Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Jan 21st, 2010
The estimated 5.4 million death toll as a result of the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo may be exaggerated, according to researchers. A new study published by the Human Security Report Project, based at the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada, suggests that the widely accepted figure was methodologically flawed and might [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 20th, 2010
Violent religious clashes in the Nigerian city of Jos have killed more than 200 people, according to a rights watchdog. Human Rights Watch said today that the violence that erupted on Sunday has so far killed at least 151 Muslims and 65 Christians. Local authorities insist on a lower death toll of 20 dead. Security [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 20th, 2010
Africans first Noble laureate Prof. Wole Soyinka needs to introduction; being one of Nigerians most established literary forces. In this interview he bares his mind on Nigeria and life in general.
WHAT HAS BEEN THE GREATEST SINGLE IMPROVEMENT SINCE THE SIXTIES AND SEVENTIES?
It’s not in terms of human utilization of resources; whether human or material, not [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 19th, 2010
Kenyan authorities have arrested a prominent Muslim activist in connection with violent protests in Nairobi on Friday. Al-Amin Kimathi, chairman of Kenya’s Muslim Human Rights Forum, was formally charged today with incitement to violence, along with seven other suspects. Kenyan police clashed on Friday with Muslim groups demonstrating against the government’s attempts to deport a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 15th, 2010
Finally a Nigerian court cleared the way on Wednesday for Vice-President Goodluck Jonathan to perform all presidential duties while the country’s ailing leader is away. This may just be beginning of the real play of politics in the Nigerian polity. As the Vice president takes responsibility, Nigerians can only pray that the President returns soon, because earlier [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 14th, 2010
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has described an internationally condemned anti-homosexuality draft law as a sensitive foreign policy issue which requires further consultation. Museveni spoke about the topic for the first time yesterday at the ruling National Resistance Movement party’s executive conference at State House in Entebbe. He called for more dialogue with European and American [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 14th, 2010
A 27 million US dollar programme by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in West Africa failed to combat child deaths, according to researchers. A Johns Hopkins University study published on Tuesday in the medical journal The Lancet found that children in regions not covered by UNICEF stood a better chance of surviving past age [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 12th, 2010
Chadian rebels are attacking and abusing villagers in western Sudan’s North Darfur region, according to residents and rights activists. Villagers and aid workers told the news agency Reuters yesterday that Chadian rebels have been raping, beating and looting residents since they moved to the area last December. At least five people have been killed and [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 12th, 2010
At least half of Somaliland’s population of three million people face food shortages following several months of drought. The director-general of the Ministry of Agriculture, Abdulkadir Jibril Tukale, told IRIN News that poor rainfall in 2009 had killed livestock and damaged harvests in the self-declared republic. Reports by the Food Security and Nutrition Analysis Unit [...]
Posted in Africa on Jan 8th, 2010
Sex workers’ advocates have called for the decriminalisation of prostitution in South Africa as a preventive measure to contain the spread of HIV during this year’s World Cup. Up to 500,000 people are expected to visit the country during the football tournament, which begins in June. The director of the Cape Town-based Sex Worker Education [...]
