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Mbeki’s message: To every action there is a reaction

January 22, 2012 Global Author

Winston Churchill once said: “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.” So, with keen interest, I listened to the message that President Thabo Mbeki came to deliver to us hoping that many of us would be listening in and that through listening we would learn something... Read More

Resignations in Libya following Benghazi Anti-Government Riot

January 22, 2012 Global AuthorGadhafi's rule, Libya, Rebels in Libya

The deputy head of Libya's National Transitional Council has stepped down, a day after anti-government protesters stormed the ruling body's offices in the eastern city of Benghazi. Abdel Hafiz Ghoga, one of the Council's highest-profile members, announced his resignation Sunday as thousands of university students demonstrated against him in Benghazi, where last week he was manhandled and had to be... Read More

Healthy Eating for a Healthy Diet

January 22, 2012 Global Author

Most people want to be healthy. No surprise there. One of the best ways to make this dream a reality is through having a healthy diet. And, the only way to make that possible is by eating healthy. But, what does any of that really even mean? I mean, it all sounds nice and everything, but it sure is a little... Read More

A Simple Guide To Help You Lose Weight Properly

January 22, 2012 Global AuthorAfricaglobalvillage, Simple Diets

How to lose weight is perhaps one of the most popular topics discussed between people, and there are millions of websites dedicated to this issue, however there are also a lot of conflicting evidence and information, which does not benefit those that are looking for simple and straightforward working methods to accomplish this. . Read More

Malawi: Harassment of women over trousers‎ ignite mass protests

January 21, 2012 Global AuthorBingu WA Mutharika, Malawi, Malawi dress protest

BLANTYRE— Hundreds of women, joined by politicians and men, held a vigil in the commercial capital, Blantyre, on Friday to protest against thugs who have been undressing women wearing trousers and mini-skirts.“ We have to say no to abuse against women. We have to fight for women’s rights,” vice president Joyce Banda told some 2, 000 women clad in white... Read More

Four Rwandan Generals Arrested on False Charges

January 20, 2012 Global Authorcongo, Fred Ibingira, Joseph Nzabamwita, President paul kagame, RDF, Richard Rutatina, RNC, Rwanda, Theogene Rudasingwa, Wilson Gumisiriza

FDU-INKINGI and RNC Statement on the suspension, arrest and detention of Senior Military Officers of Rwanda Defence Forces Press Release 20th January 2012 Three Rwandan generals and a colonel were suspended from duty and placed under house arrest on 17 January 2012. The defence spokesman, Colonel Joseph Nzabamwita, confirmed the suspensions, arrests and detentions of Lieutenant General Fred Ibingira… Read More

Liberia: Sirleaf sworn in for second term

January 17, 2012 Global Authorafrica, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Liberia, Liberia President, politics

Liberia's president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been sworn in as the 24th president of the Republic of Liberia. The occasion was held Monday in the Liberia capital Monrovia in front of an array of distinguished personalities that included the leaders of the Liberia's three neighbours - Guinea, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire. . Read More

International court sends Rwanda genocide suspect to face trial in Kigali

January 17, 2012 Global AuthorGacaca courts, Genocide, ICTR RPF, Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi, Rwanda

Jean-Bosco Uwinkindi is the first suspect to be sent to Rwanda by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. Former pastor and Rwanda genocide suspect Jean Uwinkindi is going home. More than six months after the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda announced its decision to send him to Rwanda to stand trial, Uwinkindi has lost his last appeal and will face… Read More

DRC Elections have left the region in peril

January 5, 2012 Global Authorcongo, DRC, elections, FDLR, Kabila, Kivus, militia, Shabunda

It has not even been a month since Joseph Kabila was “inaugurated” for another term as President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo. However in the period of time since the event has occurred other situations have arisen that will be seen in such a way that the situation can truly be described as Status Quo Pro Ante. First… Read More

Rwanda: Attack with grenades near a market in Kigali

January 4, 2012 Global AuthorGrenade, Jambonews.net, Kagame, Nyabisindu, RNC, RPF, Rwanda

20 people were injured on the evening of Tuesday, January 3 in a grenade attack near an outdoor market of vegetables and fruits being at Nyabisindu in Gasabo District, close to the Stade Amahoro Kigali. Among the 20 injured, two of them would have died in the meantime, according to a diplomatic source who nevertheless remains to be confirmed by… Read More