July 03, 2008
Congo-Kinshasa: Militia Leader Could Escape Trial
A Congolese militia leader facing war crimes charges for allegedly recruiting child soldiers could walk free in five days without standing trial. Read more »
Zambia: Mwanawasa Still Alive, Say Officials
Top Zambian officials are denying reports that President Levy Mwanawasa has died, news agencies reported Thursday. Read more »
July 02, 2008
Zimbabwe: African Leaders Call for Democracy
Africa's heads of government have called on Zimbabwe's political parties to initiate a dialogue aimed at setting up a government of national unity. Read more »
Liberia: Prosecution Leads RUF Insider Witness TF1-567
The monitors of former President Charles Taylor's trial report for www.charlestaylortrial.org Read more »
July 01, 2008
Zimbabwe: African Union Calls for Unity Government
The African Union (AU) has called on Zimbabwe's political parties to enter talks aimed at establishing a government of national unity, news agencies reported late Tuesday. Read more »
June 30, 2008
Zimbabwe: Election Not Free and Fair, Say African Observers
African election observers have attacked the credibility of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off on Friday. Read more »
Zimbabwe: Consensus Grows on Negotiated End to Crisis
Whatever rhetoric on Zimbabwe's political crisis emerges from the African Union heads of state meeting in Egypt on Monday and Tuesday, reports on the meeting indicate a growing… Read more »
June 27, 2008
Africa: Obama 'Reframes the Black Question'
Does this week's intervention by U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama in the debate over Zimbabwe's election signal that Africa will play a more central role in the foreign… Read more »
June 26, 2008
Zimbabwe: African Union Has Power to Sanction Mugabe
The African Union has the legal power to condemn the conduct of Zimbabwe's elections, to suspend the country from membership and to require new elections, writes AllAfrica guest… Read more »
Senegal: Festival Celebrates Global Hip Hop
The organizers of Festa 2H, a Senegalese hip hop festival running in Dakar this week, want to make the West African capital city the capital of the hip hop empire. Read more »
June 25, 2008
Zimbabwe: Peace Advocates Deserve Support
With Zimbabwean leader Morgan Tsvangirai's brave decision Sunday to pull out of Friday's presidential run-off election, no one in the world can say the race was ever anything more… Read more »
June 24, 2008
Africa: Continent Needs Effective Human Rights Court
Just as efforts to build a pan-African human rights system appear set to culminate in the establishment of a human rights court for the continent, a proposal has been made which… Read more »
Zimbabwe: UN Security Council Condemns Govt Violence
In its first statement publicly condemning the conduct of Zimbabwe's presidential election, the United Nations Security Council has placed the blame for violence, intimidation and… Read more »
June 22, 2008
Zimbabwe: Opposition Pulls Out of Election
Oppostion leader Morgan Tsvangirai has pulled out of Zimbabwe's presidential run-off election. Read more »
June 21, 2008
Africa: National Soccer Teams Look for Revenge
A great wind of revenge and score-settling is blowing across soccer fields this weekend as teams play return matches in the second round of the combined 2010 Cup of Nations and… Read more »
June 18, 2008
Africa: Trade Reforms Can Cut Food Prices
An international panel set up to review whether economically-developed countries are keeping their promises to Africa said this week that progress in talks on a new global trade… Read more »
June 17, 2008
Africa: History Can Be Cruel for Eritrea, Ethiopia
A decade ago Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi and Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki launched a border war in the Horn of Africa that killed 80,000 people. Read more »
June 16, 2008
Africa: Rising Food Prices Will Kill Children, Says Panel
There will be a "sharp increase" in deaths among young children in Africa unless the international community finds a way of stopping the current rise in food prices,… Read more »
June 15, 2008
Africa: Running Where Others Walked
“We must run while they walk!” This was the rallying cry first evoked by Julius Nyerere of Tanzania decades ago. It captured both the euphoria and ambition of a newly… Read more »
June 13, 2008
Africa: No Room For Error in Soccer Qualifiers
Many of the continent’s national soccer teams have no room for error as they enter this weekend’s round of combined qualifiers for the 2010 Cup of Nations and World Cup… Read more »
Liberia: Police Question Two Men Over Farm Clash
Senator Roland Kahn and Charles Bennie, a former rebel official, both allegedly linked to the deaths of 13 persons in a farm clash southeast of Monrovia, turned themselves in to… Read more »
June 12, 2008
Zimbabwe: Continent's Top Leaders Call for Free Polls
Fourteen former African presidents, two former heads of the United Nations, African Nobel laureates and some of the continent's top artists and business leaders have called for an… Read more »
Africa: Would President Obama be Good for the Continent?
If Barack Obama is elected President of the United States, becoming the world’s most powerful leader, what difference would it make to America’s engagement with Africa?… Read more »
Zimbabwe: Police Hold Tsvangirai - Again
Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai was held by police for the third time in a week while campaigning for the June 27 presidential run-off election. Read more »
Liberia: Farm Workers Killed in Clash
At least 13 farm workers are dead after a violent clash over a plot of farmland 55 kilometers south-east of the capital, Monrovia. Read more »
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