According to reports coming out of central Nigeria, Hausa-Fulani herders from surrounding hills attacked villagers in Dogo Nahawa, just south of the state capital Jos, shooting into the air before cutting those who came out of their homes with machetes. At least two other communities close by were also targeted, in an area close to [...]
On Thursday, the West African country of Togo will go to the polls to choose a new President against a history of violence in earlier elections and opposition allegations that the current President Faure Gnassingbe may make attempts to rig the outcome. Thousands of people died in the post-election violence after the 2005 presidential poll [...]
Gambian President Yahya Jammeh, has ordered the sacking and detention of six top police and army officials in the latest wave of arrests targeting security bodies in the West African state. Those arrested include Inspector General of Police Ensa Badjie and Commander of the Navy Sarjo Fofona. The Gambian government has declined to comment further [...]
The dictator in Zimbabwe who recently had nothing to celebrate on his 86th birthday is coming under intense pressure from the international community once again. The U.S. President Barack Obama has made a decision to extend sanctions against Zimbabwe’s corrupt President Robert Mugabe and his key supporters for another year. In a statement on Monday, [...]
A Somali Islamist terror group on Sunday announced it will stop UN agency, World Food Programme (WFP) operations in Somalia. In a statement, Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda proxy said, “Effective as of today, all of WFP’s operations inside Somalia are terminated and the organization has been completely banned.” The group argued that it had received complaints [...]
Africa is unique in its mining resource potential. The untapped mineral wealth that Africa offers will ultimately define the continent’s economic supremacy and give Africans more leverage in major economic decisions by world financial institutions. The emergence of leaders with vested interest in ensuring that countries in Africa are politically and economically prepared to meet [...]
It has come to light that South Africa is not ready to host the 2010 World Cup just over three months before the tournament kicks off according to FIFA, football’s world governing body. FIFA’s secretary general, Jerome Valke, told a news conference on Tuesday that the main venue in Johannesburg, Soccer City, was yet to [...]
The meeting of the Sectoral Council on Tourism and Wildlife Management came to an end in Arusha, Tanzania with the adoption of the draft Protocol on Tourism and Wildlife and Management in the region. The meeting also reviewed a number of reports and Branding East African Community as a single tourist destination.“The EAC needs to [...]
Kenya’s Interim Independent Electoral Commission of Kenya-IIEC-will from March 22rd begin a countrywide voter registration in readiness of the forthcoming National referendum on the draft constitution . IIEC chairman, Issack Hassan said the excersie will cost his commission 7 billion shillings although the ministry of finance has only released 1.2 billion to the commission. Haasan, [...]
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) today (February 24) embarked on the development a strategic plan that will guide and direct its activities in the next five years; 2010-2015. The five year strategic analysis will help identify the Court’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats, thereby providing an insight into its future. A three-day workshop [...]
Tony Blair today (Tuesday 23rd February 2010) returned to Sierra Leone to review the progress of the Africa Governance Initiative project with President Koroma, with a specific focus on healthcare and the work the Government of Sierra Leone is doing to prepare for the delivery of free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five. [...]
