January 20, 2008
Ghana/Guinea: Black Stars Overcome Guinea
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A packed stadium of 45,000 went delirious with delight in Accra on Sunday night as hosts Ghana overcame Guinea in the last minute of regulation time to win the opening match of the… Read more »
January 18, 2008
Liberia: Dr. Ellis Details the History of Country's Conflict [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 17, 2008
Liberia: President Celebrates Amid Impeachment Threats
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President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf celebrated the second anniversary of her presidency on Wednesday amid threats of impeachment proceedings from the opposition. Read more »
Southern Africa: Zimbabwe Talks Reach Crunch Point
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The Southern African Development Community's point person on Zimbabwe, President Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, flew to Harare on Thursday amid indications that talks to resolve the… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Trial Examination of Witness Stephen Ellis Begins [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 16, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Trial Witness Testifies On 'Operation No Living Thing' [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
Kenya: Dark Cloud Reveals Its Silver Lining [blog]
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Kenyan blogger Daudi Were reflects on events in Parliament in Nairobi on Tuesday. Read more »
January 15, 2008
Kenya: The Mysterious Exit Poll [blog]
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An exit poll that has not been released publicly reportedly shows that Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga was leading President Mwai Kibaki by a significant margin on election… Read more »
Liberia: Defense Completes Cross-Examination of Sherif [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
January 14, 2008
Uganda: African Rap Artist Creating a Major Buzz in the U.S. [interview]
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Among the emerging African hip hop artists making a splash in the United States and globally is Edwin Ruyonga, a.k.a. Krukid. Read more »
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Sherif Continues [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
January 13, 2008
South Africa: Police Chief Suspended, Quits Interpol
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South Africa's national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been suspended from duty and has resigned his post as president of the international police agency, Interpol. Read more »
January 12, 2008
Liberia: President Wins Constitutional Battle
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The government of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday won a major constitutional battle that will allow her to appoint mayors for dozens of cities across the country. Read more »
South Africa: Interpol Watching Police Chief's Case
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The international police liaison agency, Interpol, says it is "carefully monitoring" the position of its president, South African national police commissioner Jackie… Read more »
January 11, 2008
Africa: An Admiral Wages War on Malaria [interview]
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Every day, 3,000 African mothers bury children killed by malaria. It is the leading cause of death for children under five in the continent and last year an estimated 1.2 million… Read more »
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Prosecution Linkage Witness Begins [blog]
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January 10, 2008
Liberia: Emotions Run High As TRC Hearings Begin [blog]
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The dust is finally settling after the brutality that characterized the 14 years of civil upheaval that overtook Liberia in the 1990s. The war took the lives of about 500,000… Read more »
Liberia: Taylor Insider Testifies on Links to Sierra Leone Rebels [blog]
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The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org on Wednesday's evidence. Read more »
January 09, 2008
Kenya: African Union Chair Meets Kibaki, Odinga
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The African Union chairman, President John Kufuor of Ghana, met Kenyan government and opposition leaders in Nairobi on Wednesday in a bid to bring to an end the country's political… Read more »
Kenya: Latest Moves Set Back Efforts to End Crisis [blog]
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The events on Monday were a definite step forward in the effort to end Kenya's political crisis, but Tuesday's events quickly became a major step backward. Read more »
Liberia: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution's Second Witness [blog]
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Expert legal monitors blogging for the website www.charlestaylortrial.org report on the second day of the war crimes trial. Read more »
South Africa: Cabbages Beneath the Power Lines
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It is hard to believe that just over 10 years ago the Siyazama garden, in the township of Khayelitsha, was no more than a sandy wasteland over which forbidding power lines loomed. Read more »
South Africa: Sprinklers Salute Summer Food
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Alfred Ngcizela, a member of Hlumani ("growing bigger") Garden in Khayelitsha, stands between beds of spinach, sprinklers whooshing around him in peaceful salute to… Read more »
South Africa: A Revolution Fuelled By Organic Vegetables
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A quiet revolution is pulsing through the huge residential areas spread out on the edges of Cape Town. Read more »
South Africa: Cape Town Goes Organic
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The market for organic vegetables in Cape Town has increased massively over the last few years, locals in the industry agree. Read more »
