African News

Madonna’s adoption move backfires

By Abu B. Shaw, Vanguard London Bureau Chief Madonna adopted an African child a few weeks ago but many people across the world have opposed the Queen (...)

| October 2006 | 809 views

Ivorian Crisis: Alpha Blondy Speaks Out

Ivorian reggae star and peace ambassador in the country’ crisis, Alpha Blondy, has challenged the stake holders in the peace process to seize the (...)

| October 2006 | 929 views

Nigeria: Political Offices for Women Established

Nigeria’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs has set up political offices in the six geo-political zones of the country to boost the participation of women in the (...)

| October 2006 | 772 views

Liberia: Crackdown on Rapists.

Liberia’s chief justice on Thursday rejected calls for the establishment of a special court to try rape cases following a United Nations report criticising (...)

| October 2006 | 781 views

London:Damilola’s killers out in 3 years

By Abu B. Shaw, Vanguard London Bureau Chief “The criminal justice system in England and Wales has betrayed Damilola Taylor monumentally,” say critics (...)

| October 2006 | 862 views

Darkness Engulfs Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe has been hit by a double whammy: the shutdown of a major power station, and the disruption of electricity supplies from the neighbouring (...)

| October 2006 | 785 views

Nigeria, England, Scotland battle for whiz kid

By Abu B. Shaw, Vanguard London Bureau Chief Soccer sensation Gabriel Agbonlahor(photo) of English Premiership club Aston Villa is currently at the (...)

| October 2006 | 3680 views

Zambia: Mwanawasa in Trouble

Zambia’s faith in democracy is being tested by the failure of successive leaders to entrench democratic norms while in office, political analysts and civic (...)

| September 2006 | 750 views

Cote d"Ivoire: Gbagbo says peacekeepers can leave

The United Nations and French peacekeepers in Cote d’Ivoire can leave the country if they want to, President Laurent Gbagbo(photo) said in an interview (...)

| September 2006 | 735 views

The Need for an Institute of Ghanaian Values

By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, Ottawa Observations by Dr Kwabena Adjei(photo), chair of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), that (...)

| September 2006 | 691 views