Diplomacy
The civil society wants to propose solution
For over two days now a sitting has been organized to analyze and look for proposed and solution to the political and military crisis...
End game in Côte d’Ivoire marks a new beginning
The arrest of former Côte d’Ivoire president Laurent Gbagbo on 11 April after a bloody weeklong battle in the heart of Abidjan has been...
Libya: Uganda offers Muammar Gaddafi refuge
Uganda has freely offered embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi refuge in Uganda as diplomats attempt to persuade the defiant leader to leave office without...
Of Western hypocrisy, Obdurate tyrants and Changing times
As the Bob Dylan song goes, the times they are “achanging”. But, do the lowly tyrants and dictators of our world, or those Western...
Military Intervention in Libya and The other side of International Diplomacy
My bigger brother Desmond recounted an experience he once had in the city of Stuttgart where he is undertaking further studies in the field...
Ethiopia to overthrow Eritrean government?
Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia has revealed that his government has embarked on new strategy that targets Eritrean president Isayas Afwerki, his arch...
U.S-Egypt to pursue ‘strategic interests’ together
The new Egypt says it would preserve its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, and work closely with the United States on counter-terrorism. This eases...
Libya: U.S, Germany, China and Russia not ready for war
United States President Barrack Obama has remained defiant to pressure demanding him to recognize the Libyan rebel council as a legitimate government and support...
Gaddafi’s “grave secret” threat triggers French internet craze
Following Nicolas Sarkozy's acknowledgment of the leadership of the Libyan rebel movement, the National Libyan Council, as the country’s legitimate government, Gaddafi's regime has...
Libya: International forces close in on Muammar Gaddafi
International naval and air forces have positioned around Libya in a bid to force the Libyan strong man out of office. Washington has frozen...
Libya: The Gaddafis between the devil and the deep blue sea
Following reports that the death toll may have climbed to nearly 2000 since the beginning of anti-government protests in Libya, France has embarked on...
Contingency plans to protect civilians in Libya
In two, coordinated initiatives a coalition of over 200 Arab organisations and a group of over thirty prominent intellectuals from across the Middle East...
Senegal – Iran: From friendship to diplomatic war
The Senegalese government officially severed diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran on Wednesday. Dakar has accused Tehran of supplying arms to separatists...
Botswana warns Libya amid suspected Zimbabwe mercenaries
Botswana, a small Southern African nation has threatened to cut all diplomatic ties with strife-torn Libya while its neighbour, Zimbabwe, is
suspected of having mercenaries...
Egypt: U.S. playing safe as events unfold in Arab world
The United States has expressed concern over the handling of post Hosni Mubarak-Egypt by the Egyptian military. Following the suspension of the constitution and...
Egypt: U.S. treads on carpet of raw eggs
The United States is trapped in a political web in Egypt given its desire for stability in a regional ally, its support for democratic...
Ivory Coast: Botswana moves to further isolate Gbagbo
Arrangements are underway for President Alassane Ouattarra's first official visit outside his country since he was recognized by the international community as winner of...
South Sudan referendum to determine Khartoum-Washington relations
The US has promised northern Sudan that as long as it did not "directly or indirectly" support terror groups, it would remove the soon-to-be...
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo seeks Zimbabwe President Mugabe’s support
Embattled Ivorian strongman Laurent Gbabgo on Thursday evening dispatched a special envoy to Harare for urgent meetings with President Mugabe’s senior officials in what...
Where does Ethiopia stand? – Sudan, a nation divided
Ethiopia does not only share a long border with the Sudan (1600 kms in length) but also the Blue Nile, the lifeline of both...
Ivory Coast: Gbagbo, family and cronies banned from travel
The United States has imposed travel restrictions on Côte d’Ivoire’s Laurent Gbagbo, members of his regime and others who are undermining their country’s democratic...
WikiLeaks copycat reveals Indonesia’s bloody secrets
Stefan Simanowitz reports on how the appearance of IndoLeaks has led to speculation that documents may emerge to throw light some of the darkest...
Wikileaks Founder: Revolutionist or Rebel?
The arrest of Mr. Julian Assange, founder of the whistle-blowing website Wikilleaks over the release of thousands of leaked classified diplomatic cables, is undemocratic,...
Gaddafi’s position on Africa versus Wikileaks
Caught between embarrassment, anger and confusion, African leaders have so far failed to react to the damaging revelations from WikiLeaks, the controversial whistle-blower website....
Mozambique’s presidents stuffing Africa with drugs
Mozambique President Armando Guebuza and past leader Joaquim Chissano
have been fingered as chief culprits in shielding drug barons in the southern African nation, which...
The rebirth of Africa: The way forward
‘Only where there is life is there also a will not a will to live however, but so teach I thee a will for...
Somalia’s anti-piracy war triggers UN and US concern
The United States has expressed concerns over secretly funded anti-piracy militia training to battle pirates and stop criminal activities in Somalia. The U.S State...
Libya: Sudan president out of Africa-European summit
The African Union has decided to exclude Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir from the forth-coming European Union-African Union summit in order to prevent a protest...
Gambia government bids Iran goodbye
The Gambia and the Islamic Republic of Iran have broken diplomatic ties following reports that Iran was involved in an illegal arms shipment to...
Algeria snubs France in sahel counterterrorism initiative
Paris wants to organize a conference of heads of state of a group of Sahel countries that have joined forces to fight against terrorist...