Governance - Page 48
Bakassi – where Cameroon is already in control
Some 10 minutes after leaving the jetty in the Nigerian border village of Ikang, our speedboat pulls up to a muddy bank now under...
Zimbabwe: New forex policy “paralyses” NGOs
Zimbabwean non-governmental organisations (NGOs) claim their operations have been paralysed since the Reserve Bank raided their foreign currency accounts (FCAs).
In his mid-year Monetary Policy...
Ceasefire fails to quell Darfur violence
A unilateral ceasefire announced by Khartoum in late October has failed to improve security in Darfur, where armed groups continue to do battle, according...
OCHA concerned over official’s expulsion from South Darfur
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) in Sudan is holding talks with government officials over the expulsion of its South...
5 ex-Nigerian state governors ‘to return stolen 50b naira’
Five former state governors in Nigeria have agreed to return a total of 50 billion naira in looted public funds, so they will not...
Cameroon’s civil society rejects calls for limitless term for Biya
Cameroon's civil society organisations and opposition political parties, grouped under the "civil society's platform for democracy in Cameroon," have strongly condemned calls to change...
Nigeria: Government hits tobacco companies with whopping law suit
The Nigerian federal government filed a suit in the High Court of Abuja on Tuesday against tobacco companies British-American Tobacco, Philip Morris International, and...
New hope for long-suffering Mauritanian refugees
This village seems typical of villages in northern Senegal - with thatched huts, women cooking on outdoor fires, children playing and men sitting under...