December 12, 2008
Kenya: New Media Law Provokes Protest, Arrests [blog]
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Kenyan police on Friday arrested several well-known media personalities who had gathered in Nairobi to demonstrate against a new media bill passed by Parliament this week. Read more »
December 10, 2008
Egypt: Govt Bans GPS From Cell Phones
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The Egyptian government has requested that the Apple company turn off the Global Positioning System in its iPhone 3G, its second generation mobile phone, reported Noah Cohen in the… Read more »
Ghana: Aspirants Run Neck-and-Neck as Polls Deadline Looms
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As the deadline for the release of Ghana's election results approached on Wednesday, the main presidential contenders were still running neck-and-neck. Read more »
Ghana: Nation Heads for Presidential Runoff Election
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Ghana will hold a second round of presidential elections on December 28 after neither of the principal candidates secured more than 50 percent of the vote. Read more »
December 09, 2008
Ghana: Ruling Party Nudges Ahead in Early Polls Results
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Ghana's ruling party presidential candidate, Nana Akufo-Addo, retained a narrow lead over his principal challenger early on Tuesday as counting from Sunday's elections continued. Read more »
Zimbabwe: State Moving to 'Failed' Status, Says Annan
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Zimbabwe was moving rapidly to join countries such as Somalia to become a "full-blown failed state," former United Nations chief Kofi Annan said in the Netherlands on Tuesday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Europe Extends Sanctions on Mugabe Elite
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Europe has expanded travel and financial sanctions against members of what the British foreign ministry calls President Robert Mugabe's "closest political circle." Read more »
December 08, 2008
Zimbabwe: Annan Says Mugabe Has Failed
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Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan has urged Southern African leaders to play a more active role in bringing about a transition to an inclusive government in… Read more »
December 06, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Must Go, Says West
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As governance in Zimbabwe continues to crumble and the United Nations reports nearly 14,000 suspected cholera cases, Western powers have stepped up their rhetoric against President… Read more »
December 05, 2008
Ghana: Voters Head for Polls in Tight Race
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Ghanaians head to the polls Sunday to vote in what could be prove to be tightly-contested presidential and parliamentary elections. Read more »
December 04, 2008
Africa: Campaign Presses Obama to Abandon Bush Plan for Africom [guest column]
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The administration of incoming United States President Barack Obama is likely to continue the militarization of U.S. policy toward Africa unless it comes under pressure to change… Read more »
South Africa: Tutu, De Klerk Call for Arms Deal Probe
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South African Nobel Peace laureates Desmond Tutu and F. W. de Klerk have called on President Kgalema Motlanthe to appoint a judicial commission of inquiry into the country’s… Read more »
December 02, 2008
Ghana: Election Focuses on Issues, Not Personalities [guest column]
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This Sunday, December 7, the people of Ghana will go to the polls to elect a new President and National Assembly. This will be the second transfer of power between presidents… Read more »
December 01, 2008
Africa: Winning the Fight Against Aids? [guest column]
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The global fight against Aids is not a losing battle – at least not entirely. On the positive side, more money is being ploughed into combating the disease: last year, global… Read more »
November 28, 2008
Africa: Trade Chief Calls on Leaders to Commit to Aid, Trade [guest column]
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The global financial crisis raises threats to developing economies in Africa and elsewhere as well as to those in the developed world. Writing ahead of a major international… Read more »
Congo-Kinshasa: Lifting a Nation From Its 'Heart of Darkness' [guest column]
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The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will not lift itself out of its “heart of darkness” until it addresses the human rights violations of its brutal past, writes… Read more »
November 27, 2008
South Africa: New Party Reads Signs of the Times [analysis]
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South African political leaders who have broken away from the African National Congress (ANC) in the ruling party's biggest split in half a century are to form a new party –… Read more »
November 26, 2008
Zimbabwe: Go! Tsvangirai Tells Mbeki
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Zimbabwe's Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has publicly repudiated the mediation of South Africa's former president, Thabo Mbeki, in the country's crisis, while Botswana has… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: One Million Children Get Life-Saving Mosquito Nets [blog]
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Nothing But Nets, an initiative of the United Nations Foundation, aims to prevent malaria by providing free mosquito nets for children. In this guest blog, Adrianna Logalbo, deputy… Read more »
November 25, 2008
Liberia: Amid Challenges, Children Are Eager to Learn
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From the sky, the huts dotted along unpaved roads leading to the port city of Harper resemble those in rural areas in Liberia. But while life in Harper resembles village life in… Read more »
Liberia: Govt Has 'Political Will' to Fix Education, Says Minister [interview]
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In a recent interview with AllAfrica's Boakai Fofana, Liberia's education minister, Joseph Korto, discussed the successes and challenges of rebuilding the country's educational… Read more »
November 23, 2008
Guinea Bissau: President Attacked After Election
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Soldiers attacked the residence of President João Bernardo Vieira of Guinea-Bissau in the early hours of Sunday in what appeared to be post-election instability, news… Read more »
November 22, 2008
Zimbabwe: Mugabe Bans Annan, Machel, Jimmy Carter
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Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe has barred the former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, the former United States President, Jimmy Carter, and the advocate for the… Read more »
November 21, 2008
Somalia: UN to Crack Down on Pirates, Arms Smugglers
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The United Nations Security Council has approved a resolution establishing a framework through which the international commmunity can crack down on Somali pirates and better… Read more »
Africa: Continent's Telecoms Demand High-Tech Innovation [interview]
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The demand for mobile communications – such as mobile phones – in Africa is forcing large international companies to come up with new technology which leapfrogs over… Read more »
