The self styled ‘lord’ and socialite Edward Davenport, dubbed ‘fast Eddie’, has been jailed for his part in a multimillion-pound fraud case. Davenport has courted controversy over the years. He purchased his 33 Portland Place mansion from the Sierra Leone government for cut market rate in 1999, when the country was in the midst of [...]
The African Union and their European counterparts are working together as equal partners in a move to spread democracy and economic progress across Africa. The joint Africa-EU strategic partnership moved towards a shared agenda during their 5th annual College-to-College session in Brussels where they discussed the two issues which are of present concern, especially with [...]
The Royal Geographical Society (RGS) recently hosted the latest offering in their series of talks entitled 2Ist Century Challenges. The discussion called Digital Technology in Africa took place at the RGS in Kensington on the 18th May, and New Africa Analysis was invited to sit in on the event. The panel consisted of, Nicholas Negroponte [...]
The authorities have arrested 16 people following a raid on a newspaper’s headquarters, Amnesty International has revealed. The human rights group report that on Wednesday night 2nd of February, 20 armed and plain clothed security officers surrounded the offices of the newspaper Al-Midan and arrested people, including the deputy editor of the newspaper and as [...]
Action taken by Kenya’s leadership following International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo’s recent naming of six suspects in the violence that followed the 2007 elections highlights how the political class in the country continues to support impunity, ignoring once again the cries for justice among victims and ordinary Kenyans. It seemed promising for Kenya’s [...]
I make no apology for the emotive and partial comments that follow but they relate to issues close to my heart and, I hope, to the hearts of many who will read this. They are about the announcement on 26th January that the BBC World Service is to cut 650 jobs, abolish five language services [...]
An historic undertaking may soon see the Sudan split in two. The referendum was held in the south of the country to determine the will of its people to split from the north and form Africa’s and the world’s, newest state. Although a new beginning may bring with it hope of a solution to warfare [...]
The President visited the country’s capital, Windhoek, on 4th November for the annual South Africa –Namibia Heads of State Bilateral Meeting with his counterpart, President Hifikepunye Pohamba. President Zuma was joined by a delegation of seven Ministers and Deputy Ministers, and his visit paved the way for a further ten businessmen and women to visit [...]
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda led the 2010 Oppenheimer Lecture at the International Institute for Strategic studies in London today. The main focus of the president’s speech was the nature of nation building and the ways in which his government has adapted to rebuilding a state ravaged by genocide. Kagame became president following the Rwandan Patriotic Front [...]
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced that he has convened a high-level meeting at the UN on September 24th, ahead of Sudan’s fast approaching referenda. The meeting will address the challenges facing Sudan and how they might influence the outcome of the referenda, which pertain to self-determination in the south of the troubled country. On January [...]
