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Wyclef Jean: “If I Was President”
Wyclef Jean's presidential aspiration has been rekindled after having been rejected by Haiti's Provisional Electoral Council. The entertainer has decided to fight last week's...
Zimbabwe in electoral reform bid
An election monitoring group in Zimbabwe has called on authorities to scrap controversial postal votes for police and instead introduce a new special voting...
South Sudan: U.S. law weak amid LRA rebel attacks
A United States law that was passed in May and which demands the Washington administration to develop a strategy to ensure civilians are protected...
Africa’s women turn 50
Fifty years ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is...
Gabon: Ali Bongo signals the end of France-Afrique
Confirming his desire to distance himself from France, Gabonese president Ali Bongo looks determined to break away from his father's legacy. After festivities marking...
Madagascar’s uncertain future despite new political deal
Another signature appended to another agreement! The president of the High Transitional Authority (HAT) of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, last Friday signed an agreement to...
Guinea-Bissau: A time for change
The government of Guinea-Bissau, including its military, civil society, political parties and diplomatic corps have been challenged to work together and build a stable...
UK gets ready to send thousands of Zimbabweans back home
Zimbabwean nationals who were denied asylum in the United Kingdom face renewed deportation threats after a United Kingdom Border Agency fact-finding team visited Harare...
South Africa: Corruption rife within ANC
In a move that has shocked the ruling African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa, the head of campaigns Fikile Mbalula has admitted that...
Sudan: Tug of war over return of southerners in north
South Sudan is demanding its citizens living in northern Sudan to return in order to enhance the votes ahead of a referendum for independence....
Sudan – Darfur: A confused withdrawal of aid workers
Humanitarian workers from the United Nations and the Red Cross have been ordered to leave Darfur within 24 hours because their "security is no...
Uganda links pornography to HIV-AIDs infection
Uganda government is concerned about the increase of pornography in the country. It says pornography is contributing to the rise in HIV-AIDS infections. Last...
Tsvangirai and Zuma to lock horns over Zimbabwe GPA at SADC
Zimbabwe’s premier Morgan Tsvangirai and South African leader Jacob Zuma look headed for collision at the SADC summit in Namibia on Monday, with statements...
Sudan: Imminent war between North and South?
North and South Sudan will resume war should northern Sudan, hinder the referendum for southern independence, a top leader in Southern Sudan warned Friday.
Leading...
South Africa: The fat paycheck that caused national uproar
South Africa is in a season of industrial action and workers have been incensed by revelations of their ruler, President Jacob Zuma’s paycheck.
Zwelinzima Vavi,...
Ethiopia: Eritrean group set to overthrow government
A coalition of ten opposition parties from Eritrea have made a resolution to form a parliament in exile at their just ended assembly in...
A call for sex workers’ rights in Africa
African governments must reconsider their legal and policy posture towards sex work in order to respect and uphold African sex workers’ human rights. ...
In Swaziland, local press subdues royal sex scandal coverage
An alleged sex scandal involving one of the wives of Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of Swaziland, has made worldwide headlines. Yet,...
Swaziland: King Mswati the cuckold!
Swaziland’s King Mswati has been betrayed his childhood friend and his justice minister Ndumiso Mamba, who was caught red-handed sleeping with one of his...
Rwanda election free and fair?
In Rwanda, voting polls are set for the second presidential election since the 1994 genocide, and while preparations for the elections have witnessed the...
Rwanda: Free press, post-genocide
Regardless of Rwanda’s presidential election outcome on August 9th, one thing is certain – an independent press will not monitor the election results. ...
African youth urged to challenge their governments
Three U.S. lawmakers have urged more than 100 young activists from Africa to continue to challenge their governments to increase their transparency, accountability and...
Rwanda’s controversial drum
The media dilemma in Rwanda has been described as the controversial drum. Free press in the country is indeed essential for democracy, development of...
Guinea-Bissau: EU and U.S. lose war against crime?
The European Union has given up on its mission to build a stable democracy in Guinea-Bissau just two years after it launched a mission...
Second class French citizens?
A proposal to strip French citizenship of foreign-born offenders who put the lives of public officers in danger, by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has...
Ethiopia: U.S. foreign policy and unsafe abortion in Africa
United States foreign policy abortion restrictions have often hampered African NGOs’ efforts to reduce deaths and disabilities associated with unsafe abortion procedures. In a...
Obama meets young Africans in Washington
President Obama is convening a first-ever, three-day conference in August with more than 100 young leaders from a cross section of African life to...
Sudan: Oil threatens South’s independence
Northern Sudan has been accused of settling Arab nomadic tribes in oil-rich Abeyi region where votes are required to influence whether or not the...
Zimbabwe judiciary remains precarious
Zimbabwe’s judiciary system is being kept under President Mugabe’s wraps through financial inducements and threats of physical harm with the new coalition government doing...
Decisions of the 15th AU summit
The 15th AU Summit held in Kampala, Uganda, from 19 to 27 July has adopted the following decisions:
On the Theme of the Summit: ?Maternal,...