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Zimbabwean President Mugabe Meets Grandson in Singapore

Zimbabwean President Mugabe Meets Grandson in Singapore

An ecstatic President Mugabe finally met face-to-face with his grandson, Simbanashe Chikore in Singapore at the weekend. The baby was born mid last month, but the President could not see the new arrival earlier because of a busy schedule at home, only managing to travel on Saturday morning. The President revealed last week while addressing […]

Scores Injured During Protests Against Kenya’s Electoral Agency

Scores Injured During Protests Against Kenya’s Electoral Agency

Police dispersed crowds that had gathered outside the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) headquarters in Nairobi even before opposition leaders could address them. The crowd, which echoed opposition’s demand that the government disbands the electoral agency, started arriving at the Anniversary Towers at 10am. The protesters chanted anti-IEBC slogans as they waited for Cord […]

Scenes From Historic Trial of Former Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré – Watch Video

Scenes From Historic Trial of Former Chadian Dictator Hissène Habré – Watch Video

The trial of Hissene Habré was the first in the world in which the courts of one country prosecuted the former ruler of another. Human Rights Watch released a new video, “Hissène Habré: Scenes from an historic trial,” about the trial in Senegal of the former Chadian dictator Hissène Habré. At the end of the […]

Fear of Violence in DR Congo as Court Extends President Kabila Term

Fear of Violence in DR Congo as Court Extends President Kabila Term

Nineteen years ago today, on 17 May 1997, Laurent Désiré Kabila overthrew Mobutu Sese Seko, the president of what was then Zaire. Although he was supported by a regional coalition that had the tacit backing of key Western countries, the ousting of Mobutu was haphazard at best, Kabila himself a relative unknown with no experience […]

South African Parliament Descends Into Chaos: Watch Video

South African Parliament Descends Into Chaos: Watch Video

It was one of the harsher encounters in the National Assembly, which has seen repeated chaotic scenes over the past year-and-a-half. After about 17 minutes of Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) MPs raising points of order and objections to President Jacob Zuma speaking in the House, they were forcibly removed. The parliamentary protection service, dubbed “bouncers”, […]

Former Diplomat Admits CIA Involvement in Nelson Mandela Arrest

Former Diplomat Admits CIA Involvement in Nelson Mandela Arrest

A real life half-century-old spy thrilleresque mystery is back in the news. How did the South African police manage to capture Nelson Mandela so easily outside Howick in KwaZulu-Natal? This story reads like one of those really convoluted John LeCarre novels, or perhaps Joseph Conrad’s The Secret Agent. But before we even begin to tell […]

Nigeria’s Workers Threaten Strike Over Petrol Price Increase

Nigeria’s Workers Threaten Strike Over Petrol Price Increase

The leadership crisis rocking the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) yesterday manifested itself as the Joe Ajaero faction of the NLC insisted that it would not join the Comrade Ayuba Wabba-led NLC to embark on the strike planned for tomorrow. Also, the federal government has insisted that there is no option to the increment of the […]

Negotiate With Opposition Leaders Instead of Jailing Them, Says Uganda Ex Presidential Candidate Amama Mbabazi

Negotiate With Opposition Leaders Instead of Jailing Them, Says Uganda Ex Presidential Candidate Amama Mbabazi

Former presidential candidate Amama Mbabazi has criticized government for jailing Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leader Dr Kizza Besigye, the runner-up in the February 18 presidential poll and undermining democracy. Speaking at a thanksgiving function for victory of Mr Kenneth Tumuhamye, Kanyantorogo Sub county chairperson elect, at Kishenyi Church of Uganda in Kanungu district on […]

UN and African Union Welcome Partial Re-Run of Elections in Comoros

UN and African Union Welcome Partial Re-Run of Elections in Comoros

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the African Union Commission today welcomed the peaceful conduct of the partial re-run for the elections of President of Comoros and Governor of Anjouan. In a joint statement issued by Mr. Ban’s spokesperson in New York, the UN chief and the Chairperson of the African Union Commission, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, […]

Why Mnangagwa Candidacy Would Be Good for Opposition in Zimbabwe

Why Mnangagwa Candidacy Would Be Good for Opposition in Zimbabwe

For probably one of the most politically-charged towns in the country, on the surface, Mt Darwin seems very unassuming. Scenery-wise, there isn’t much to see, or talk about. As you drive from Bindura town, one is confronted by the unsightly sight of low-lying hills, of mostly granite rock. Indeed, Mt Darwin is not exactly a […]

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