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Blair’s links to Rwandan President Kagame must remain secret – Foreign Office

January 30, 2015 Global AuthorPaul Kagame, Rwandwa, State Secrets, TOny Blair, United Kingdom

Tony Blair’s relationship with the Rwandan regime and its president, Paul Kagame, must remain secret because Blair is a “former prime minister,” according to the Times, after the Foreign Office rejected its Freedom of Information request. The UK government refused to release information about Blair’s involvement with Rwanda and his Africa Governance Initiative charity when probed by Times journalists. . Read More

Sonke Gender Justice condemns the outbreak of xenophobic violence in Gauteng

January 27, 2015 Global AuthorGauteng, South Africa, xenophobic violence

Sonke Gender Justice (Sonke) joins fellow human rights activists around the globe to condemn in the strongest possible terms the violence against non-South African individuals living and working within our borders and calls on our government to take urgent action to both protect all people in South Africa, and to prosecute strongly those perpetrating violence against others. . Read More

The Destabilization of Africa and the Role of “Shadowy Islamists”. From Benghazi to Boko Haram

January 26, 2015 Global Authorafrica, Boko Haram, Nigeria

This article was first published by Black Agenda Report on May 14, 2014 and by Global Research on May 16, 2014. You can’t understand the threat posed to Nigeria by Boko Haram, or the ghastly destruction of Syria over the past three years, outside the context of “the vicious NATO obliteration of the state of Libya.” One huge crime begets... Read More

Malawi ebola screening on 244 Ilala passengers come back negative at Nkhatabay Hospital

January 26, 2015 Global AuthorEbola, Ilala Passengers, Malawi

Nkatabay, Malawi, January 26 (MaraviPost):Ebola results following mandatory screening conducted on 244 people at the Nkhatabay District hospital have come back negative, officials have said. “Intensive screening for ebola on people who had disembarked from the MV Ilala came out negative for the virus” District Heath Officer for Nkhata Bay Dr. Albert Mkandawire said with a sigh of relief during... Read More

Zambian Elections declared Peaceful, Transparent, Credible, Free and Fair by SADC

January 23, 2015 Global Author#Zambianelections, SADC, Zambia, Zambia Elections

The SADC Electoral Observation Mission (SEOM) to the Presidential By-Elections in the Republic of Zambia has declared the elections to have been peaceful, transparent, credible, free, and fair, thus reflecting the will of the people of Zambia in accordance with the National Laws and the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections. This is contained in the statement released today... Read More

South Sudan’s Warring Factions Sign Peace Deal

January 22, 2015 Global AuthorKampala, Peace, South Sudan, Sudan, war

ENLARGE South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, left, exchanges documents with rebel leader Riek Machar, right, in Arusha, Tanzania, as Tanzania’s President Jakaya Kikwete looks on. PHOTO: AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGES KAMPALA Uganda—Warring factions in South Sudan have signed an agreement to reconcile the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement party, officials said on Thursday, in the latest effort to resolve the conflict that… Read More

Congo delays vote on electoral law, West urges revisions

January 22, 2015 Global AuthorDemocratic Republic of Congo, DRC, Election, Kabila, Protest, Students, violence

Democratic Republic of Congo’s Senate has delayed until Friday a vote on changes to the electoral law after calls from Western powers to withdraw or alter the proposed bill, which has sparked days of violent protests. The new legislation calls for a census before elections due next year. President Joseph Kabila’s allies say the move is necessary to update voter… Read More

Malawi President Peter Mutharika visits Chikwawa flood victims

January 22, 2015 Global Author#MalawiFloods, Chikwawa, Malawi, Peter Mutharika

Chikhwawa, January 22, 2015: President Professor Peter Mutharika on Wednesday visited some of the people that were affected by recent flooding at Tizola Camp in Chikwawa district. Speaking at the camp where people from the areas of village headmen Tizola, Nyakayekha and Thedzi are being kept, the President described the flooding as a new phenomenon for the country. In Chikwawa... Read More

Heavy Floods across Malawi have caused many to be displaced, Emergency help needed for many

January 22, 2015 Global Author#MalawiFloods, Floods, Malawi, Natural disaster

The areas that were once affected and assessed by some members of the District Civil Protection Committee as led by the District Commissioner, indicated a total of 301 households affected so far by 6th January, 2015. The households affected are from GVH Medrum under T/A Mulilima, GVH Nkhwazi under Senior Chief Ngabu, GVH M’bande under T/A Maseya, GVH Mafale, and... Read More

Senegalese Musician Akon says in spite Ferguson African Americans are better off than their brothers in Africa

January 22, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Americans, Eric Garner, Ferguson, Grammy nominee Akon, Michael Brown

Saturday’s episode of Talk To Al Jazeera, five-time Grammy nominee Akon tells Folly Bah Thibault that African-Americans should acknowledge “the rights… and the blessing they do, you know, have actual access to.” Last year, the killings of Eric Garner in New York and Michael Brown in Ferguson led to protests against police brutality targeting African-Americans.When asked if he sympathized with... Read More