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Nearly everything in Paul Kagame’s Rwanda is fake

October 15, 2013 Global Authordictator, FDU-INKINGI, Kagame, Rwanda

The very day the « results » of the last sham parliamentary elections were announced, one of my Rwandan Facebook friends asked me to make a short comment over its most astonishing outcome : the incredible, hilarious 64% of women elected MPs, a first in the world. I didn’t reply to them. I’m sure it didn’t go down well with… Read More

Malawi’s President Joyce Banda hires new cabinet, sacks two key ministers

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorJoyce Banda, Ken Lipenga, Malawi, Malawi Graft, Maxwell Mkwezalamba, Mutharika, Ralph Kasambara

Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 15 (AGV) _ Malawi president Joyce Banda, who last Thursday sacked her entire cabinet, has hired a new one comprising mostly her former team with a few surprising additions. Banda, southern Africa's first female president and Africa's second, has fired Finance Minister Ken Lipenga and Justice Minister Ralph Kasambara. The two are at the centre of investigations... Read More

M23 Warn DRC Army

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorDRC, FARDC, M23, Rebels, Rwanda, war

In what appears as the latest escalation of tensions in Eastern Congo, the rebel M23 Movement has given the DRC government an ultimatum of 48 hours to vacate their strategic stronghold Southern town of Kamahoro, Chimp Corps reports. In a press conference held at Silver Springs Hotel in Kampala on Tuesday evening, the leader of M23 peace delegation to Kampala,… Read More

Malawi president appoints new Cabinet

October 15, 2013 Global AuthorCabinet, government, Joyce Banda, Malawi

BLANTYRE, Malawi (AP) – Malawi’s president has appointed a new Cabinet that includes replacements for the finance and justice ministers, amid allegations of high-level corruption in one of Africa’s poorest countries. President Joyce Banda sacked her previous Cabinet last week. The government overhaul follows the Sept. 13 shooting of Budget Director Paul Mphwiyo, who is believed to have been targeted… Read More

Bail application in Zambian ‘Carnal Knowledge’ case must proceed, say SALC and OSISA

October 14, 2013 Global AuthorChivuli Riva, Kabwe, Kapiri Magistrates Court, OSISA, SALC, Zambia

ZAMBIAN HIGH COURT MUST PROCEED WITH BAIL APPLICATIONFOR ACCUSED IN ‘CARNAL KNOWLEDGE CASE’, SAY SALC AND OSISA Johannesburg, 14 October 2013 – The Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) and the Open Society Initiative for Southern Africa (OSISA) have expressed their deep concern at the Zambia High Court’s delay in hearing the bail application of the two Kapiri men accused of... Read More

AU summit opens with a Scathing attack on ICC policies Targeting African leaders

October 12, 2013 Global AuthorAU, Desmond Tutu, Ethiopia, ICC, kenya, mugabe, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Addis Ababa - Ethiopia's foreign minister opened a special African Union summit Friday with a scathing attack on the International Criminal Court, blasting what he said was its “unfair” and “totally unacceptable” treatment of Africa. The special summit comes amid mounting tensions between The Hague-based court and Kenya, whose president and vice-president have been charged with committing crimes against humanity... Read More

International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence calls on African States to back ICC

October 11, 2013 Global AuthorChair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ICC, OSISA, SONKE, South Africa

Sonke Gender Justice joins Nobel laureates and women's rights campaignersto call on African leaders to support the International Criminal Court Johannesburg, October 11 - In a letter released yesterday, the International Campaign to Stop Rape & Gender Violence in Conflict—including 7 Nobel peace laureates—called on members of the African Union (AU) to back the International Criminal Court (ICC) as a... Read More

AU, Kenya and the International Criminal Court: Beyond Impunity

October 11, 2013 Global AuthorAU, ICC, kenya

The African Union should be working hard to ensure that there is no impunity in Africa. If Kenyatta and Ruto are innocent they should not be afraid to get their day in court. Any discussion at the AU about mass withdrawal from the ICC could be tantamount to self-delegitimization This week many of the current political leaders of Africa will... Read More

Malawi President Joyce Banda fires cabinet amid worsening corruption scandals

October 10, 2013 Global AuthorDonors, Great Britain, Japan, Joyce Banda, Malawi Corruption, Malawi Scandals, Mphwiyo, Muluzi, US

Blantyre, Malawi, Oct. 10 (AGV) _ Malawi president Joyce Banda has sacked her entire cabinet in the wake of reports of worsening corruption in her government."Her Excellency Dr. Joyce Banda, President of the Republic of Malawi, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by Section 94 (1) and Section 95 (2) of the Constitution of the Republic of Malawi,... Read More

Cynthia McKINNEY raises questions on Killings in Libya

October 10, 2013 Global AuthorCynthia McKINNEY, Egypt, Libya, NATO, Obama, Toubu people, US Special Forces

Every loss of life is tragic and that is why I oppose the current US policy of killing. The US is currently regularly killing people in Asia and in Africa. Taken to its extreme, the Obama Administration even claims authority to kill US citizens on US soil! The unfolding situation in Libya is troubling, not only for the bloodletting and... Read More