A Kenyan human rights activist held with no evidence for his involvement in a bomb attack in Uganda last year has now been released without charge. Al-Amin Kimathi and four others were freed at the start of their trial which began on Monday 12th Sept. Amnesty International’s Africa Deputy Programme director Michelle Kagari commented that [...]
The concept of Attitude Change is so natural that in all honesty it cannot be successfully sold out as a national scheme. It is known that only God and fools do not change and therefore there is no need to labour this issue. The fact is that people who do not change their attitude are [...]
New Africa Analysis got the opportunity to speak to the head of Sierra Leone’s Anti Corruption Commission (ACC), Joseph Fitzrald Kamara. Here’s what he had to say about his work, the relationship with the government, the NASSIT case and the public’s perception of the ACC. On taking the role six months ago he says ‘I [...]
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 [...]
International Crisis Group (ICG) has expressed concern that despite some encouraging preparations, huge challenges remain before the April general elections. The country’s international reputation and faith in its own democracy are at stake the Group warns. Titled Nigeria’s Elections: Reversing the Degeneration? the 24th February policy briefing from the ICG, examined the build-up to a [...]
On Friday 18th February, Ugandans went to the polls for national elections and by Sunday it was clear that Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni would win an overwhelming victory. In the final tally he received about 68% of the vote, while Kizza Besigye, the leading opposition candidate, received just 26% of the vote. It was Besigye’s [...]
A swizz commodity trading company has come under scrutiny for tax irregularities by one of its subsidiaries in Zambia. A leaked audit report reveals the mining company, Mopani Cooper Mines plc is shifting profits out of the country in order to minimise its tax bill. Swiss giant Glencore International AG has a 73 per cent [...]
For decades Swiss banks have been used to hide away the vast fortunes of corrupt Presidents and despots. At any one time billions of dollars were secreted in Swiss bank vaults while the people of the countries from whence the money came lived in abject poverty. But the times they are a’changing! The Swiss Government [...]
Concerns are being raised over the prosecution for criminal defamation and harassment of journalist Abdou Latif Coulibaly resulting from his investigative reporting on corruption and human rights violations in the country. Coulibaly is an outspoken critique of financial scandals, embezzlement cases, and irregularities in public contracting in the country. He is a founding member of [...]
Christopher Taute, the Mayor of the municipality of Hassequa in the south of the country admitted on Tuesday 1st February of using his title of Mayor in order to raise funds for the ANC party, to which he belongs. The mayor also utilized state property for party political purposes by using the Council’s letterheads for [...]
