Governance - Page 43
Mugabe : opposition never to rule
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, fighting a tough election battle, has said he will not allow the opposition to take over power even if it...
Egyptian editor faces trial
Leading Egyptian Editor Ibrahim Eissa is to appear in court on Wednesday to face charges of publishing "fake news about the President's health'' which,...
A package of deals needed to resolve border issue
Although the algerian government has not yet given an official answer in response to the Moroccan call for the reopening of land borders, several...
Egypt : Professors strike
Egyptian university professors demonstrated and held a one-day strike on Sunday demanding higher wages.
The professors are the most recent professional group to call for...
Mugabe goes shopping
The Zimbabwe government under President Robert Mugabe has embarked on a borrowing and spending spree ahead of Saturday’s presidential and parliamentary elections.
By Tony...
Chad kicks out its only foreign correspondent
The Chadian government effectively forced the country's only permanent foreign correspondent to leave the country on Thursday after withdrawing her work permit without explanation,...
Editor on the run
The founder and editor of the private bimonthly newspaper Umuco went into hiding last Tuesday, a day before a police raid on his residence...
Egyptian elections: Brotherhood says it’s ready
In two weeks' time Egyptians will head to voting booths to cast ballots in what analysts say could be one of the most important...
Zimbabwe: The art of gerrymandering
If Zimbabwe were any other country, President Robert Mugabe, would be out of office after elections next week on March 29.
The economy is in...
Gov’t apologizes as refugees return to camp
A number of Liberian refugees who were removed from the refugee camp last Monday following weeks of illegal demonstrations have been returned to the...
Obama’s rights violated, Ms. Rice says sorry
US presidential hopeful is yet again the centre of attraction as State Department spokesman Sean McCormack announced that three of its contract workers had...
Morocco calls for reopening of land border with Algeria
Morocco Thursday expressed its willingness to reopen the land border with Algeria, closed since 1994, and a return to normal relations between the two...
Zimbabwe : Mugabe lies to teachers
Robert Mugabe's crumbling regime which approved a hefty salary hike for striking teachers two weeks ago failed to pay the new salaries as civil...
Refugees ask for forgiveness
More than 600 Liberian refug ees who face repatriation back home for breaking Ghanaian laws are pleading for clemency.
Police removed 659 refugees, mainly women...
SA businessman against disbanding special crime unit
Johannesburg-based businessman Hugh Glenister is seeking from the Pretoria High Court an urgent prohibitive order against the South African government's plan to pass legislation...
African MPs to be trained in Nigerian parliament
Nigeria's National Assembly (parliament) has announced plans to institutionalise its Policy Analysis and Research Project (P.A.R.P) to provide training for legislators in Nigeria and...
Power Sharing legalised in Kenya
The Kenyan parliament voted overwhelmingly Tuesday for a constitutional amendment in a historic exercise that will legalise the formation of a coalition government in...
Chad opposition leader alive
Chadian opposition leader Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh, who has been missing since 3 February 2008 in N'Djamena, Chad, is still alive, his son, Hicham...
Urgent appeal made by Kibaki and Odinga
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister (designate), Raila Odinga Monday jointly appealed for international financial assistance to the tune of US$ 400 million...
Strict screening for journalists and observers begins
The Zimbabwean government is screening foreign journalists before letting them into the country before this month's elections, amid suspicion that some may be spying...
Nigeria’s President lists African nations’ challenges
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua, has lamented that most African nations are today confronted with a number of daunting challenges of poor infrastructure and weak...
Egypt : Appeals against shut down of 49 web sites
An Egyptian judge is appealing a lower court's ruling that upheld the freedom of expression on the Internet.
In the appeal, which begins 17 March,...
Morgan Tsvangirai- A Successful Failure
In May 2005, Police and Para-military forces on the instruction of president Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe carried out a brutal operation called 'Operation Murambatsvina'...
The Gambia: Online blocks amid violent threats
Since the beginning of March 2008, Gambians have been unable
to access the "Freedom Newspaper", an
online Gambian newspaper based in the United States of America,...
Morgan Tsvangirai leads opinion polls
Zimbabwe's main opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai, could win the forthcoming presidential election in two weeks time against beleaguered incumbent, Mr Robert Mugabe, an opinion...
AU to review rules on democratic polls
Following Kenya's post-election bloody conflict, the African Union (AU) is considering a review of its Declaration of Principles Governing Democratic Elections on the continent,...
Crackdown on Egypt’s Brotherhood personnel
The Internet has proven to be one of the Muslim Brotherhood's main means of attracting attention, but a government campaign to arrest its editors...
Sudan peace accord to end row over oil-rich Abyei region
Sudanese authorities are crafting a formula for the formation of a regional government for the oil-rich Abyei region, which has been one of the...
Zimbabwe unknown candidate is chosen by “God”
Towungana says he was not holding any rallies or meetings because he fears the "wrath of the militia that beats up people". He puts...
Kenyan minister’s aide arrested over US$ 2,800 bribe
The integrity of Kenya’s Minister for Local Government, Uhuru Kenyatta, was called into question Wednesday following the arrest of his aide, Mr. Justus Kariuki,...