“WHIFF of successful elections in Nigeria has, in fact, heightened the self-confidence of Africa because the image of Africa internationally hasn’t been too palatable. And Nigeria being the most populous country, we should see a credible presidential election this Saturday as sending messages around the world that Africa really means to serve itself well. It […]
Forces loyal to Ivory Coast’s elected president Alassane Ouattara have seized strongman Laurent Gbagbo from his residence, bringing to a head a protracted conflict between two presidential rivals that had tilted the world’s largest cocoa producer toward civil war. A spokeswoman for Mr. Ouattara said Monday that Mr. Gbagbo was captured during a flurry of […]
Ethiopia’s government on Thursday said it was preparing to charge more than 100 prisoners with terrorism and dismissed calls by a rights groups to release them immediately. The government said it had arrested 121 people in March and accused them of being members of the outlawed Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) rebel group. Campaign group Human […]
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ALTHOUGH Britain and the United States (U.S.) have expressed concern over the spate of political violence that has rocked some states across the country, South Africa has expressed optimism that Nigeria would hold a successful general election next month. South Africa’s High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Kingsley Mamabolo, who stated this on Monday in an […]
Nigeria, backed by France, is set to table a draft UN resolution, which would authorise possible use of military force to stop attack against civilians in Cote d’ Ivoire. The draft resolution will urge stronger enforcement of an arms embargo on the government of Laurent Gbagbo, in addition to use of “all necessary measures and […]
The Economic Community of West African States on Thursday called on the United Nations Security Council to take immediate steps to force the outgoing president of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, to cede office. In a statement on Thursday, ECOWAS described the situation in Ivory Coast as a “regional humanitarian emergency” caused by Gbagbo’s refusal […]
LIBYAN leader, Muammar Ghadaffi, made his first public appearance in a week, on Tuesday night –- appearing on state television to tell the world: “I’m staying in my tent.” He spoke from his bombed-out Tripoli compound as it emerged he was shockingly paying supporters of his murderous regime £300 for each rebel fighter they killed. […]
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