Often the hardest thing is to know which bridge to cross and which to burn – David Russel
Posted in Africa on Feb 3rd, 2009
The African Union‘s newly elected chairman, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, says he will continue to push for a United States of Africa. He made the pledge during his inaugural speech, but also admitted that African leaders were not united on the issue. Gaddafi was elected as the new chairman at an AU summit in Ethiopia […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 28th, 2009
An increasing number of baby girls in Burkina Faso are being subjected to female genital mutilation (FGM). The country banned the practice in 1991 and offenders risk spending 10 years in prison and paying fines of up to 1500 US dollars. But the government says at least 70 babies were admitted to hospital in the […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 26th, 2009
South Africa and Mali have launched a new library which will preserve thousands of ancient manuscripts from Africa’s past. The hi-tech library, based in the Malian town of Timbuktu, is part of South Africa’s effort to help Mali protect up to 150,000 manuscripts. Some date back to the 13th century. South Africa’s President Kgalema Motlanthe […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 24th, 2009
Liberia’s president has signed a 2.6 billion US dollar deal with a Chinese multinational to develop its main iron ore mine. The investment is the biggest the country has ever signed. President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said she hoped the investment by China Union Mining Company would encourage other Chinese companies to invest in Liberia. Liberia’s […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 22nd, 2009
My thoughts on yesterdays posting……
Wow!! As a Nigerian I really do not know how best to respond to this severe reproof of our country, our country because I lay claim to a country rich in both agricultural and mineral resources, a great African nation – the giant of Africa. A right conferred by reason of […]
It is with a certain amount of glee that I write this, even if my musings are tinged with a deep regret.
A deep regret in having to bear a name that clearly identifies me as a 419ner, a moniker that ensures that I cannot deny an ancestral lineage that is deeply rooted in cowardice, sheer […]
Posted in Africa on Jan 15th, 2009
Over 100 former slave families in Mauritania are struggling to adapt to independent life, two years after setting up their own community. The families moved away from the southern Mauritanian village in which their ancestors had been slaves for generations to begin new lives on their own. But they say life has been tough in […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 17th, 2008
The Nigeria Police Force on Tuesday announced, at the end of the monthly conference of the Inspector General of Police with top officers, the arrest of six foreign nationals in a particular mosque in Kuje, Abuja, believed to be on a terrorist mission in the country.
The Commissioner, Federal Capital Territory Police Command, Mr. John Haruna, […]
Posted in Africa on Dec 2nd, 2008
The Police Service Commission yesterday reinstated its resolve to reposition the Nigeria Police, threatening to drop aside policemen who were not ready for the wind of change.
This is just as the Commission has described as untrue the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crimes report that the Nigeria Police was the most corrupt institution in […]
Posted in Africa on Nov 28th, 2008
The Kalahari bushmen are appealing to the Pope to help them in their fight to regain their land. The Vatican this month established diplomatic relations with Botswana. The bushmen have told the Pope their rights as indigenous people were not being respected by the government. The Botswana’s High Court affirmed the bushmen’s rights to their […]
