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Zimbabwe: Activists arrested to prevent Egypt-Tunisian style protests
Security forces in Zimbabwe claim to have foiled Egyptian-style uprisings after arresting 46 rights activists in the capital Harare for allegedly “plotting to oust...
Egypt: Gamel Mubarak goes into hiding
The son of ousted Egyptian President, Hosni Mubarak, is desperately seeking a hiding place for himself and his family in the United Kingdom.
According to...
Ugandans at polls to elect President and MPs amid delays
Thousands of Ugandans were at polling centres as early as 6.00 am ready to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections taking...
Zimbabwe: Wives of officials off EU sanctions list
Thirty five Zimbabweans, mainly wives of President Robert Mugabe's close associates, who where on European Union travel sanctions have been let off the...
Uganda: Museveni rejects winds of change
As Ugandans prepare to cast their votes in the presidential and parliamentary elections on Friday, their president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has assured them that...
Crisis hits Ivory Coast economy
Laurent Gbagbo, one of the two presidents of the Ivory Coast, has accused Washington of supporting his rival, Alassane Ouattara. He has also accused...
Ethiopia: Four NGOs get government ban
Ethiopian authorities have revoked the licenses of four Non-Governmental Organizations (two local and two foreign). The government of the Horn of Africa country claims...
Uganda: Bribery and voters’ register inflation evoked ahead of polls
Commonwealth Observer Group currently in Uganda will base their findings on the credibility of the electoral process and see whether the elections will be...
Miss Zimbabwe pageant, an uncomfortable political event
The prestigious Miss Tourism Zimbabwe beauty pageant was on Sunday morning (February 13) hijacked by the military and Zanu PF officials who scrambled to...
Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe going blind?
Veteran Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe was last Friday (February
11) evening whisked to Singapore for “ an urgent eye review” amid
reports that he could...
Egypt: President Hosni Mubarak resigns
It was 18 days of sometimes violent demonstrations that forced the man who ruled Egypt for nearly 30 years to step down. Friday...
Mubarak’s billions and a lot of hungry Egyptians
President Hosni Mubarak and his family could own as much as 70 billion U.S. dollars in assets against a backdrop of millions of hardworking...
Ivory Coast: Both Gbagbo and Ouattarra isolated?
Laurent Gbagbo and his supporters have grown increasingly isolated in Côte d’Ivoire, says the U.S. ambassador to the west African country, Phillip Carter.
There is...
Nigerian businesses looted in Harare Zimbabwe
Property worth thousands of dollars went up in smoke after looters from Zanu PF militia went on rampage at Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, targeting foreign...
South African President urged to apologise for shocking blasphemy
President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has found himself in a delicate situation with the Christian community after telling ANC supporters “that only an...
Several arrested for insulting Uganda president
Twenty people have been arrested in Uganda for booing president Museveni at a campaign rally.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni has in the past two months...
Egypt: Pride to determine Mubarak’s departure
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak might not step down immediately because he has to salvage his reputation after a 30 year police state regime,...
Opposition warns of protests in Uganda
Opposition in Uganda has warned that should the forthcoming elections be
rigged, they would resort to protests like those taking place in Ivory coast, Tunisia...
The end of dynastic presidential politics in Africa?
The political ambitions of Gamal Mubarak who is widely tipped to succeed his father Hosni, president of Egypt, is looking particularly grim following recent...
Nigeria: Threats of north Africa-like revolt skewed
The Nigeria Labor Congress (NLC) alerted Nigeria's leaders to urgently address unemployment and poverty otherwise face a Tunisia-like or Egyptian-like revolution revolt. Nigeria, however,...
Two fevers plague the Ivory Coast
Two months after Ivorian citizens went to the polls to elect a president, they are still suffering the effects of a showdown between Laurent...
Egypt: Mubarak ‘will torture us’
Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said he would relinquish power after elections are held in the police state in September, but protesters insist he...
Obama: Can he live up to the promises made in his Cairo speech?
In his 2009 Cairo speech President Obama acknowledged that tensions between the Western and Muslim worlds have “been fed by colonialism that denied rights...
Egypt: Why Washington must not worry about Mubarak’s ouster
Some political analyst have said that the removal of Egyptian dictator President Hosni Mubarak would lead to the fall of the police state and...
Egypt political crisis: Washington-Mubarak relationship mulled
Leader of the Egyptian revolution has called for the United States to end its “life support for the dictator” President Hosni Mubarak, demanding that...
Uganda: Heavy security deployment trigger concern
Opposition parties in Uganda have complained about heavy deployment of
security personnel in the East African country ahead of the February 18 presidential elections.
Ugandan opposition...
Tunisian PM succumbs to pressure, names new ministers
Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi Thursday night reshuffled the country's week-old transitional government. Senior ministers who served under the deposed president, Zine El Abidine...
Ethiopia’s most powerful female politician steps down
Birtukan Mideksa, a renowned former judge and leader of Ethiopia's powerful opposition party, Unity for Democracy and Justice (UDJ) has decided to step-down from...
Uganda: Museveni’s ‘gambler’ comments condemned
President Yoweri Museveni has described opposition politicians who claim
they also want to sit in the "chair" as gamblers who cannot solve Uganda’s
problems.
“When you want...
Egypt: The Arab democratic revolution hits Egypt
The wave of democratic revolution blowing across northern Africa has recently swept Egypt, as pro-democracy groups in the tens of thousands took to the...