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Zimbabwe: Looming split after bomb scare at Zanu-PF congress
Security was heightened last night at Zanu PF congress with the army and Central Intelligence Organisation operatives pitching up a temporal base as...
Nigeria: Arrest of prominent politician; Opposition crackdown or justice?
Following the arrest of a leader of a rising opposition party in Nigeria by the Nigerian Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the country’s...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF to hail Mugabe as supreme leader at congress
Zimbabwe’s unending negotiations have been stopped to pave way for President Mugabe’s party to hold its lavish congress which starts in Harare today.
The two...
Sudan: Tensions and warning signs of a North-South civil war?
The die may have been cast in Sudan as Southern Sudanese take to the streets demanding electoral reform and independence, following the arrest of...
Top South Sudan politicians arrested in Khartoum amid threats
The Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, and his deputy for Northern Sudan, Yasir Arman, have been arrested by...
Guinea: Calls for democracy heighten ahead of Junta leader’s return from Morocco
West African regional group has called for an immediate return to civilian rule in Guinea as the attacked military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara...
Zimbabwe: Citizens are the Real Heroes
I am not a street activist, but more from the irritable pool of intellectual key-punchers who hope that Robert Mugabe and his cronies are...
South African President Zuma’s US$8m plus home renovations
South African leader Jacob Zuma is splashing a whopping R65-million (over 8.8 million US dollars) in expanding his rural home of Nkandla. The new...
Uganda: A history of politically motivated violence, intimidation, bribery
Uganda’s government should reform the country’s election laws to improve accountability for election-related crimes and reduce the risk of violence in the upcoming 2011...
Thabo Mbeki stands accused for South African health disaster
A small but vocal political party in South Africa has joined calls for former president Thabo Mbeki to be held accountable for his role...
Nigeria: Calls for President’s resignation fuel war of words among politicians
There is an ongoing conflict of opinions as to whether the Nigerian President Mr. Umaru Yar’Adua should stay in office or resign. His health...
Equatorial Guinea: Teodoro Obiang Nguema’s property
Although definite results were not expected until December 7, the Equatoguinean Interior Ministry announced Tuesday that interim results, given earlier, were almost final. And...
Burundi: Braces up for another rebel leader in power
Burundi is set to witness the transition of another rebel leader into presidency. Former rebel leader of a Hutu militia, Mr. Agathon Rwasa is...
Equatorial Guinea: President dominates state media election coverage, opposition invisible
In the absence of any independent media, Reporters Without Borders condemns the state-owned media's totally one-sided coverage of the
campaign for the 29 November presidential...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe “is a gift from God”
Veterans of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle have come out boldly to declare that President Mugabe is a “gift from God” and would rally behind him...
Sudan polls put off by a week
Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas of the...
Negotiators of Zimbabwe main parties to meet on Sunday
Negotiators of Zimbabwe's major political parties are expected to meet in Harare on Sunday for formal discussions aimed at ironing out sticking points around...
Britain and US urge probe on Ethiopian aid abuse
The US and Britain have expressed concern over the alleged politicisation of humanitarian aid in Ethiopia ahead of elections and called for immediate investigation.
A...
Gabon-France: Ali Bongo’s visit to help restore France’s image?
Newly elected Gabonese President, Ali Bongo Ondimba, will be on an official visit to France, Friday, and will be conferring wih French President, Nicolas...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF set to install Mugabe as supreme leader
Plans to transform Zanu PF into an organization with a supreme leader have gone a gear up with reports that a proposal to set...
Sudan: Too late to impose unity says Foreign Minister
The Minister for Foreign affairs in the Sudanese government of national unity, Deng Alor, has blamed the ruling party, the national congress party, for...
The U.S. has no illusions over democracy in Guinea
“Fifty years of authoritarian rule has been debilitating to the country. Money that went to the armed forces that could have been or should...
Zimbabwe: MDC calls off boycott, gives ultimatum
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has called off his party’s three week boycott but issued another 30 day ultimatum for President Mugabe to
address “pertinent issues...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe and Tsvangirai prepare for confrontation in Maputo
Zimbabwe's long time ruler President Mugabe and his political rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai will attend Thursday’s regional summit in Maputo, Mozambique, in a...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai may press for a full 15-member SADC summit
Another summit to tackle Zimbabwe’s unending political crisis is set for Mozambique on Thursday but little is expected from it. Swaziland's King Mswati, Mozambican...
Egypt: Beyonce stirs political and religious debates ahead of concert
If there is one thing that could unite the muslims and Christians of Egypt, it is unlikely to be the raunchy dress style of...
Egypt’s Al-Azhar Mosque in spotlight over niqab ban
Al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo is one of the oldest and most respected Sunni religious institutions in the world. It works hard to uphold the...
Guinea Stadium Massacre: Junta leader’s aide under suspicion
The UN Security Council on Wednesday approved the creation of a commission of inquiry to look into the 28 September massacres in Guinea. The...
Zimbabwe: Special SADC team meets as MDC arrests rise
A special Southern African Development Community (SADC) mission on
Zimbabwe’s volatile political situation have began work to review progress of inclusive government forged between long...
Zimbabwe: Mugabe to replace MDC gov’t officials with ZANU-pf members
Zimbabwean president, Robert Mugabe would soon appoint acting ministers to carry out duties that MDC Cabinet members are refusing to discharge, a cabinet minister...