Where Did Angola’s Oil Riches Go?
A few years ago, Luanda, the capital of Angola, was on every ambitious investor’s lips. With large infrastructure and housing projects rapidly changing its appearance, the city seemed to be leaving behind the country’s 27-year civil war. But hopes for renewal are slowly dissipating as the price of the commodity on which Angola’s future was […]
South Africa Students Back At Parliament To Hand Over Memorandum
The crowd of students gathering in front of Parliament have started to grow as more protesters, some wearing white headbands, have joined in. Earlier a group of about 100 students and workers gathered outside the gates of Parliament to hand over a memorandum calling for the police minister to be held accountable for the “brutality […]
Xenophobia Back In South Africa As Foreign Shopkeepers Flee
In the blistering hot conference room of the Masifunde Education and Development Project Trust, 14 women with determined calm put together a statement: ‘The police have told us that we must not go ahead with our planned protest at the City Hall on Friday as they cannot guarantee our safety. We cannot and will not […]
South Sudan Government And Riek Machar Supported Rebels Committed Serious Human Rights Violations
The long-awaited African Union Commission of Inquiry report on the South Sudan conflict has been released. It finds that both the South Sudan government and rebels loyal to former Vice President Riek Machar committed human rights violations, some of which the report says constitute war crimes. The report says the violations included killings and murder, […]
Low Turnout On First Day of House Elections Run-Offs In Egypt
Run-offs of phase one of Egypt’s House of Representatives elections saw a low turnout in most provinces inside Egypt Tuesday, and abroad where voting started on Monday. The scant showing at the polls was no surprise with the turnout barely exceeding 26 percent inside Egypt and 4.5 percent abroad across 14 provinces where over 27.4 […]
Alassane Ouattara Wins Cote d’Ivoire Presidential Elections In Landslide
Ivorian President Ouattara has been re-elected for a second five-year term in office. The 73-year-old incumbent garnered almost 84 percent of the vote. He commended his countrymen on the peaceful, transparent polls. Ivory Coast’s electoral commission announced Wednesday that President Alassane Ouattara had won 83.6 percent of the vote. He needed more than 50 percent […]
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir To Visit India: Arrest Bashir Says ICC
The International Criminal Court said India should arrest and hand over Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who is wanted on genocide charges and expected to visit New Delhi for a summit this week. Bashir is accused of masterminding genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in his campaign to crush a revolt in Sudan’s western […]
President Edgar Lungu Has Hired Witchdoctors From Malawi To Help Him Win 2016 Elections
UPND President Hakainde Hichilema claims President Edgar Lungu has invited three witchdoctors from Malawi to help him win the 2016 elections. The UPND Leader says he has intelligence information that President Lungu has allegedly invited the three witchdoctors so that they can perform their task at State House during the time he will be working […]
Mugabe Turns To His Daughter Bona Mugabe To Rescue Gushungo Holdings Company
President Robert Mugabe has turned to his daughter Bona to rescue his Gushungo Holdings Company, which is reportedly struggling to stay afloat. Sources said Bona reported for work two weeks ago and called for an emergency meeting at which she read the riot act to the management team led by Albert Nhari. “She was very […]
Why Some African Leaders Cling To Power, Whilst Others Walk Away
Following a weekend of elections on the African Continent, analysts are drawing parallels between Congo-Brazzaville and Tanzania even before results are announced. One leader is accused of tampering with the constitution to extend his grip on power, whilst the other has been credited with respecting presidential term limits. In one corner, you see a political […]
