African News

Guinea-Bissau: In Need of a State

The international community must encourage reform tendencies in Guinea-Bissau to counter the risk of the West African country becoming a narco-state and (...)

| July 2008 | 979 views

Ghana: Tsikata, the Rule of Law and Democracy

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong,Ottawa. The rejection of national honour for his contribution to the growth of Ghana’s security by Kojo Tsikata(pictured), fondly (...)

| June 2008 | 1657 views

Turmoil in Zimbabwe: What happens next?

Gugulethu Moyo is a Zimbabwean lawyer at the International Bar Association in London. A critic of the Mugabe regime, she stays in close contact with people (...)

| June 2008 | 932 views

African Liberation Day: The People Must Prevail

In this essay, Horace Campbell looks at the importance of Africa Liberation Day, its changing relevances as Africans are betrayed by the architects of (...)

| May 2008 | 1169 views

Moses Blah ends testimony at Taylor trial

By Alphonsus Zeon The former Liberian Vice President, Moses Blah on Tuesday, 20 May, ended his testimony at the trial of his former boss, Charles (...)

| May 2008 | 1649 views

Moses Blah implicates Taylor

By Adolphus Williams in The Hague The war crimes trial at the Special Court of the former Liberian president Charles Taylor has entered a crucial stage (...)

| May 2008 | 1565 views

Taylor’s Vice President arrives at The Hague

Taylor’s former Vice Preisdent has arrived at The Hague. The press and outreach office of the Special Court has announced that former Liberian Vice (...)

| May 2008 | 1216 views

Vancouver politician eyes Nigerian governorship

By Our Correspondent. The ambition of Vancouver, Canada based Chief Moses Umba(photo) to be the next governor of Ebonyi State got a boost recently when (...)

| May 2008 | 942 views

Boost for Taylor’s lawyers

By Alphonsus Zeon, at The Hague. Lawyers representing the former Liberian president Charles Taylor at his war crimes trial at the Special Court sitting (...)

| May 2008 | 910 views