We write to draw your attention to Senegal's long delay in opening proceedings against the former President of Chad, Hissène Habré. We appeal to the African and international communities to encourage Senegal to discharge the mandate it was given by
The President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, received on 2 May 2008, the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG), Alan Doss, and Ambassadors of the United States, Great Britain, France, Belgium, South Africa and Angola.
This submission summarizes Human Rights Watch's key concerns with Zambia's fulfillment of its human rights obligations and commitments in the context of women's human rights and HIV/AIDS, and outlines recommendations to Zambia.
The Johannesburg based Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) has confirmed that 2 weeks before the March 29 elections, they urged South Africa's National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) to investigate and prosecute 18 top Zimbabwe security officials for committing crimes against humanity.
Most members from Women and Men Zimbabwe Arise, who were arrested on Monday after police violently disrupted a peaceful demonstration in Bulawayo, were released without charge by the end of the day.
Reporters Without Borders is deeply disturbed by the increasingly fraught climate for the press in Rwanda, in particular, the expulsion of three newspaper editors from a 2 May ceremony marking World Press Freedom Day on the orders of the new
Voicing her deep concern about the reported attacks on villages in North Darfur, the United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Sudan has called for immediate access to the affected areas to provide assistance and medical evacuation for the injured.
The trial of a former Rwandan minister, who allegedly coordinated the killing of Tutsis, began today before the United Nations war crimes tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 genocide in the small African country.
Public servants may be in line for a double-digit pay increase this year. Briefing the media at Parliament on Tuesday, Public Service and Administration Minister Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi said the current wage agreement stipulated an increase of CPIX plus 1%.
It is estimated that 5,6-million South Africans are infected with HIV/Aids in 2008, said the Actuarial Society of South Africa (ASSA) on Tuesday. The HIV prevalence rates from the ASSA 2003 model are " roughly consistent" with the national prevalence
Governmental food-price regulation was not the right way to handle the "potential crisis" around increased food costs, the Milk Producers Organisation said on Tuesday. Director Etienne Terre'Blanche said the problem with regulating prices was that the country could not regulate
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) has suspended its group executive of news and current affairs, Snuki Zikalala, with immediate effect. The public broadcaster said Zikalala had been suspended by chief executive Dali Mpofu pending the outcome of a probe
Movement for Democratic Change leader Morgan Tsvangirai won 47.9 per cent of the vote on March 29 and Mugabe took 43.2pc, said chief elections officer Lovemore Sekeramayi. The result was announced after a verification process by the candidates to check
Mugabe won 43.2 per cent of the vote and since neither candidate won more than 50 per cent, a second round run-off will have to be held, Lovemore Sekeramayi, chief elections officer, told reporters in Harare. "Since no candidate has
The killing of Aden Hashi Ayro comes amid escalating fighting and a spiraling humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation. Islamist fighters have staged a series of attacks on towns in the months leading up to the UN-sponsored talks,
The killing of Aden Hashi Ayro comes amid escalating fighting and a spiraling humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa nation. Islamic fighters have staged a series of attacks on towns in the months leading up to the U.N.-sponsored talks,
National coordinator of Friends of the Earth has said that this year's celebration of World Environmental Day scheduled for June 5 would be marked by the cleaning of Kenema and it environs.
The necessity of transforming Mauritius into a sustainable island seems to be taking root in each and everyone's mind. The bulk of the population now realizes that the country has to turn to renewable energies if it is to ensure
