Published: April 3, 2010
Sudan: Key Candidate Pulls Out of Presidential Polls |
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One of the main contenders in Sudan’s upcoming presidential election has withdrawn from the campaign blaming the continuing conflict in the Darfur region and “electoral irregularities”.
Published: February 9, 2010
Africans Risk Getting Inferior Malaria Drugs |
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Tests of anti-malaria drugs used in Africa have revealed that patients from both public and private health practices could be getting sub-standard treatment. Experts examined 200 samples of anti-malaria drugs from 10 African countries.
Published: January 18, 2010
Uganda’s President Speaks Up on Anti-Gay Bill |
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Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has described an internationally condemned anti-homosexuality draft law as a sensitive foreign policy issue which requires further consultation. Museveni spoke about the topic for the first time yesterday at the ruling National Resistance Movement party’s executive conference at State House in Entebbe. He called for more dialogue with European and American critics, saying the country’s foreign policy interests need to be taken into account. Proponents of the bill had previously vowed to resist foreign criticism.
Published: January 18, 2010
Kenyan Government Limits Press Freedom |
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Press freedom in Kenya is under threat, according to media owners, after the government reintroduced measures to limit press freedom despite earlier agreeing to water down proposals. The new laws include provisions for censoring content, limiting talk about sex on FM radio stations, banning cross-media ownership and setting rules for political coverage during general elections.
Published: January 18, 2010
Internet Users in South Africa Increase by 15% |
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The number of internet users in South Africa increased by 15 per cent in 2009. A new report released on Thursday by technology and research company World Wide Worx states that 5.3 million people in South Africa now use the internet.
Published: January 4, 2010
Shell To Sell Nigerian Oil Fields |
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Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell is putting some of its oil field assets in Nigeria, valued at up to five billion US dollars, up for sale. The decision comes as Nigeria prepares to hand greater control to domestic firms next month.
Published: January 2, 2010
United Nations List Ugandan Rebel Group’s Atrocities |
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Ugandan rebel group, the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), carried out a 10-month rampage of rape, mutilations and killings in neighbouring countries, the United Nations has reported.
Published: November 28, 2009
Diamond Dealers Ban Zimbabwe’s Gem |
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The world’s largest diamond trading network has declared a ban on all gems from Zimbabwe’s Marange diamond fields because of what it calls “severe and continued human rights violations”.
Published: November 21, 2009
Army Pulls Out of Controversial Diamond Mine |
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The Zimbabwean government says it is pulling its soldiers out of the Marange diamond mine following allegations of abuse. Earlier this month the Kimberley Process group, the diamond industry’s watchdog, urged Zimbabwe to reform its running of the diamond mine, giving it a June 2010 deadline.
Published: November 21, 2009
Somali Woman Stoned to Death |
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Islamists in Somalia have stoned to death a 20-year-old woman divorcee accused of adultery. Sheikh Ibrahim Abdirahman, the judge for the group al-Shabab, said Halima Ibrahim Abdirahman was killed on Tuesday in front of a crowd of 200 people. Judge Abdirahman said the woman had confessed to having an affair with an unmarried 29-year-old man and had given birth to a still-born child.
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