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Africa RSS FeedsSudan: Obama to Help Rescue Peace Deal; Northern Offical Says Secession Not 'Inevitable' - A senior Sudanese official on Thursday said Sudan was continuing to work to achieve unity of the country's north and south and did not believe that southern succession was "inevitable" as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton stated on Wednesday....Feed Source: allafrica.com Nigeria: President Appoints New Security Chiefs - PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday approved sweeping changes in the nation's Armed Forces, with the sacking of all service chiefs, Inspector General of Police, IGP, and Director-General of the State Security Service, SSS.... Swaziland: Govt Arrests Pro-Democracy Leader - POLITICAL repression has intensified in Swaziland with the suppression this week of a pro-democracy march and the arrest of a prominent leader of a political movement.... Rwanda: UN Chief 'Disappointed' Over Leaking of Rights Report - The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, left the country, yesterday, after holding talks with President Paul Kagame and other Government officials over a UN report alleging that Rwandan troops could have committed human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo.... Mozambique: Call for Inquiry into Police Behavior Linked to Riots - The anti-corruption NGO, the Centre for Public Integrity (CIP), on Wednesday issued a damning report on the behaviour of the Mozambican police force during the riots against price rises that shook Maputo and Matola last week.... Sudan: U.S. Ramps Up Diplomacy Ahead of Referendum - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Wednesday that Washington is stepping up diplomatic efforts to prepare Sudan to peacefully accept the south's "inevitable" secession in a January vote.... Uganda: Opposition Welcomes Online Voters Register But Decries Missing Pictures - The Electoral Commission (EC) partnered with the United States government, through the United States Agency for International Development, to post Uganda's entire voter register online in a searchable and secure format. The online system will make the vote registrar more transparent and accessible by allowing individual voters to verify their registration status and polling stations via the internet.... Liberia: Security Remains Fragile, Says UN Envoy - While the overall security situation in Liberia is stable, it also continues to be fragile, and further progress is needed in a number of areas to truly consolidate the peace, the top United Nations envoy to the West African nation said today.... Nigeria: Vehicle Suspected of Ferrying Arms Causes Stir in Jos - There was palpable tension in Jos yesterday following the news that a heavy duty vehicle loaded with arms had arrived the city. The vehicle, which was apprehended by security officials around Zawang Junction, attracted hundreds of residents of the area.... Africa: Climate Change Threatens Africa's Food Output - A new report has re-echoed the warning that the increasing erratic rainfall caused by climate change will pose a major threat to food security and economic growth, especially in Africa and Asia.... Nigeria: Govt Confirms 781 Cholera Deaths - The Federal Government yesterday announced that over 781 persons have lost their lives to the recent outbreak of cholera while confirming that 13,000 cases of cholera have been recorded nationwide.... South Africa: Arms Deal Probe Could Take 5-10 Years - After more than 10 years, investigations into allegations of corruption in the multibillion-rand arms deal - including R480m allegedly involving British and German manufacturers - are languishing and could take at least another five to 10 years to finalise.... South Africa: Zuma Gives Strong Backing to Media Tribunal - President Jacob Zuma yesterday gave his strongest support yet for the creation of a media appeals tribunal by insisting that, at present, those wronged by the print media have no mechanism to protect their rights.... Somalia: Pirates Seize Ship Off Coast - Early on the morning of 8 September, the Merchant Vessel (MV) OLIB G, flagged Malta, was pirated in the East part of the Gulf of Aden.... Swaziland: Zimbabwe Activist Banned for Five Years From Entering Country - A leading Zimbabwe democracy activist has been banned from entering Swaziland for the next five years, after he was arrested on Tuesday taking part in a protest to mark the Global Day of Action in Manzini.... Zimbabwe: Money Transfer Giant Sucked Into Bank Dispute - Gilbert Muponda is an exiled Zimbabwean businessman who is taking on the might of international money transfer giant MoneyGram, after he challenged them to review their relationship with a financial institution that he says 'stole' his bank.... Zimbabwe: Second Diamond Sale to Be Held in Secret - A second auction of the country's controversial diamonds is set to be held in secret, after the Mines Ministry announced it would not make the details of the sale public.... Uganda: Al-Shabaab Issues New Terror Threat - Ugandan security is on full alert ahead of IDD festivities, which mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadhan slated for tomorrow.... Angola: Radio Presenter Gunned Down - Following Sunday?s murder in Angola of Alberto Graves Chakussanga, a radio journalist with a station critical of the ruling MPLA government, authorities must conduct a thorough and transparent investigation exploring all possible leads and bring those responsible to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.... Nigeria: Nation Shocked by Sacking of Military Chiefs - Most Nigerians who spoke with LEADERSHIP last night expressed shock at the sudden removal of the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Ogbona Onovo as well as the director-general of the State Security Service (SSS), Alhaji Afakriya Gazama by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday.... Nigeria: Sect Frees 721 Prison Inmates in Attack - The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Prisons Service, Mr. Olusola Ogundipe, has revealed that 721 out of the 759 inmates at the Bauchi Prisons escaped, following an attack by the Boko Haram sect.... Congo-Kinshasa: Rights Defender Abducted, Mistreated - Congolese authorities should open a prompt, impartial, and thorough investigation of the abduction and ill-treatment of a human rights defender in North Kivu province in late August 2010, a coalition of 36 international and Congolese human rights organizations said today. The authorities should publicly condemn this act and identify and bring to justice those responsible, the coalition said.... Kenya: UN Environment Agency Backs Action to Regulate E-Waste - Kenya is set to become the first East African nation to regulate the management of electronic waste, also known as "e-waste", following a conference run by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).... Mozambique: Govt Denies Blocking Text Messages in Unrest - Most mobile phone subscribers in Mozambique have found it impossible to send any text messages since Monday, but both mobile phone companies, Mcel and Vodacom, insist that they are doing their utmost to restore the messaging service.... Congo-Kinshasa: UN Prolongs Patrols to Deter Attacks on Civilians - The United Nations peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Wednesday said it was extending by another week an operation designed to enhance the protection of civilians in the eastern areas of the country where members of illegal armed groups raped some 240 people recently.... Somalia: Somaliland Interior Minister 'Worried' About Galgala Militants - A Cabinet minister in Somalia's separatist region of Somaliland has expressed his worries about a group of militants fighting against Puntland government, Radio Garowe reports.... Africa: Stronger Will Needed From Governments to Save Poorest Children - "Herding goats is tough with the thirst, sun, loneliness and hunger each day. And it can last forever. You herd as a girl, then as a wife, as a pregnant woman, as a mother and even as a grandmother," says Rukia Ibrahim whose 13-year-old younger sister was married off to a herdsman.... Sudan: North-South Situation 'Ticking Time Bomb Of Enormous Consequence' - Clinton - An excerpt from a question-and-answer session following a speech by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, DC:... Africa: Africa's Women Turn 50 - Five decades ago, 17 African countries threw off the brutal and degrading yoke of colonialism. The 50th anniversary of African national liberation is an opportunity to critically reflect on the era of post-colonial Africa, which began with luminous hope but has been marred by a leitmotif of grinding disappointment and failure. No one has suffered more from the continent's post-colonial misfortunes and misadventures than its women.... Uganda: Alliance Not Party's Target - The Democratic Party (DP) has not entered, and has no intention of entering into an alliance with UPC.... Copyright © 2010, Ezwebgroup's Link Exchange. All Rights Reserved. |