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South Africa should embrace African unity, to protect the rights and security of all foreign nationals

May 22, 2015 Global Author

Monday, May 25, is “Africa Day,” and Sonke urges the South African government to take urgent steps to repair relations with other countries in Africa, and to embrace African unity, amidst serious xenophobic violence and government crackdowns targeting African and Asian migrants in South Africa.Africa Day is the commemoration of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU),... Read More

South Africa arrests hundreds over xenophobic violence

April 20, 2015 Global AuthorApartheid, Durban, Johannesburg, South Africa, violence, Xenophobia, Zuma

Police arrest more than 300 for crimes against migrants, after violence kills eight and displaces more than 1,000. South Africa’s government has vowed to crack down on xenophobic violence, after arresting more than 300 people for a range of crimes against migrants. Authorities said on Sunday in Johannesburg that 307 suspects had been arrested for a range of xenophobic-related crimes.… Read More

Malawi President Mutharika meets Rwandan President Paul Kagame

March 31, 2015 Global Author

The Rwandan Government has committed support for the Malawi Government in the area of Information and Communication Technology (ICT), as one way of transforming the country. The revelation was made on Monday, when President Professor Arthur Peter Mutharika had an audience with Rwandan President Paul Kagame at Sheraton Hotel in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. . Read More

South Africa to probe spy cables leak

February 25, 2015 Global AuthorKayumba Nyamwasa, Patrick Karegeya, Paul Kagame, Rwanda, South Africa, spies

. View photo Rwanda’s former army chief Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa walks into court in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 21, 2012 (AFP Photo/Alexander Joe) Johannesburg (AFP) – South Africa has launched an investigation into the leak of espionage secrets to an international television news channel and a British newspaper, the state security minister said Wednesday. “A full investigation… Read More

World Bank promises Malawi US$50 million to maintain areas affected with floods

February 14, 2015 Global Author#MalawiFloods, Goodall Gondwe, Malawi, Malawi Floods 2015, World Bank

Lilongwe. February 14: The World Bank has assured of assisting the country with US$50 million to help in maintaining areas that were affected by floods. Minister of Finance, Goodall Gondwe said,’’ The Bank decided to help the country having considered the diverse impact of the flooding and the desperate need for a quick response.’’ . Read More

Malawi Government strongly Refutes that its network of Computers at State House were Hacked

February 13, 2015 Global AuthorComputer Hacking, Malawi Government

State House wishes to inform the Public that, the News Article which was published by the Nation Newspaper of Friday, 13 February 2015 on the Front page by Christopher Jimu, headlined “MAN HACKS STATE HOUSE COMPUTERS” is not true. Let the truth be told that the man in question did not hack any of the State House Computer Systems but... Read More

South Africa: The State versus identity Document (ID)

February 6, 2015 Global AuthorGender Justice, Sex Change, South Africa, South Africa ID's

Cape Town, 6 February: South African citizens can do almost nothing without an Identity Document (ID). People whose ID particulars do not match their gender identity, gender expression and ultimately who they are, face obstruction, regular ridicule and discrimination. When the power of the state and the public sector control, rather than serve an individual’s most fundamental resource— their body—... Read More

ICC the West’s tool to Harass Africans, Mugabe demands cutting ties

February 2, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Al-Bashir, ICC, kenya, KENYATTA, Robert Mugabe, Sudan

The International Criminal Court should drop or suspend charges against Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto until African concerns about the court and proposals to change its founding treaty are considered, African leaders say. The demand came in a report Saturday on previous decisions made by African Union leaders. Mugabe, 87, told the United Nations General... Read More

Comrade Robert Mugabe assumes African Union leadership

January 30, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe president calls on Africa to harness resources for its own ends as members urged to tackle infrastructure, climate change, conflict and Ebola Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s 90-year-old president, has assumed the chairmanship of the African Union (AU) with a call for members to improve infrastructure and tackle climate change, conflict and Ebola, and with a familiar rallying cry that Africa’s... Read More

African Union: President Robert Mugabe should urgently address human rights concerns

January 30, 2015 Global AuthorAfrican Union, AU, Boko Haram, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe should use his position as the Chairperson of the African Union (AU) to address key human rights concerns in different parts of the continent, including his own country, Amnesty International said today. President Robert Mugabe takes over the rotating position from the Mauritanian president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz which will see him in charge for the... Read More

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