Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Dec 24th, 2009
The UN Security Council has imposed sanctions on Eritrea for aiding insurgents in Ethiopia. The sanctions include arms embargos, travel bans and asset freezes on businesses and individuals. Eritrean officials have repeatedly denied the allegations. The resolution was backed by 13 of the 15 members of the UN Security council – China and Libya voted […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 23rd, 2009
Five Republican members of the US Congress have urged Ugandan President, Yoweri Museveni to halt a new law which proposes to imprison and even execute people for homosexual acts.In a letter, Chris Smith, Frank Wolf, Joe Pitts, Trent Franks and Anh ‘Joseph’ Cao ask the Ugandan president to oppose the legislation currently going through parliament. […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 22nd, 2009
Guinea’s military leader, Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, should be charged with crimes against humanity over the killings of opposition protestors, according to a leaked UN report. The report backs up claims by human rights groups that the army carried out mass killings at a protest in the capital Conakry in September. The report said it […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 18th, 2009
World leaders including United States president Barack Obama met early this morning in Copenhagen in a last effort to reach an agreement before the end of climate change talks. The United Nations summit is set to end this afternoon, but journalists at the conference say leaders plan to release a political statement without signing a […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 16th, 2009
One woman’s fight to be allowed to run in an election has stirred up debate around women’s rights in Sierra Leone. Elizabeth Torto and her supporters have been targeted by opponents in eastern Sierra Leone following her bid to become chief of the Kono district. Torto was barred by officials from running in elections two […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 15th, 2009
Negotiations at the United Nations‘ climate change summit being held in Copenhagen have resumed after a halt yesterday. Early on Monday a group of African nations, supported by the wider G77 bloc of developing countries, stepped out of the talks in protest against alleged attempts by the Danish hosts to sideline discussions on a binding […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 14th, 2009
The United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen has been suspended today after developing countries decided to stop co-operation. The G77-China bloc of 130 nations – which speaks for developing countries in the summit – stepped out of the climate change negotiation process over alleged moves by the Danish host government to sideline talks about […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 12th, 2009
Less than half of South Africans believe that race relations in the country have improved since the end of apartheid in 1994, according to a new national survey. This year’s South African Reconciliation Barometer Survey was released by the Cape Town-based Institute for Justice and Reconciliation on Wednesday. It found that only 49 per cent […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 10th, 2009
A South Korean construction firm has closed a deal to build 200,000 homes in Ghana over the next six years, according to official reports from Seoul. The project is a joint venture with Ghana’s government, which will share the total cost estimated at 10 billion US dollars. Seoul officials explained that 90,000 of the homes […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 9th, 2009
Large-scale migration prompted by the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation is already happening, according to researchers. The International Organization for Migration released a new report yesterday indicating that internal and cross-border human movement is already taking place as a response to sudden or slow-onset natural disasters. Contrary to fears that climate change will […]
