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Egypt : Two killed and several journalists arrested
Nine Egyptian journalists, photographers and one cameraman were the latest arrests in the Northern Delta town of Mahalla Al Kubra, panapress reported from the...
Kenya : Compromise on cabinet ministers reached
Kenyan leaders appeared to inch closer to a deal on power-sharing Saturday after six weeks of straight bargaining over the sharing of five key...
South Africa : ‘Shoot to Kill’ gains Zuma support
JACOB Zuma, president of the ruling African National Congress is in full
support of the controversial "shoot to kill" proposed policy.
Speaking at...
Rice embarrassed by Mandela’s terrorist status in the US
Nelson Mandela, the historic leader of the African National Congress (ANC), and his political party are still black-listed by the American authorities.
During the...
First Catholic church opens in Qatar
More than six thousand faithful worshippers came together for the inaugural celebration of the first Catholic church in the Arab Emirate of Qatar.
...
Morocco : Gov’t and Labor unions negotiate
This week the Moroccan government and labor unions began a second round of negotiations. The main subjects of concern included the decrease of income...
Kenya : Cholera outbreak kills 59
A cholera outbreak in Kenya has killed 59 people and lef t 1,200 people hospitalised over the last two months, affecting 16 different districts...
Nigeria : Yar’Adua to sign 2008 budget
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua will sign into law the country's budget for 2008 on Monday, almost five months after he presented it to the...
MDC plans to boycott ZANU-PF imposed election rerun
Last night the opposition MDC hinted that it might boycott the anticipated rerun of the March 29 Presidential election, insisting it...
Rice and foreign envoys urge Kenya to find a quick solution
Foreign envoys Wednesday stepped up a series of talks aimed at breaking the current stalemate in Kenya over the formation of the grand cabinet.
Vice-President...
Nigerian oficials charged with corruption
Nigeria's anti-graft Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has charged two former ministers, the daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and nine others with...
Egyptian Elections : Clashes between police and civilians continue
Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, accompanied by a high-level government team, headed to Mahalla Al Kobra Wednesday to end the violence that ensued following...
Mugabe sends troops to start violence to back state of emergency
An amazing 200 top Zimbabwe Defence Forces have been deployed countrywide to spearhead an orgy of violence while drumming up support...
Ministerial reshuffle in Namibia
Namibian president Hifikepunye Pohamba on Tuesday reshuffled nearly his entire cabinet dropping safety and security minister Peter Tsheehama and redrafting former Prime Minister Hage...
Nigeria : Opposition asks President to adhere to his promise
Nigeria's opposition Action Congress (AC) party has warned the federal government that the country's democracy is in ''great danger'' due to the persistent rigging...
Economic Analysis of the Legal Regulation of Religion in the US and Germany
In this paper, I analyze the legal regulation of religion in the US and Germany from rational choice perspective and the perspective of new...
Ghanaian General calls for african concensus against threats
A senior Ghanaian military officer on Monday called on African states to collaborate to enable them to effectively deal with threats to peace and...
Gambian nationals mandated to arrest at the country’s airport
Under Gambia's new civil aviation law, civilians are mandated to arrest persons who commit offences or crimes at the Banjul International Airport.
According to the...
The Gambia : Foreign jobs bill reviewed
The Gambian National Assembly on Monday passed a bill restricting the categories and number of non-citizens who can be employed by private firms operating...
Egyptian forces crackdown on planned demonstration
Egyptian security forces cracked down hard on opposition a ctivists late Saturday and early Sunday to end a planned general strike before it was...
Gov’t blamed for the escape of multiple killer
The President of Mauritania's Bar Association, Ahmed Ould Youssouf Ould Cheikh Sidya, says the government should shoulder "political responsibility" for last Wednesday's escape in...
Nigeria reconsiders position on refugees
Nigeria's Federal Executive Council has approved a ''cessation clause'' in respect of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone who have been staying in Nigeria...
Soldiers pressured to adopt fundamentalist Christian beliefs
Soldiers pressured to adopt fundamentalist Christian beliefs ’Widespread violations of religious freedom in US military’
Source : AP
Tokapa, Kansas, Dec 19 : A foudation that...
Egypt accused of vote “fixing”
The US-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) has accused Egypt of attempting to fix the upcoming municipal elections in light of the opposition Muslim Brotherhood's...
MEND says no talks without leader
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) has said it will not participate in this month's Niger Delta Peace Summit being...
Botswana elects a new President
Botswana, Zimbabwe’s diamond rich neighbor, on Tuesday witnessed a smooth power transition while it awaits presidential results. Seretse Khama Ian Khama was inaugurated as...
Elections go smoothly in Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone's National Electoral Commission said it successfully conducted four bye-elections in different parts of the country on Saturday.
The elections, contested by three major...
Renewed protests in Kenya for a new cabinet
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki came under immense pressure to name a new cabinet on Tuesday, as the civil society held street protests to urge...
State official’s body discovered as state accuses opposition
The Commissioner for Information in Nigeria's Mid-western state of Edo, Mr. Calus Enoma, was found dead Monday, two days after he was declared missing...
Comoros : Ex-VP surrenders, others caught hiding in a cave
The former vice-president of Anjouan and former secretary-general of the Indian Ocean Commission (OIC), Caambi El-yachroutu, Sunday surrendered to the Comorian military authorities on...