December 15, 2010
Kenya: Top Politicians Accused of Crimes Against Humanity
International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has named six people as major perpetrators of ethnic-based “crimes against humanity,” including rape,… Read more »
December 13, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Europe Plans Sanctions Against Gbagbo
The European Union is preparing targetted sanctions against Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and plans to give its backing to the rival administration of Alassane Ouattara. Read more »
Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Official Says Genocide Can Be Averted
On 9 January, 2011, southern Sudanese are due to vote in a referendum on whether to remain part of Sudan, Africa''s largest country, or to become… Read more »
Nigeria: Electoral Chief Reassures Skeptical Observers on 2011 Polls
The chairman of Nigeria's Independent National Election Commission, Dr. Attahiru Jega, has assured an audience in Washington, DC, that although he cannot promise a "perfect"… Read more »
Africa: Stronger Global Response Needed to Gender-Based Violence
Just a few weeks ago, as millions of families gathered in the United States to celebrate Thanksgiving, a lesser-known event went by unnoticed. The International Day for the… Read more »
December 10, 2010
Liberia: Statement By Former Information Minister, Laurence Bropleh
Statement delivered by Dr. Laurence Konmla Bropleh, former Minister of Information, the Republic of Liberia on the occasion of the dismissal of all criminal charges against him by… Read more »
December 09, 2010
Sudan: Independence Ballot Will Begin Challenging Era
Five years ago last October, an agreement between Sudan's mostly Muslim north and largely Christian south formally ended a 22-year civil war that killed an estimated two million… Read more »
Sudan: Church Leaders Urge International Action to Avert War
As the impoverished people of oil-rich southern Sudan prepare to vote on their future in a 9 January referendum, fears are rising that the expected vote for independence will not… Read more »
Sudan: Church Envoy Pushes Peace in African, World Capitals
The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia of Kenya, immediate past General Secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, has been relentlessly urging African and world leaders… Read more »
Africa: Using Mobile Technology to Improve Health
Last year the Rockefeller Foundation, the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation - three of the leading foundations involved in global health, technology and… Read more »
December 08, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Obama Joins African Leaders in Pressing Gbagbo to Step Aside
President Laurent Gbagbo of Cote d'Ivoire rebuffed an offer by the United States to save face and become a respected elder statesman of Africa, choosing instead a "path to… Read more »
Sudan: Churches Pursue Peace through Global Diplomacy, Local Action
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December 06, 2010
Madagascar: Deposed President 'Recruited Mercenaries' - Diplomatic Cable
The American embassy in Paris reported to Washington three months after Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana was deposed in 2009 that he was recruiting mercenaries in France,… Read more »
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 »
December 04, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: World Pressure Grows on Gbagbo as France Backs Ouattara Election
As French President Nicolas Sarkozy joined the international consensus that opposition leader Alassane Ouattara has won Côte d'Ivoire's presidential elections, the European… Read more »
December 03, 2010
Cote d'Ivoire: Constitutional Council Overturns Poll Result, Declares Gbagbo Winner
Cote d'Ivoire's Constitutional Council has overturned poll results announced by the nation's electoral commission and declared President Laurent Gbagbo the winner Sunday's… Read more »
December 02, 2010
Africa: U.S. Diplomat Cites 'Notable Stumbles' in French Africa Policy
A 2008 assessment of President Nicolas Sarkozy's Africa policy by the American Embassy in Paris says a policy review yielded positive results for both French and Africans, but that… Read more »
Cote d'Ivoire: Opposition Leader Declared Poll Winner
Cote d'Ivoire's electoral commission has announced that opposition candidate Alassane Ouattara has won the nation's long awaited presidential election. Read more »
December 01, 2010
Liberia: Reconciliation, Gender Equality Key to Becoming Middle-Income Nation, Says Planning Minister
Amara Konneh recently returned to his post as Liberia's minister of planning and economic affairs and a member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's economic management team,… Read more »
Sudan: Obstacles Beyond the Referendum
Last Friday the South Sudan Referendum Commission extended by one week the time which southerners, both inside Sudan and abroad, have to register for the poll. It is scheduled to… Read more »
November 29, 2010
Liberia: To Become a Middle Income Country by 2030 Growth Must Have a Broad Reach - Planning Minister
Amara Konneh recently returned to his post as Liberia's minister of planning and economic affairs and a member of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's economic management team,… Read more »
Africa: U.S. Sought Personal Details of Great Lakes, Sahel Leaders
A secret diplomatic cable sent to American diplomatic missions in the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton last April sought personal details – including fingerprints,… Read more »
Zimbabwe: WikiLeaks Reveals Confidential, Blunt U.S. Assessment of Political Leaders
A confidential 2007 diplomatic cable from the outgoing American ambassador to Zimbabwe, Christopher Dell, is among the U.S. State Department documents released online by the… Read more »
November 26, 2010
Burkina Faso: Compaoré Wins Overwhelming Election Victory
As expected, Blaise Compaoré, the incumbent president of Burkina Faso who has been in power since 1987, has been declared winner of the presidential election in the first… Read more »
November 23, 2010
Africa: Seizing the Opportunity of Mobile Technology for Health and Medicine
Each year, millions of people die from preventable diseases. At the recent 2010 mHealth Summit in Washington D.C., Bill Gates, chairman of Microsoft, discussed the opportunity for… Read more »