A journey through life
Posted in Africa on May 31st, 2009
Prince Meshach, a prince of Gbaramatu kingdom and son of Pere Godwin Bebenimibo, Ogeh Gbaran III, whose palace at Oporoza was bombed by the Joint Task Force (JTF) on the Niger-Delta, about a fortnight ago, yesterday, narrated how his 14-year-old younger sister, who was allegedly shot by invading soldiers, died in his own hands while [...]
Posted in Africa on May 30th, 2009
In Burundi, witnesses have testified in the trial of 11 men accused of the attempted murder of albino people and selling their body parts. Initial charges of murder were dropped due to insufficient evidence. It is believed the body parts are sold in neighbouring Tanzania for witchcraft purposes. Forty-six albino people have been murdered in [...]
Posted in Africa on May 29th, 2009
New research has found that national HIV prevention campaigns in at least five African countries fail to target those most at risk. The joint study reveals that few HIV prevention programmes draw on existing evidence to determine what drives HIV and AIDS in the countries studied. The collaboration between UNAIDS, the World Bank and governments of Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, [...]
Posted in Africa on May 28th, 2009
In a key step toward reunification, Ivory Coast’s former rebel forces relinquished territory to administrators this week. In ceremony on Tuesday, Ivory Coast’s New Forces (FN) handed over 10 northern territories in the former rebel stronghold of Bouake. The move is aimed at restoring central government authority across the country. Ivory Coast has been divided [...]
Posted in Africa on May 24th, 2009
Nigeria is celebrating ten years of civil rule. Are we talking about a decade of civil rule or civil unrest? Should Nigeria be celebrating? It’s almost two years since President Umaru Musa Yar,Adua took over the mantle of leadership in Nigeria. So far, we have seen a continued decline in governance, security, general welfare of [...]
Posted in Africa on May 22nd, 2009
The human rights group Amnesty International says it fears hundreds of people, including many civilians, have been killed by rebels and government forces in the oil-rich Niger Delta over the past week. In a new report, the group claims whole villages have been caught in the clashes. It said air strikes had hit villages close [...]
Posted in Africa on May 21st, 2009
An official of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime admitted yesterday it could not trace 450 million US dollars of the three billion dollars allegedly stolen by former Nigerian leader General Sani Abacha. Tim Daniel, a legal expert from the UK, added that 1.9 billion dollars had been recovered from the Abacha family but [...]
Posted in Africa on May 20th, 2009
A report by the US-based group Human Rights Watch has accused Congo’s army of war crimes against civilians in eastern Congo. Congolese soldiers are backed by UN peacekeepers in operations against Hutu rebels belonging to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda including leaders of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. According to Human Rights Watch, [...]
Posted in Africa on May 18th, 2009
A Darfur rebel leader will appear before the International Criminal Court in The Hague. Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, leader of the Justice and Equality Movement, is accused of commanding rebels in an attack that killed 12 members of the African Union Mission in Haskanita, North Darfur, in September last year. Abu Garda is set to [...]
Posted in Africa on May 15th, 2009
Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai says resistance to reform by members of President Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party is slowing down economic development. International donors have refused to release funds until Zimbabwe carries out economic and political reforms and opens up the media. Launching a new economic plan on Wednesday, Tsvangirai blamed the delay on repeated violations [...]
