By: Augustine N. Myers – At least 1, 800 refugees from neighboring Ivory Coast have crossed over to Liberia, in the wake of political tension in that West African Country. Local authorities of the United Nations High Commissioner on Refugees (UNHCR) said there are more Ivorian refugees expected to arrive in Liberia and other 200 in Guinea. According to the UNHCR, some 2,000 people, mostly women and children from Cote d’Ivoire have entered neighboring Liberia and Guinea amid the political deadlock precipitated by the dispute over the results of the Ivorian Presidential elections, the United Nations Refugee Agency said Monday.... Continue Reading
By Femi Peters – Giving press statements on the stand of the Gambian Government on pertinent issues happening in Africa and across the Globe. The Secretary General and Head of Civil Service of the Republic of the Gambia, Dr Njogou L Bah consistently highlighted the influence of Foreign Powers on various political issues affecting the African Continent and how such decision encroach on the Sovereignty of these states. Dr Njogou further remarked on specific countries undergoing various crises in African like Ivory Coast, as he encouraged them to settle amicably without resulting to war, as lessons could be learnt from... Continue Reading
By Special Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – The National Governing Council of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) Tanzania has approved a 5 year Strategic Plan than will effectively direct and guide the African Union iniated project, amid constraining financial challenges. Speaking recently during the 44th meeting of the National Governing Council (NGC) of the APRM Tanzania chapter, Professor Hasa Mlawa, who chairs the highest policy making body, said the new strategy will provide a strategic directions in the operations of the project towards achieving the major goal of improving governance in Tanzania. According to the 5 Year document, several... Continue Reading
By Sophie Ngugi – Executive Director, Young Women’s Leadership Institute. – -Those were the words that glared from several banners at the conference hall from 2-4th December 2010. As I sat at the Crowne Plaza where the conference was to be held I could not help but wonder; really where are we? This was the theme for the 2-day conference organised by the Kofi Annan Foundation and the African Union panel of experts. The purpose of the conference was to take stock of the progress made in the implementation of the KNDR (Kenya National Dialogue and Reconciliation) agreements and the... Continue Reading
By Misheck Rusere – A research carried by two Non Governmental Organisations namely the Research and Advocacy Unit and Zimbabwe Doctors for Human Rights has revealed that the country’s 2008 elections resulted in the highest number of rapes compared to other elections since 2000. The study comes amid calls by President Mugabe and his ZANU (PF) party to go for polls in 2011 to end the life of the Inclusive Government formed more than one and half years ago after ZANU (PF) won the lone race at the withdrawal of MDC-T citing politically motivated violence. The chilling report on politically-motivated... Continue Reading
