January 25, 2008
Liberia: Defense Highlights Inconsistencies in Abu Keita's Statements to the Prosecution
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 24, 2008
Liberia: Prosecution Witness Abu Keita Connects Taylor to RUF Abuses
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 23, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Trial Hears Evidence of History, Child Soldiers
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 22, 2008
Africa: Child Deaths Drop, But Continent Still Struggles
Although deaths among children are dropping worldwide, 38 of the 40 countries with the highest child mortality rates in the world are in Africa. Read more »
January 21, 2008
Kenya: A Doctor, Two Nurses and a Dispensary
The small Myaribo dispensary in the Rukanga community, lying about 30 kilometers from the city of Nyeri, has only four rooms. But here, where for so long there was nothing, these… Read more »
Kenya: Honey Bees, Goats and Hope
In the Myaribo sublocation not far from the Myaribo dispensary, where Doris Mwangi heads the Kamaneke Dairy Group, we are leaning against the fence of a pen in the group's… Read more »
Kenya: Small Steps Toward Solving Big Problems
"Poverty dispossesses people," says Mark Botongore as we head north from Nairobi on our way to one of the sites of the Central Kenya Dry Area Project (CKDAP). Mark is the… Read more »
Ghana/Guinea: Akwaaba Ghana!
Hosts Ghana kicked off to a good start on Sunday by upsetting Guinea in the opening match of the 2008 MTN African Cup of Nations. Read more »
January 18, 2008
Liberia: Dr. Ellis Details the History of Country's Conflict
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 17, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Trial Examination of Witness Stephen Ellis Begins
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'
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org. Read more »
January 15, 2008
Liberia: Defense Completes Cross-Examination of Sherif
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January 14, 2008
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Sherif Continues
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January 13, 2008
South Africa: Police Chief Suspended, Quits Interpol
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
South Africa: Interpol Watching Police Chief's Case
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
Liberia: Cross-Examination of Prosecution Linkage Witness Begins
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January 10, 2008
Liberia: Taylor Insider Testifies on Links to Sierra Leone Rebels
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org on Wednesday's evidence. Read more »
January 09, 2008
Liberia: Sierra Leonean Crime Base Witness Called as Prosecution's Second Witness
Expert legal monitors blogging for the website www.charlestaylortrial.org report on the second day of the war crimes trial. Read more »
January 08, 2008
Nigeria: Farmers Turn to Science to Boost Crop Yields
Late last June, farmers in Sabon Gari Ganu village in northern Nigeria's Katsina state divided their plots of land into 56 rows. Using seeds from 16 African countries, the farmers… Read more »
January 07, 2008
Liberia: Charles Taylor Trial Gets Under Way
The war crimes trial of former Liberian President Charles Taylor finally got under way at The Hague in the Netherlands on Monday. Read more »
Liberia: Citizens Lose Interest in Taylor Trial
The trial of former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity, is set to resume on Monday. But Boakai Fofana of allAfrica's Monrovia… Read more »
December 18, 2007
Mali: U.S. Sports Stars Suit Up Against Malaria
Steven Phillips tells of the impact that American sports stars have on the campaign to make take life-saving health interventions to the children of Mali. Read more »
December 12, 2007
Mali: Health Groups Rally to Improve Children's Health
Through this blog, Dr. Steven Phillips, ExxonMobil's Medical Director for Global Issues and Projects, will share his observations from the Republic of Mali, where he is part of the… Read more »
December 11, 2007
Africa: 'Elders' Condemn Human Rights Abuses
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has joined leading international figures in appealing to the global community to fight human rights abuses in countries including Sudan, Zimbabwe and Chad. Read more »
December 05, 2007
Sudan: Darfur Peace Efforts Must Embrace New Reality
Darfur has dropped out of Western headlines again for the moment, eclipsed by events in Pakistan, the Middle East and Iraq. But while the erratic attention of the international… Read more »
