Amnesty International is urging the authorities here to ensure that government officials suspected of being implicated in post-election violence in ‘08 comply with a summons from the International Criminal Court (ICC). The ICC on Tuesday 8th March issued two summonses to six Kenyans including the Deputy Prime Minister and the former chief of police, but [...]
As politicians continue to go round canvassing for votes ahead of national elections coming up next month, one area that they seemed to be focusing on is the issue of provision of quality education. Indeed President Goodluck Jonathan appears to be in the forefront of this with his administration already establishing six additional Federal Universities [...]
As many across the globe celebrated the 100th International Women’s Day [IDW] on March the 8th this year, we must not forget that many women continue to suffer all over the world. IWD is an opportunity to highlight the on-going plight of many women that still fight and struggle for freedom and equality. With the [...]
Political crisis especially in sub-Saharan Africa have been a cause for worry since the early 1960s when most countries attained political independence. As for instance with the recent case of Cote D’Ivoire, the potential backlash of which, if not properly handled may threaten the very fabric of the regional body, the Economic Community of West [...]
For over thirteen years the Lewa Wildlife Conservancy here has been home to the Three Brothers. The brothers are three extraordinary cheetahs who managed to form themselves into an unstoppable hunting trio. Not satisfied with the typical cheetah menu of gazelles and impalas, the ambitious Three Brothers acquired a taste for rather more satisfying dishes [...]
The Manchester City centre back could face the maximum two year ban from all football activities for failing a drugs test, taken after the Manchester derby on the 12th of February. He has subsequently confirmed suspicions that he had taken his wife’s Awo’s diet pills. It is a confession that could result in the two [...]
When asylum-seekers arrive in Johannesburg, they inevitably end up at Park Station, the largest railway terminal in Africa. From here at least they can make some kind of decision about their future in a foreign land, one that promises what they so desperately seek – food, shelter, medicine, water, employment and education; basic human rights [...]
Right round the country, International Women’s Day (IWD) celebrations on the 8th of March were prevented or disrupted by the police. The peaceful gatherings were organised by the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and were sanctioned by the High Court. But despite all this, the police interrupted rallies and gatherings. They even arrested 16 [...]
In mid to low income households across the developing world treatments for the disease return are failing, a new report by the Wellcome Trust has revealed. The report, published on 15th March, was based on a study in Kampala, Uganda, of 140 HIV-infected patients and 148 HIV-uninfected patients. Currently between one in ten and one [...]
British investment banks Citigroup and JP Morgan are keen to expand into African markets. Both Finance Institute’s seem eager to expand into Africa and extend their influence on the continent. This is despite a warning from John Green; head of global business development at Investec Asset Management, that ‘shoddy infrastructure… may be a big long-term [...]
