Shout-Africa News – The lobby group AfriForum will meet with a senior legal team this week to decide on legal steps against the South African government in response to the latter’s neglect to protect the lives and property of South Africans in Zimbabwe. On 9 June 2010, AfriForum served a lawyer’s letter to the Department of Trade and Industry to demand that the South African government should intervene urgently to protect citizens in Zimbabwe. There was no response to AfriForum’s letter to the Department was given time to midnight, 15 June 2010. This step followed after several South Africans farming... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – KIGALI, — The Committee to Protect Journalists called on Rwandan authorities today to provide information as to why the Web site of newspaper Umuvugizi is inaccessible in the run-up to August presidential elections. The state-run Rwanda News Agency reported on June 3 that the Web site of Umuvugizi, a leading private paper known for its critical coverage of the government, could not be opened on the networks of the country’s only Internet service providers. Editor John Bosco Gasasira, who launched Umuvugizi online in May after Rwanda’s Media High Council suspended the newspaper of the same name in... Continue Reading
By Tutu Alicante –COLUMBUS, OHIO – In a better world, my nieces and nephews in Equatorial Guinea would respect our country’s president for overseeing the careful management of revenues pouring in from oil, and for using these funds for development. In a better world, my nieces and nephews would honor the United Nations’ main cultural institution, UNESCO, for insisting on improving the education and health of Africa’s children. But in the world as we know it, relatively few people love and respect President Teodoro Obiang. His biggest fans might include the high-living members of his family, along with selected business... Continue Reading
By Novell Zwangendaba – JOHANNESBURG – Thomson Reuters today announced that it has donated two ScholarOne Manuscripts sites to the newest members of the African Journal Partnership Project — the Medical Journal of Zambia, John S. Kachimba, Editor; and the Ethiopian Journal of Health Services, Abraham Haileamlak, Editor. Since 2005, Thomson Reuters has worked with the Council of Science Editors to assist editors of sub-Saharan medical journals increase the visibility and quality of their journals. These journals and their editors include the Ghana Medical Journal, Dr. David Ofori-Adjei, Editor; the Malawi Medical Journal, Dr. Chiwoza Bandawe, Editor; Mali Medical, Dr.... Continue Reading
PRESS STATEMENT ON PARTY LAUNCH – 11 June 2010 The MDC 99 party has been inundated by calls from the media Zimbabwe masses and the international community over the issue of the party launch status. This follows statements made by our legal counsel in a court of law in defense of MDC 99 leaders. Please note that this was only a legal jugular meant to shrug off a ‘case’ of political victimization against MDC 99 officials by Mugabe and Zanu PF. The legal jugular worked well for the party as all our leaders were set free. Therefore the official POSITION... Continue Reading
