December 06, 2010
Ethiopia: WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told top visiting American officials before elections in May this year that he would “crush… with our full force”… Read more »
November 11, 2010
Niger: Release Tandja, Orders Ecowas Court
A West African court has ruled that the house arrest of the former president of Niger, Mamadou Tandja, is illegal, reports Fazozine. Read more »
October 14, 2010
Kenya: Gibraltar MP Contests Report on Nairobi Meeting
Gibraltar Member of Parliament Steven Linares, in a letter to AllAfrica, has contested the accuracy of a recent report on a meeting in Nairobi in which he was quoted on the issues… Read more »
October 06, 2010
Central Africa: Deliver Justice to All Congo's Victims
Last week, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a crucial report that describes the atrocities committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) during… Read more »
October 05, 2010
Nigeria: Militant Claims Govt Wanted to Blame Northerners for Abuja Blasts
The former leader of a Niger Delta militant group, Henry Okah, has reportedly claimed he was arrested and charged in South Africa because he refused to cooperate in a plan to… Read more »
October 04, 2010
Africa: Governance Improves in Liberia, Angola, Togo But Declines in Eritrea, Madasgascar
Governance standards have improved significantly in Angola, Liberia and Togo over the past four years, but have declined in Eritrea and Madagascar, according to a leading survey… Read more »
August 31, 2010
Madagascar: Former President Sentenced to Jail With Hard Labour
A court in the capital, Antanarivo, has sentenced former president Marc Ravalomanana and two officers to life imprisonment with hard labour for the part they played in the deaths… Read more »
August 27, 2010
Africa: Why Kenya Has Pulled Ahead of Zimbabwe
Kenya and Zimbabwe's last elections, held within a few months of one another, were characterized by violence either before or after polling. The outcomes of both were strongly… Read more »
August 12, 2010
Kenya: New Constitution is Only First Step
Kenya's referendum to decide on a new constitution ended a decades-long, tortuous journey to reach a basic law to regulate the country's politics and give voice to all its… Read more »
August 03, 2010
South Africa: Court Jails Nation's Former Top Police Officer
South Africa's former national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for corruption. Read more »
South Africa: Court Jails Nation's Former Top Police Officer
South Africa's former national police chief, Jackie Selebi, has been sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for corruption. Read more »
Guinea: Due Process Bodes Well for Country's Political Future
The past two decades in Africa have shown that the holding of elections is no guarantee for democracy. Independent institutions, military officers who support civilian rule and a… Read more »
July 24, 2010
Rwanda: The Politics of Genocide Denial
Rwandan officials have defended the government of President Paul Kagame against recent criticism that it was cracking down on its opponents and the press ahead of upcoming… Read more »
Botswana: Court Bars Community's Access to Water
A Botswana judge has prohibited the Basarwa people of the Kalahari from re-equipping a borehole or drilling a new one in the Central Kgalagadi Game Reserve - the latest incident in… Read more »
July 08, 2010
Zimbabwe: Is Nation Ready for New Elections?
As Zimbabwe approaches the two-year anniversary of the signing of the Global Political Agreement (GPA), the document which underpins its three-party unity government, a number of… Read more »
July 02, 2010
South Africa: Court Convicts Ex-Police Chief of Corruption
A Johannesburg court has convicted the country's former national police chief, Jackie Selebi, of corruption. Read more »
June 04, 2010
Rwanda: U.S. Calls for Release of Opposition Leader's Lawyer
The United States has called for the release of a American defense lawyer detained by police in Rwanda. Read more »
May 29, 2010
Africa: Victims of Rights Violations Turn Their Eyes to Kampala
Starting in Kampala on Monday, representatives of governments, the United Nations and civil society groups will meet for the first time to review the workings of the International… Read more »
May 27, 2010
Africa: Group Indicts Govt Failures to Act on Rights Violations
The failure of African states to hold violators of human rights accountable for their actions has been pin-pointed as a major problem across the continent by the respected advocacy… Read more »
May 24, 2010
Liberia: Sirleaf Says Nation Can Achieve Self-Sufficiency in 10 Years
President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf is visiting Washington this week for talks with Congressional leaders and a White House meeting on Thursday with President Barack Obama and… Read more »
May 20, 2010
Malawi: Court Jails Gays for 14 Years
A Blantyre magistrate has sentenced a gay couple to 14 years' imprisonment with hard labour for "unnatural acts" and "gross indecency" - the maximum possible sentence allowed by… Read more »
May 17, 2010
Sudan: Govt Arrests Top Bashir Critic
The government of President Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum has again arrested Bashir's former ally, the Islamist leader, Hassan al-Turabi. Read more »
April 21, 2010
Rwanda: Opposition Leader Arrested
Rwandan opposition leader Victoire Ingabire has been arrested and accused of genocide denial and collaborating with a "terrorist organisation," reports Agence France-Presse. Read more »
April 12, 2010
Sudan: Polls Peaceful But Confusing
Sudan on Monday was voting in the country's first multi-party elections in 24 years, but the credibility of the polls has been cast in doubt because of an opposition boycott. Read more »
March 24, 2010
South Africa: Oprah Winfrey Settles Lawsuit With School Principal
American talk show host Oprah Winfrey and Nomvuyo Mzamane, the South African teacher who previously headed Winfrey's school for girls near Johannesburg, have settled a lawsuit out… Read more »
