By Nangayi Guyson in Kampala Uganda – London – More than 640 people are believed to have been killed in Libya in protests against the regime of Muammar Gaddafi since they started last week, the International Federation for Human Rights (IFHR) said on Wednesday. 130 soldiers were executed by their officers in Benghazi for refusing to fire on crowds” of protesters, 275 dead in Tripoli and 230 dead in the protest epicentre in the eastern city of Benghazi, the IFHR’s Souhayr Belhassen told AFP. The US President Barack Obama has condemned the violent crackdown by the Libyan authorities on peaceful... Continue Reading
By Elias Mhegera – FEBRUARY 16, 2011 will remain a remarkable day for residents of Gongo la Mboto in the outskirt of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, about 16 kilometers from the city centre. You could combine everything that we regularly use to see in the bombarded areas, anguish, horror, condemnations etc, as Gongo la mboto residents were trying to reconcile themselves in their environment after the bomb blasts at the 511 KJ, a Tanzania People’s Defence Force (TPDF) camp. The whole saga started at about 8:20pm on that Wednesday evening, although the real blasts which sent tremors that were heard... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa.com Correspondent, Buduburam, Central Region, Ghana – Barely one week after the incident at the Liberian refugee settlement of Budumburam a team of 5 member sent by the government of Liberia has pay a visit to the to get purposely get a first-hand information on the situation that took place a week ago and also meet with stakeholders of the refugees in Ghana . The was made up of 4 government representative and a journalist ,they were Ambassador George Wallace-Advisor to President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Foreign Affairs Issues,Hon. Elizabeth E. Hoff ,Deputy Minister for Technical Service, Ministry of... Continue Reading
By Olusegun A. Ogundeji – The Commission of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) wishes to clarify the non-participation of the West African delegation in the visit of the African Union High-Level Panel for the Resolution of the Crisis in Côte d’Ivoire to Abidjan, scheduled for 21st and 22nd February 2011. The absence of His Excellency Blaise Compaoré, President of Burkina Faso and Facilitator of the Direct Inter-Ivorian Dialogue, and His Excellency James Victor Gbeho, President of the ECOWAS Commission, from the Delegation was due mainly to the security threat brought to the attention of the Panel in... Continue Reading
By Shout-Africa Correspondent, Dar es Salaam – More horrific scenes of the Gongolamboto military explosions in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania continue to emerge as more investigations on the extent of the damages has found out that even noble families were not spared with the explosion dismay as two missile remains were found dropped inside the current Prime Ministers’ private residence in Pugu area, a few kilometers from the site of explosion. The Premier himself, Mr. Mizengo Pinda and his close family were not in the House when the missiles ditched in some grounds inside their Pugu residence. One of the... Continue Reading
