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Zambia: Sudan President’s invitation to summit questioned
The Zambian government has assured Sudanese president Omar Hassan
Al-Bashir, who has been indicted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court, that he is...
Wikileaks cites Tsvangirai, Museveni anti-Mugabe campaign
Zimbabwe’s premier Morgan Tsvangirai privately urged Western countries to maintain sanctions against the southern African nation but publicly back calls for their removal, latest...
Ivory Coast: UN Security Council position averts war
Members of the UN Security Council have finally acknowledged the victory of Alassane Ouattara in Côte d'Ivoire's presidential election. Sending a clear warning to...
Effective utilization of oil revenue, transparency and accountability
I recently delivered two lectures on the Effective Utilization of Oil Revenue, Transparency and Accountability and Local Content issues at the annual conferences of...
Zimbabwe: Wikileaks gives impetus to Mugabe’s anti-MDC rhetoric
The controversial WikiLeaks website which is giving Foreign ministers
headaches world-over has provided Zimbabwe incontrovertible evidence
that USA was collaborating with the MDC to overthrow President...
Sudan: New date to be set for Abyei referendum
Sudan has postponed the referendum date scheduled for the oil-rich Abyei region. The vote on whether the oil-rich region will belong to the north...
Ivory Coast: Military coup feared after electoral coup d’etat
Tension remains high in Ivory Coast as incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo continues to defy calls from the African Union, United States, France and the...
Ivory Coast can learn from the parliamentry system of governance
As Côte d'Ivoire is in a unique situation with two presidents of the republic, beyond the short-term analysis of the scourges of the titanic...
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...
AU Sends Mbeki to mediate Ivory Coast presidential crisis
Ivory Coast is in political crisis with both of its presidential candidates taking rival oaths of office based on competing election results. Former South...
Zimbabwe: Magube and Zanu officials own massive farms after land reform
Almost 5 million hectares of prime agricultural land which include wildlife conservancies grabbed from productive white commercial farmers in Zimbabwe are in the hands...
Zimbabwe: Editor released but “dark times are back”
After a 24 hour detention in Harare's Rhodesville police station, a Zimbabwean court has ordered the release of Nevanji Madanhire, editor of a privately...
Nigeria: Battle between military and rebel forces intensifies
Renewed battle between the Nigerian military and rebels of the Niger Delta has intensified. And rebels have alleged that some 100 people, mostly civilians,...
The role of tradition in African democracy
“Democracy works only when it has evolved within a specific socio-cultural
environment and fused into the traditional political systems such that it is
seen as an...
Southern Africa countries attack Muammar Gaddafi
Southern Africa Development Community (Sadc) has expressed concern
that some critical decisions reached by their heads of state are not being implemented as scheduled at...
Madagascar’s sad referendum “joke”
Military officers in Madagascar who declared to take over the government of current president Andry Rajoelina have been arrested. The attempted coup plot which...
Sudan: International community striving to prevent war
Despite strong statements by both north and south Sudan to steer clear of war whatever the outcome of the largest African country's January referendum...
Western Sahara: Morocco incites potential for war
At six am on Monday 8th November, Moroccan armed military forces began a violent attack on one of the largest of Western Sahara's three...
Guinea: Violence over presidential election outcome feared
Results for Guinea’s presidential election are to be announced Monday, November 15, but the stage has been set for a violent showdown after one...
Nigerian films to undergo censorship in Uganda
Uganda government is to soon come up with a law which will subject all
films entering the country to censorship. Ugandan legislators have, in recent...
Malawi’s flag war gets support from Catholic Church
Millions of Malawians have recently been seized with the question of the importance of their national flag. Religious and civil society groups in the...
Burma election: ‘Where’s the story?’
Like the old philosophical conundrum about the noise made by a tree falling in a deserted forest, so the upcoming election in Burma raises...
Liberia: President’s cabinet sweep divides pundits
A crackdown on corruption in Liberia which sanctioned investigations of some public officials, has led to the dismissal of all but one member of...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai to take Mugabe to court over GPA abuse
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister has expressed his frustration with what he has described as President Mugabe’s arrogance and announced that his party will "consider taking...
South Sudan referendum could be postponed
A successful January 9 referendum on independence for Southern Sudan will be a "miracle", according to the Sudanese electoral commission chairman Mohamed Ibrahim Khalil....
Nigeria: Group moves to halt “inhumane” government project
An attempt by the Nigerian government to refurbish the capital city of major oil producing state may render over 200,000 people homeless, a statement...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe seeking a hasty end to coalition?
Zimbabwe's electoral commission says it is waiting for the nod from President Robert Mugabe to organize parliamentary and presidential elections in 2011.
“Our mandate is...
Sudan: President Bashir retracts war talk
After threatening that the only outcome he would accept from a January referendum that could split Africa's largest nation was a vote for unity,...
Côte d’Ivoire: Light at the end of the tunnel?
Presidential campaign began on Friday in Côte d'Ivoire amid great expectations and deep concerns. After eight years of armed conflict that led the country...
Sudan: Strong disagreement over oil region raises war fears
The date for a referendum vote to split the oil-rich Abyei region in Sudan has renewed tensions between northern Sudan and southern Sudan. The...