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Guinea: Nigeria Tackles Libya, Senegal Over Coup Backing - The coup in Guinea has pitched African leaders against each other as President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua is set to mobilise other West African leaders in a move to checkmate his colleagues from Libya and Senegal, Muammar Gaddafi and Abdoulaye Wade, who are believed to be supporting the new military regime....
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Zimbabwe: Court Contest Over 'Tortured' Activists - THE Attorney General's Office yesterday urged the court to dismiss various court applications being made by lawyers representing Zimbabwe Peace Project director Jestina Mukoko and 15 MDC-T activists, saying they were just tactics employed to delay trial proceedings....
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East Africa: Ministers Discuss Fuel Crisis - Ministers in charge of East African Affairs have discussed the ongoing fuel crisis in the region as a way of finding a solution to the problem that has affected the region despite the general decrease of its price on the global market....
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Sudan: Bush Approves Darfur Air Lift - United States President George W. Bush on Monday authorized an immediate airlift of equipment and supplies to the international peacekeeping force in the troubled Darfur region of Sudan....
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West Africa: Ecowas Plans to Suspend Guinea - In an emergency meeting of Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) scheduled for Friday, the suspension of Guinea will be announced to emphasise to the new military junta the regional body's zero tolerance for military coups....
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Nigeria: Billions to Be Spent on Generators - Legislators have queried the Interior Ministry for proposing to spend N40 million for this year's National Day celebration which cost only N16 million in 2008....
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Central Africa: Threats Force Journalists to Censor, Says Group - Amid commemorative ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as well as its own 10th anniversary, JED released its 2008 annual report on press freedom on 23 December 2008....
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Kenya: Kibaki Approves 'Repressive' Media Law - Reporters Without Borders is stunned to learn that President Mwai Kibaki signed the Kenya Communications (Amendment) Bill 2008 into law on 2 January 2009. "This is a major step backwards in the history of press freedom in Kenya," Reporters Without Borders said. "We have for weeks been joining Kenyan journalists in denouncing this bill's reactionary and repressive nature. We do not understand President Kibaki's decision, which will seriously undermine civil liberties in his country."...
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Sudan: Nigerian Police Boost Darfur Peacekeepers - Two new contingents of Nigerian police officers trained in high-risk operations have joined the joint United Nations-African Union (AU) peacekeeping mission in the war-ravaged Darfur region of Sudan....
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Zimbabwe: Cholera War Hots Up - GOVERNMENT today rolls out the national cholera education awareness programme and spells out modalities for the distribution of drugs, equipment and funds received from donors as measures to thwart the deadly disease intensify....
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Nigeria: 40 Lawyers to Defend Ribadu - EMBATTLED former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, is ready to commence his legal battle challenging his demotion from the rank of Assistant Inspector-General of Police to Deputy Commissioner and his subsequent dismissal from the Nigeria Police Force...
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Congo-Kinshasa: UN Continues Assisting Displaced in Volatile East - The United Nations is continuing to rush assistance to help those uprooted by clashes in the war-torn far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), including victims of violence at the hands of the notorious Ugandan rebel group known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)....
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Ghana: New President Must Tackle Economy - As Ghana's president-elect, John Evans Atta Mills, prepares to take office, he has his work cut out for him translating several years of strong macro-economic performance into tangible benefits for the majority of Ghanaians....
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Sudan: President Bush Meets Southern Leader - United States President George W. Bush met with South Sudan President Salva Kiir Mayardit at the White House on Monday, January 5. Their remarks to the press follows:...
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Zimbabwe: MDC Leadership to Meet for Crucial Indaba - There are reports that the top leadership of the MDC, including its transition team and party strategists, will meet in Johannesburg for three days this week to decide whether to continue or back-off from talks to join a unity government....
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Somalia: More Than 50,000 Displaced - UN - The top United Nations relief official in Somalia has voiced grave concern at the deteriorating humanitarian situation in the strife-torn nation, where fresh clashes last week have reportedly killed more than 40 people and displaced over 50,000....
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Burundi: Rebel Prisoner Release Under Way - The release of the first 80 prisoners detained over their affiliation with a rebel group, the Parti pour la Liberation du Peuple Hutu-Forces Nationales de Libération (Palipehutu-FNL), has begun, following a decree issued by Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza on 30 December 2008....
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Somalia: Ethiopian Troops Deployed in a Provincial Capital - Ethiopian troops with more military trucks accompanied by Somali militias have reached in Garbaharey, a provincial capital of Gedo region in western Somalia, witnesses said on Monday....
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Sudan: It Takes More Than a Law to Stop the Cut - A law passed in November 2008 prohibiting female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) in the state of Southern Kordofan is unique in Sudan. But for it to translate into genuine abolition, deep-seated attitudes and misinformation will have to be overcome....
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Somalia: Kidnapped Foreign Journalists Freed - The National Union of Somali Journalists (NUSOJ) and Reporters Without Borders welcome the release today of British reporter Colin Freeman and Spanish photographer José Cendon, both employed by the London-based Daily Telegraph newspaper....
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Namibia: Opposition Claims Politicking in Drought Relief - DTA of Namibia Secretary General McHenry Venaani has called on Government officials and agencies that are currently distributing drought relief aid to stop claiming that the food is coming directly from the ruling Swapo Party....
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Somalia: Ethiopians Take Over Govt Base - The Ethiopian soldiers have taken over the control of Ex-control Afgoi which was a military base for the Somali government soldiers in Mogadishu on Monday, officials told radio Shabelle....
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Somalia: Fresh Fighting Starts in Mogadishu - Fresh fighting between Somali Islamist insurgents and government Soldiers has broken out at Dherkenley district in Mogadishu early on Monday morning, witnesses said....
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Nigeria: Legislators In No Hurry Over Budget - Federal lawmakers in the Lower House did not pass the 2009 budget before Christmas so as to avoid conflict with Aso Rock over capital project allocations....
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Nigeria: 26 Arrested In City of Violence - The joint military team deployed to maintain peace in the Plateau State capital on Thursday night arrested 26 suspected mercenaries in fake police uniforms with assorted arms and ammunition....
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Nigeria: U.S.-Based Doctors Pioneer Laparoscopic Surgery in Rivers State - Undoubtedly, there has been several attempts to effectively address the knowledge and skills deficit in the healthcare workforce in the country....
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Africa: Remarkable Kufour - IN other climes, what Mr. John Agyekum Kufour did by leaving power after eight years would mean nothing. In Africa where leaders are in a race to overstay their welcome, Kufour has created distinctness - even hope....
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Nigeria: NSE - Bearish Trend Drags Down Share Value By N120 Billion - THE bearish trend in the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) continued yesterday, as the total value of shares dipped by N119.68 billion. The bears had staged a comeback on the first day of trading in 2009, after nine days of uninterrupted bull runs....
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Nigeria: Federal Government Moves to Implement TSPG Project as Ghana Invests $775 Million on NG Plant - THE Federal Government has expressed Nigeria's commitment to the implementation of the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline (TSGP) project....
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Nigeria: VAALCO Successfully Extends Ebouri Field With Development Drilling - VAALCO has provided an update on the new development well being drilled in the Ebouri field and the new appraisal well (North Ebouri) being drilled in the Etame block. VAALCO commenced drilling these wells in November with the jackup rigs Adriatic 6 and Pride Cabinda, respectively, as previously announced....
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