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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... Continue Reading »

    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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

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... Continue Reading »

Witnesses testifying to a government commission investigating the 2007 post-election violence in Kenya have reportedly been threatened and attacked. A BBC report published yesterday uncovered several local reports of  intimidation. Some witnesses have reportedly been beaten and received death threats... Continue Reading »