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Egypt: “Metro”, eroticism banned
Metro, the first graphic novel in Arabic, has become the latest cause of a loud Egyptian clamour. The cartoonist, Magdy el-Shafee, accused of violating...
African Expert visits Black reparation, UN seat and ICC
Kenya's Dr. Ali A. Mazrui, nominated by the British Journal, 'PROSPECT' as the top 100 public intellectuals alive in the world has shared his...
Apartheid: IBM, GM, FORD on the accused bench
The American justice system Wednesday gave the green light to victims of apartheid to begin legal proceedings against some highly reputed multinational corporations in...
Zuma the Zulu politician with “nine lives” celebrated
Jacob Zuma's rural village burst into song and dance when the news that their son has been set cleared of all charges aganist him....
Charges dropped or not, Zuma’s image is still tarnished
South Africa president in waiting Jcob Zuma is a free man. Prosecutors dropped all corruption charges against him ending a long legal battle that...
South Africa: Zuma sets precedence, charges dropped
South African prosecutors Monday dropped corruption charges against Jacob Zuma, handing a major victory to the man who is almost certain to be elected...
Nigeria: Pfizer and Kano opt for out of court settlement
The outstanding court case between Kano, a northern Nigeria State, and Pfizer, a U.S drug firm, has been further postponed to 25th of May,...
Omar al-Bashir at Arab summit: Arab leaders tread warily
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, was given a red carpet welcome as he arrived in Qatar on Sunday, defying an international arrest warrant to attend...
Zimbabwean home affairs ministers to face questioning
Zimbabwean Parliament has summoned co-home affairs ministers to explain the use of torture by the police on suspects, human rights and opposition activists in...
Zimbabwe: US sends CIA to investigate PM’s wife’s death
An CIA agent from USA would arrive in Harare Tuesday to carry out investigations into the death of Prime Minister's wife, Susan Tsvangirai.
This comes...
Obama and Ban Ki-Moon to tackle Sudan issue together
President Obama and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon have agreed to seek ways to end the immediate humanitarian crisis in Darfur and work toward long-term...
US disowns truck that killed Zimbabwe PM’s wife
The United States has moved to put distance between itself and the crash that killed the wife of Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister.
In a statement ...
Nigeria: Surprising number of rebels seek rehabilitation
A criminal rehabilitation project set up by Rotimi Amaechi, the governor of Rivers state in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria has began to...
South Africans abroad to vote in pending elections
South Africa's highest court has ruled today that citizens living abroad should be allowed to vote in next month's watershed general election.
Reports claim that...
Zimbabwe: Roy Bennet released from jail in Mutare
A top MDC official Roy Bennett has just been set free a day after the Supreme Court ordered his release on bail.
This could...
Mugabe at Mrs Tsvangirai’s funeral says it is God’s act
President Robert Mugabe today joined thousands of his countrymen mourning for Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's wife, saying it is an act of...
ICC and Omar Bashir no friends of Ethiopia…
The controversial International Criminal Court has finally come out with an arrest warrant for President Omar Beshir of the Sudan. The warrant is out...
Sudan: Bashir’s indictment irks international community
As predicted, tensions are running high in Sudan following the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) decision to issue an international arrest warrant for Sudanese president,...
Sudan: ICC attacks President Omar al-Bachir
The international Criminal Court (ICC), Wednesday, issued an international arrest warrant against Omar al-Bachir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. Contrary...
Sudan: Who wants Omar al-Bashir’s arrest?
The Sudan president, Mr. Omar al-Bashir, the Islamist militia, black Darfurians and the rest of Africa eagerly await the decision of the International...
Freed Zimbabwean activist, emaciated and unwell
Leading Zimbabwe’s Human rights activist Jestina Mukoko who was freed Monday on is US$600 bail says she is worried about her health. She had...
Former Zambian first lady jailed on 5 counts of theft
A Zambian court has sent former First lady, Regina Chiluba to jail for three-and-a-half years for receiving stolen property. Chief resident magistrate,...
Guinea’s junta brings corrupt “cocaine” officials to book
A crackdown on cocaine smuggling by Guinea’s military junta has netted the son of the former president and a string of senior police officers,...
Three charged for bloodbath to amass diamonds
Three Sierra Leoneans, Issa Sesay, Morris Kallon, and Augustine Gbao brutally assaulted and raped women, violently amputated and mutilated men, women and children in...
Binyam Mohamed being used to score political points?
Living up to promises made during his campaign, President Barack Obama not only signed orders on the handling and interrogation of Guantanamo Bay inmates,...
Sudan ethnic cleansing: Another country helped Bashir?
The impending arrest of Sudan's under-fire President Mr. Omar al-Bashir is set to divide the International community into two factions. While some western nations...
Teddy Afro discharged! Previous sentence questionable?
The Ethiopian Supreme Court Judge, Daniel Melaku, on Wednesday ruled to free popular singer, Tewodros Kasahun (a.k.a Teddy Afro), who was jailed December last...
Mugabe snubs Tsvangirai’s calls in 1st cabinet meeting
The all-inclusive Cabinet on Tuesday held its first meeting and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai did not mince his words. He demanded that Mugabe’s Zanu...
MDC to send Mengistu Haile Marian back-packing to Ethiopia
Former Ethiopian dictator, Mengistu Haile Mariam, who has been living in Zimbabwe for the past 17 years as an honoured guest of Robert Mugabe,...
EU and US Law makers seek Birtukan Mideksa’s release
Ethiopia's High Court will on Thursday rule in a case in which opposition leader Birtukan Mideksa has been charged with treason, following the government's...