May 29, 2007
Sudan: Bush Imposes New Sanctions Over Darfur
The United States has stepped up its sanctions against Sudan and announced that it will press the United Nations Security Council to adopt a new package of international sanctions,… Read more »
May 21, 2007
Zimbabwe: Parliament's Human Rights Probe to Continue, Says MP
The South African member of the Pan African Parliament who successfully proposed that the body should investigate reports of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe has denied that the… Read more »
May 07, 2007
Zimbabwe: Human Rights Lawyers Released
Two of Zimbabwe's top human rights lawyers were released on bail Monday, one day after a High Court Justice ordered their release. Read more »
April 25, 2007
Africa: Fake Drugs are 'Everyone's Problem'
When intellectual property rights protections fail, the results can be deadly. During a meningitis epidemic in Niger in 1995, more than 50,000 people were inoculated with fake… Read more »
April 23, 2007
Nigeria: Umaru Yar'Adua Declared Victor in Presidential Poll
Nigeria's election commission has declared Umaru Yar'Adua of the ruling People's Democratic Party the winner of the presidential election, despite widespread… Read more »
April 18, 2007
Nigeria: Corruption Fights Back
The issue of corruption generates much of the heat in the debate over Nigeria's forthcoming presidential election, scheduled for Saturday. Outgoing President Olusegun Obasanjo… Read more »
April 06, 2007
Rwanda: Former President Pardoned
Pasteur Bizimungu, the former president of Rwanda, has been released from prison after receiving a pardon from current President Paul Kagame. Read more »
Nigeria: 'We Have to Change our Country' Says Anti-Corruption Chief Ribadu
Since the creation of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in 2003 the spotlight on corruption in Nigeria has been bright. The commission has reportedly secured more than… Read more »
March 19, 2007
Cote d'Ivoire: New Accord Signals Peace
In a nationwide address on Friday March 9, 2007, Ivoirian President Laurent Gbagbo profusely thanked his colleague from Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré for successfully… Read more »
March 14, 2007
Nigeria: 'Mr Demolition' Talks of Changing a City and a Country
Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai, minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of Abuja and a senior member of Nigeria’s ruling People’s Democratic Party, last week visited… Read more »
March 13, 2007
South Africa: Gov't Calls on Zimbabwe to Respect Law
Under fire for failing to speak out on human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, the South African government Tuesday night issued a cautiously-worded appeal for its neighbour to respect… Read more »
March 07, 2007
Kenya: Odinga Says Now is the Time for Change
Kenyan Member of Parliament Raila Odinga is a leading contender for the nomination of the opposition Orange Democratic Movement of Kenya (ODM-Kenya) for this December's… Read more »
February 22, 2007
South Africa: Cabinet Condemns Violence Against Somalis
The South African Cabinet has condemned the recent violence perpetrated against Somali shop owners in Motherwell, Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. Read more »
February 20, 2007
Lesotho: Victory Secured for Ruling Party
The ruling Lesotho Congress Party has retained power in the kingdom's elections, but with a reduced majority. Read more »
February 19, 2007
Lesotho: Civil Society Monitors Endorse Election
Civil society monitors from southern Africa have declared that Lesotho's elections allowed the Basotho people to express their will freely, in spite of problems with voters rolls… Read more »
February 17, 2007
Lesotho: Counting of Votes Under Way in Election
Vote counting began soon after the closure of polling stations in Lesotho's elections on Saturday. But in some rural areas, voting hours were extended after ballot papers arrived… Read more »
February 16, 2007
Lesotho: Country Ready for Elections, But Response to Results Crucial
Lesotho is set for peaceful elections on February 17 and a smooth counting process afterwards, but the crucial test will be the electorate's response to the outcome, the head of a… Read more »
January 31, 2007
Sudan: The ICC: A Question of Accountability
The Sudanese regime is, by any measure, one of the most brutal and destabilising in the world today. Its atrocities have not been limited to Darfur. Khartoum has harshly suppressed… Read more »
Africa: Blood Diamonds
Greg Campbell's Blood Diamonds is a detailed and long needed look at blood/conflict diamonds. The book inspired the film Blood Diamond, and research from the book was used in the… Read more »
January 26, 2007
Guinea: President Appears to Yield, Agrees to New Prime Minister
News reports confirmed by presidential sources indicate that President Lansana Conté of Guinea has signed an executive order establishing the nomination of a "consensus… Read more »
January 17, 2007
Guinea: A National Unity Government to Save the Nation
On December 16th, President Lansana Conté's entourage made its way towards the central prison of Conakry. The Guinean head of state attended in person to obtain the release… Read more »
December 13, 2006
Botswana: Community Wins Right to Ancestral Land
A community of Basarwa or San people of the Kalahari Desert in Botswana today won the right to live and hunt on their ancestral land. Read more »
December 06, 2006
Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila Inaugurated Amid Tight Security
Joseph Kabila was sworn in on Wednesday as the first democratically-elected leader of the Democratic Republic of Congo in four decades. Read more »
December 01, 2006
South Africa: Government Takes Lead in Tackling HIV-AIDS Crisis
The South African government has moved to end the years-long controversy over its policies on HIV and AIDS by unveiling the outline of a four-year national strategic plan to cut… Read more »
November 17, 2006
Africa: Free Media a Barometer of Democracy in Africa
Sometime last year, Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo’s aides began testing the third-term debate, lobbying for an amendment to the constitution to do away with term… Read more »