Bugisu farmers have told the State Minister for trade, Mr Nelson Wambuzi Gagawala to rescind his directive that no politician should be allowed to contest for any position in Bugisu Cooperative Union.
Labor Minister Samuel Kofi Woods says the issue of unemployment in the Liberian society is a serious concern and it poses threat to peace and stability to a country that has just emerged from a protracted civil crisis.
The stories of children who travel alone in Southern Africa tell of beatings at the hands of the authorities, of their possessions being taken, of forced labour, and their vulnerability to sexual abuse. But a new publication by Save the
MDC secretary-general Tendai Biti was set to address a closed-door session of the United Nations Security Council in New York on Tuesday, amid an escalation of attacks against party supporters by Zanu-PF militia.
The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has said it's bad that enough has not been done to arrest Joseph Kony, yet if arrested there will be peace tomorrow.
On Tuesday, 29 April 2008, the International Criminal Court (ICC) made public its case against Bosco Ntaganda for alleged crimes committed in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This is the fourth arrest warrant unsealed within the context of the
Government plans to send a protest note to the United Nations Security Council criticising the alleged arming of Ugandan dissident groups in DR Congo like the rebel ADF UN troops.
Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns raids by military intelligence personnel on the headquarters of the privately-owned fortnightly The Independent and the home of its publisher in Kampala on the 26 April, and the arrests of the publisher and two of
The management of the E.E. Dennis's Rubber Estate in Bong County has clarified reports published in local dailies that its (farm) was responsible for the burning of several towns in the county.
The Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC) said efforts aimed at electrifying the City of Monrovia and its environs continues to be stalled by unrestrained theft.
Momad Assife Abdul Satar ("Nini"), one of those found guilty of defrauding the commercial Bank of Mozambique (BCM) of the equivalent of 14 million dollars, on Tuesday claimed that the attempted murder of the bank's lawyer Albano Silva had been
Businessman Ayob Abdul Satar, one of the men convicted in 2003 of ordering the murder of investigative journalist Carlos Cardoso, on Tuesday threatened to sue the Maputo daily paper "Noticias" for libel.
Congolese officials and UN peacekeepers should take swift action to enforce the International Criminal Court's (ICC) arrest warrant against a rebel leader accused of forcibly conscripting child soldiers and of other abuses, Human Rights Watch said today.
Over 200 MDC supporters arrested by the regime last week have been released without charge. However, the police are still holding three others on allegations of engaging in political violence.
