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New York Forum Africa 2013: The ICC, judicial colonialism in Africa?
At a debate on "independence" in Africa during the second edition of the New York Forum Africa 2013 in Libreville, Gabon, the Rwandan minister...
Ivory Coast makes sex not war
Condomerie, the Amsterdam-based condom shop, provided over 2,000 “little blue helmet” condoms for UN soldiers stationed in Côte d’Ivoire on February 1. The prophylactics...
Beneath the Islamic beards and burqas
The most striking scene in Nick Broomfield's powerful 2007 film Battle for Haditha is not one of violence but a simple love scene. A...
Antique Dutch law for Somali pirates: Could this be the way out?
Some people accuse us old guards of not adopting new ways and new solutions even to old and persistent problems and I think it...
Exit for Cameroon as Lions fail to roar
Nine points for the Netherlands, none for Cameroon. The so called Indomitable Lions head home empty handed after a disappointing run. Paul Le Guen...
Dutch Oil Company in the dock for Ivory Coast disaster
Dutch oil firm, Trafigura alleged of dumping toxic waste in The Ivory Coast is facing prosecution in The Netherlands. Prosecutors said Trafigura had broken...
El Asira’s first Muslim Halal online Sex Shop
Abdelaziz Aouragh, a 29-year old Dutch-Moroccan and a practicing Muslim, has launched El Asira, a rather unlikely, if not daring, enterprise in the Netherlands....
Trafigura in Africa: A crime against humanity
This week the controversial oil trading company Trafigura found itself in the limelight once again, following a revelation by the British press showing evidence...
Ivory Coast: Massive population poisoning, Dutch oil-trading company guilty?
Trafigura, would have purposefully dumped deadly chemicals in Ivory Coast that poisoned and killed thousands of people in 2006. An Ivorian contractor Solomon Ugburogbu,...
The Netherlands gives back the head of King Badu Bonsu II to Ghana
Members of the Ahanta kingdom, one of several kingdoms within the Akan group, Thursday took part in a ceremony in the Netherlands to honour...
Ghana gets back the head of a king beheaded in 1838 by the Dutch
The Dutch government announced Thursday its decision to give back the head of one of the ancient kings of the Gold Coast (now Ghana),...
Netherlands – Zimbabwe: You will get no money from us
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai was told in the Netherlands on Monday that his government had to implement serious political and economic reforms before...
Somali kidnappers threaten to kill MSF hostages
Somali gunmen who abducted two doctors from the NGO Médecins sans Frontières (MSF) Sunday in Somalia, threatened Tuesday to kill their hostages if a...
Dutch confiscation of HIV drugs for Nigeria threatening
Dozens of HIV patients have been placed at risk after the Dutch authorities seized consignments of Indian-made medicines shipped via Schipol airport for distribution...
A new Moroccan Mayor for Rotterdam
This is the first time a person of foreign descent has been appointed to run a city in the Netherlands. Ahmed Aboutaleb, of Moroccan...
Dutch arrested in The Gambia for indecent acts with Gambian men
A magistrate court in Banjul has ordered 79-year-old Dutch, Frank Boers to pay a fine of 100,000 Gambian dalasis (approximately US$ 4,00 0 )...
Prosecutors outraged by ‘genocide’ singer’s sentence
Reports emanating from the UN-backed tribunal based in Tanzania claim that a famous Rwanda singer, Simon Bikindi, has been handed a 15 years jail...
Journalists jailed for reporting ‘death of Dutch consul in’ Niger Electricity boss’ office
Managing editor, Moussa Aksar, and reporter Sani Aboubacar, of LEvénement, an independent weekly newspaper in Niger have been arrested and detained at Niamey Civil...
Ivorian gov’t to embark on criminal investigations against Netherlands company
Government lawyers from the Ivory Coast have said they may go ahead with criminal investigations against Trafigura, the Netherlands-based oil trader, which owned the...
Dutch company to blame for deaths and poisonous sledge in Abidjan ?
A trial is under way in Abidjan of local officials accused of conniving in the dumping of toxic oil sludge in August 2006 and...
Benin gets food aid from The Netherlands
The Netherlands has given Benin food aid estimated at CFA 1.05 billion, part of which has been earmarked for school lunch. The fund, channelled...
Zimbabwe official’s smuggling plan foiled by France and the Netherlands
Gideon Gono, Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe boss has felt the sting on sanctions imposed on him by the European Union when his consignment...
Canada and Netherlands contirbute 3.5 billion F CFA to Mali’s Rice Initiative
Canada and the Netherlands have both contributed 3.5 billion CFAF for the implementation of the Rice Initiative launched in June by Malian Prime Minister...
Malaysian tanker bound for Holland hijacked by Somali pirates
A Malaysian tanker carrying palm oil has been seized off the coast of Somalia, regional maritime sources said Thursday. The vessel and more than...
Telecommunications gaint moves from Holland to Kenya
Zain International, one of Africa's leading mobile phone service providers, has moved its Africa regional headquarters to Nairobi, the Kenyan capital.
Zain, formerly Celtel, is...
Dutch company to make beer more affordable to Kenyans despite tax hikes
Dutch brewer Heineken has re-entered the Kenyan beer market, wielding what it called a 'green-label' specifically designed to appeal to environmentally-minded drinkers.
Heineken, a brand...
ANC to bring Zuma rape accuser back to SA from Netherlands to apologise
The ANC leadership is reported to be keen to have Jacob Zuma’s rape accuser brought back from the Netherlands to apologise for making...
Tsvangirai intends to leave Dutch refuge amid growing tension
Zimbabwe opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai intends to leave the refuge of the Dutch embassy in Harare over the next 48 hours.
Tsvangiria's spokeperson this morning...
Pirates threaten to kill Dutch ship crew
Somali hijackers of a Dutch ship off the Somali coast have threatened to kill the crew if the freighter is stormed, according to local...
Al Qaeda suspects arrested in France
According to France 24 eight people were arrested in France in a joint operation with police in Germany and the Netherlands where two other...