It is good to see and refreshing to know that fighting corruption is at the top of the Agenda of many African countries. Angola, accused of not complying with international rules on the issue, has finally approved a law against money laundering.
For a country that was in ’09 among the 18 most corrupt nations this [...]
Africa is slowly emerging from the global recession and should grow 4.5 percent this year and just over five percent in 2011, a report by the African Development Bank and the OECD revealed.
The rate of growth is an improvement on the average 2.5 percent experienced by the continent’s 53 states in 2009, but still short [...]
Security forces and police in Africa killed hundreds of people in ‘09 but were rarely investigated due to a culture of impunity, Amnesty International (AI) has claimed in its annual report.
The report released Thurs 27th May highlighted the massacre at a stadium in Guinea’s capital Conakry September ’09 in which more than 150 people taking [...]
The new vice president of Nigeria, Muhammad Namadi Sambo was confirmed in his position Tuesday 18th May by the two chambers of the National Assembly. It followed the burial of the late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua which sad event took place May 5th 2010.
A number of personalities jostled for the position and were talked about [...]
The soccer World Cup finals when it starts Fri 11th June will not be the only show in town. Visitors will be able to benefit from a wide range of cultural events that will take place in Eastern Cape, where the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium is situated.
The National Arts Festival (NAF) in Grahamstown is hosting [...]
The head of Sierra Leone’s Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), Abdul Tejan-Cole, resigned Thursday 6th May, as the trial of former minister of fisheries and marine resources Haja Afsata Kabbah got underway.
A feeling of déjà vu and anger is gleaned among Sierra Leoneans, not because of the resignation itself, which was expected but for the lack of [...]
Coming hot on the heels of the 1994 ANC election victory and a much-lauded first year in power, replete with calls for reconciliation and the creation of the rainbow nation, the 1995 Rugby World Cup was a sporting, political, international and PR triumph for Nelson Mandela and South Africa.
The sight of a jubilant Mandela embracing [...]
Safeguarding the environment and assuming responsibility for its development has been a consistent theme in the recent discourse of the Holy See. Pope Benedict’s Message for the World Day of Peace (January 1, 2010) and his Address to the Diplomatic Corps accredited to the Holy See (January 11) both emphasized how spiritual and secular leaders [...]
Oxfam has in a report admitted publicly for the first, ‘faults’ in the delivery of development aid. But, the report published Thursday 20th May says, despite its faults aid has helped transform the lives of millions of poor people in Africa and beyond and it will be irresponsible to cut or stop it.
The report 21st [...]
