Governance - Page 47
Chad: Government forces claim Victory
Rebels seeking to topple the government of President Idriss Deby fought their way to a few blocks to the presidential palace on the weekend,...
Africa: Another Gold Rush
It was in a Parisian metro (subway / tube) that I eavesdropped on a conversation between a group of young interracial men... The South...
ZIMBABWE: Vote first, talk later
Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has condemned the proclamation of a March election date by President Robert Mugabe, and is considering boycotting...
Kenya: Fighting Intensifies After MP’s killing
Naivasha, usually one of the must see sights for tourists in Kenya, has been thrown into days of violent ethnic confrontations. There have been...
Nigeria’s New trend : Politics, Anti-corruption and National Development
The war on corruption launched by Nigerian President Yar’Adua through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has gained a lot of ground. Meanwhile...
Annan brings Kenya’s Kibaki, Raila to negotiating table
Peace-maker Kofi Annan Thursday met Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki and his main opposition challenger, Raila Odinga, as he intensified reconciliation effort in the...
Wanted Men In : A Corrupt Nigerian & A Liberian warlord seek judgement…
Alleged to have syphoned government money through companies registered under names of family members during his time in office as a governer of Edo...
PSC calls for dialogue to end post-election violence in Kenya
Expressing concern at the post-election violence in Kenya and its humanitarian consequences, the Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union (AU) Tuesday...
An overview of Mugabe, The British, The US and Supremacy
Glued to his position, denoted as a heretic by the international media, snubbed by western politicians, slapped with economic sanctions... President Mugabe strides on...
Kenya : Confirmation of electoral irregularities while police shot down demonstrators
Today, the Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice Initiative, a coalition of Kenyan independent NGOs amongst which FIDH member organisation, the Kenya Human Rights...
Kenya so far
Political and diplomatic solutions
Following Ghana president Kuffour’s unsucccessful visit to mediate for peace in the Kenyan crises, the former UN Secretary General, Kofi Annan,...
This week in Nigeria
This week, Nigeria put a $44 billion lawsuit against three tobacco firms namely, British American Tobacco, Phillip Morris and international tobacco, on hold.
The government...
Kenya : High tensions following the opening of Parliamentary sessions
The first Parliamentary session of the year opened Tuesday morning in Nairobi in a very tense atmosphere. A high number of police force was...
Kenya poll chief disowns election results
The Kenya presidential election stalemate took yet another interesting turn late Thursday, when the country's electoral chief, Samuel Kivuitu, disowned the results which returned...
Four retired african presidents in Kenya to mediate election crisis
Four retired African presidents arrived here Tuesday t o mediate in the stand off between Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition O r ange...
Kibaki summons rivals for peace talks, but opposition says no
Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki on Monday reached out to his opposition rivals, Raila Odinga and five of his five senior associates known as the...
More Kenyan displaced arriving at refugee centres
Post-election violence has decreased in several districts of western Kenya, but displaced civilians have continued to trek across the border to seek refuge in...
Economic stagnation wreaks havoc in Gambia, says opposition leader
The leader of Gambia's main opposition United Democratic Party (UDP), Ousainou Darboe, on Thursday launched scathing attack on the ruling government's economic policies, saying...
2008 will be eventful for Nigeria’s development according to Yar’Adua
Nigeria's President Umaru Yar'Adua has promised his compatriots ''a very eventful'' year in the country's development, while asking for cooperation from them to enable...
Independent experts to compute Kenyan presidential vote
Kenya's President Mwai Kibaki might be forced to stand down following Thursday's order by the East African nation's Attorney-General, Amos Wako, for a re-tabulation...
Nigeria must tackle impediments to development
Economic experts have urged the Nigerian government to tackle the various impediments to development, as a way of achieving the better deal promised to...
Kenyan electoral chief “coerced” to announce flawed results
The Electoral Commission of Kenya (ECK) chairman Samuel Kivuitu has admitted being pressurized to announce "flawed" results in the Kenyan presidential race, which saw...
Kenyan Opposition party slams delay in release of election result
Kenyan opposition presidential candidate Raila Odinga, shown to have taken an early lead in the race for power in the East African country, Friday...
Niger Delta militants declare ‘Xmas ceasefire’
In the spirit of Christmas, the largest militant group in Nigeria's oil producing Niger Delta region has declared a 24-hour ceasefire, during which all...
Niger: Army, rebels commit abuses against civilians, rights groups say
The Nigerien army and rebels in the country have yet to formally respond to charges by rights groups that both sides are committing abuses...
Niger : Where childhood ends on the marriage bed
Fifteen-year-old Hadjo Garbo’s child-like features belie a history more tragic and life-altering than many adults four times her age will have experienced.
Two years ago...
Kenya: Inefficient peace committees frustrate reconciliation in clash areas
Mother-of-four Ann Wacu is afraid to return to her home in Kenya's New Molo District, where inter-ethnic violence has killed dozens and displaced thousands...
Somalia: Prime minister to name new, leaner cabinet
Somalia's new prime minister Nur Hassan Hussein has dismissed his government just three weeks after its formation in favour of a “small but effective...
Kenya: “Revenge attacks and rumours” fuelling hostilities in Molo
Revenge attacks, rumours, inaccurate media reports and provocative public statements by politicians have fuelled hostilities in Kenya's New Molo district, where clashes have displaced...
Nigeria: Abuja’s splendid centre surrounded by urban blight
Patience Israel, a 20-year-old hairdresser, lived in a decent home in Karimo, a squatter settlement near Nigeria's political capital, until it was demolished in...