all foreign firms operating in Zimbabwe, particularly European, in a bid...
Libya: Gaddafi regime and protesters killing migrant workers
As the propensity for civil war heightens in Libya, citizens of poorer nations trapped in the crisis and terror shaking the North African country...
Opposition leaders call for protests in Uganda
The leader of opposition in Uganda Dr Kiiza Besigye and three other former presidential candidates have called upon Ugandans to protest against the results...
Libya: Independence for the east?
There are indications that Eastern Libya is now independent of Libya. Reports emanating from the city of Benghazi suggest that every element of Col...
Libya: Gaddafi’s national address marks his end
It is difficult to exactly comprehend the logic in Muammar Gaddafi’s defiant speech on Tuesday Februar 22- his first major speech since unrest began...
Libya: Violent plans by military alerted as death toll rises
The United Nations and the United States have condemned plans by the Libyan military to cleanse Libya of anti-government elements. The military has described...
Libya: The Gaddafis in panic mode?
The political ‘revolution’ that changed Egypt and Tunisia continue to sweep through the rest of North Africa and the Middle East as Libyan protesters...
Zimbabwe: Activists arrested to prevent Egypt-Tunisian style protests
Security forces in Zimbabwe claim to have foiled Egyptian-style uprisings after arresting 46 rights activists in the capital Harare for allegedly “plotting to oust...
Egypt: Gamel Mubarak goes into hiding
The son of ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, is desperately seeking a hiding place for himself and his family in the United Kingdom.
According to...
Ivory Coast: 40% of world’s cocoa under threat of destruction
Coffee and cocoa producers in the Ivory Coast Thursday morning torched several bags of cocoa in front of the European Union headquarters at Plateau,...
Libyans struggle to pull off Tunisian and Egyptian success
Though the Facebook group which urged the “Day of Anger” protests on Thursday had more than 22,000 followers, events in Libya influenced by the...
Can the US allow democracy to take root in Egypt’s shifting sands?
According to Noam Chomsky, President Obama’s reaction to the Egyptian revolution conforms to the normal US response when one of their “favoured dictators” loses...
Libya stifles protests with pro-government rallies on TV
Human rights groups have warned Libyans that an all-out protest against President Muammar Gaddafi may result in human right abuses and crimes against humanity...
After clampdown Algeria protesters vow to return
As the much doubted domino effect of the popular Arab revolt takes root, President Bouteflika of Algeria is seemingly the next to face the...
Algeria protests take place amid 30,000 police deployment
A real tussle between the government and the opposition is gaining momentum as the wind of revolt that is currently shaking the Arab world...
Egypt: Bloody day of rage warned
The revolution in Egypt is expected to get vicious as Egyptians vow to raid the presidential palace to forcefully oust President Hosni Mubarak who...
More protests expected in Egypt
The alleged mistreatment of an Egyptian Google executive whose Facebook group may have triggered the Egyptian revolution is set to inspire more protests against...
When revolution rocks North Africa and the Middle East
The wave of revolt currently rocking the foundations of the Afro-Arab world is unstoppable. Algeria, Morocco, Sudan, Mauritania ... Encouraged by the Tunisian...
Egypt: Pride to determine Mubarak’s departure
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not step down immediately because he has to salvage his reputation after a 30 year police state regime,...