Malawian president threatens newspaper closings
New York, August 31, 2010—The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns threatening comments made by President Bingu wa Mutharika against Malawian news outlets last week. Mutharika threatened to close newspapers that report critically about his administration after the private weeklies Malawi News and Weekend Nation cited a regional agency’s report forecasting food shortages in the country, [...]
The Sierra Leone Daily Mail becomes the subject of controversy by disgruntled SLPP Politicians and Journalists
When I first entered into journalism, it occurred to me that Sierra Leone as a country had an impressive media institution manned by some of the most reputable journalists the country has ever produced. But because of the nature of how the Daily Mail as an institution was created, problems emanated as to how it [...]
Uganda’s Museveni takes steps to hold on to power
A statement from the office of President Yoweri Museveni has said that the Ugandan strongman will contest next year’s presidential elections. This seems to be an attempt to try to extend a presidency that started in 1986. According to the statement, Museveni will also seek election as chairman of his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party [...]
Kenya’s blatant disregard for international law
Moses Wetangula is Kenya’s foreign minister and has made attempts to defend his government’s decision to invite Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir, to the country’s constitution signing ceremony. Wetangula, like other Kenyan government officials, is fully aware that the Sudanese leader is under an international arrest warrant for genocide and war crimes. Moses Wetangula, while speaking [...]
Kenya celebrates new constitution
Kenya’s military preparations for Re-birth are in top gear at Uhuru Park in Nairobi, in readiness for Friday’s promulgation of the new Constitution by President Mwai Kibaki. Military rehearsals which are attended to by the top bosses from the armed forces went on with full display of military hardware and pass out parades at the [...]
Atiku’s wavering Presidential Ambition
Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar who formally declared on August 15, 2010 for his 2011 presidential ambition on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is facing uncertainties in the party whether he will contest on the platform or not. This is following the issue of the unresolved waiver he is supposed to have [...]
Liberia’s President Johnson-Sirleaf reconciles the wives of Samuel Doe and Thomas Quiwonkpa
History is once more being made in the West African state of Liberia. The country’s president, Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf has met with the widow of the late Brigadier General Thomas Quiwonkpa in an effort to reconcile their differences. General Quiwonkpa was a key member of the 18 non-commission officers who in 1980 overthrew and assassinated President [...]
Britain’s Telegraph Newspaper needs to get its facts right – There are no shady mining deals going on in Sierra Leone
The new conservative government in Britain seems to exuberate over-zealousness in the way it wants to demonstrate to its voting public that it is serious in cutting its budget deficit. And it is keen on showing that one area that will definitely get the chop is aid to Africa. The telegraph newspaper in London, recently [...]
Sierra Leone’s President Koroma replaces Military Chief-of-Defence-Staff
It seems the Sierra Leone president, Ernest Bai Koroma, really means business when he says he will rule the country like a business entity. In a decisive move that has seen a big shake-up in the country’s military, the Head of State has replaced Brigadier Nelson Williams with Brigadier Yira Koroma as the new Chief-of-Defence-staff. [...]
Nigeria set for presidential election showdown
Five more candidates have come out saying they will challenge President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling PDP’s nomination in next year’s presidential elections. They include a powerful former Intelligence chief and four serving PDP governors. They are all from the north and say they are running to preserve the party’s zoning formula. Under zoning, the [...]
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