Shout-Africa News – MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, — The President of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea (Republica de Guinea Ecuatorial) Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo released comments yesterday regarding the controversy surrounding the “UNESCO-Obiang Nguema Mbasogo International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences” to be awarded by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) later this month; the prize is intended to promote scientific development and achievements that “improve the quality of human life”: “The opposition to this prize is not because the award is not positive, it’s simply because the international community does not want to advocate on... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa News – CAIRO, — Vice President Joe Biden issued a public statement after his meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak: “I am grateful to President Mubarak for his hospitality, and for the opportunity to discuss a broad range of issues. Egypt and the United States are partners in a shared desire to see peace and economic prosperity in the Middle East, North Africa, and Sudan. I thank Egypt for the leadership role it has played in supporting these priorities. “Today, President Mubarak and I reiterated our commitment to reaching a comprehensive peace in the region. The United States... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News – KHARTOUM — The Libyan government today formally announced that it has no intention of handing over a Darfur rebel leader to Sudan to face charges related to a 2008 attack he launched on the capital. The leader of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) Khalil Ibrahim has been residing in the Libyan capital following the surprising refusal by Chadian authorities to let him in and forced him to return to Tripoli after destroying his passport. Chad has been a hub for JEM fighters and political officers through which they entered to their bases inside Darfur. However,... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa Reviews – Chielo Zona Eze’s debut novel is set in the African afterlife; Robert Mugabe, the President of Zimbabwe, stands trial for the wrongs he has committed against his people in which the late South Africa nationalist, Steve Biko and the late Zimbabwean writers Yvonne Vera and Dambudzo Marechera are among the members of a divine jury helping God decide Zimbabwean President Mugabe’s fate. In the first half of the novel, four Zimbabweans share their story of how Mugabe’s tactics led to their death. In the second half, Yvonne Vera, an important Zimbabwean writer who is present at the... Continue Reading
Shout-Africa News (PHOTO tag and credits- Shimon Peres (left) and Ariel Sharon. Peres wrote a letter to Rhoodie in 1974 praising South Africa’s ‘co-operation’. Photograph: Keystone/Getty Images) An apartheid-era cabinet minister carried a “nuclear trigger” to South Africa from Israel as part of Pretoria’s efforts to build an atom bomb, according to a report in a Johannesburg newspaper. Two renowned South African journalists have revealed that Eschel Rhoodie, the apartheid government’s information minister who played a central role in establishing military ties to Israel, privately described in 1979 how he had transported “the trigger” as hand luggage on a flight... Continue Reading
