The acquittal of two Cameroonian men jailed for “looking gay” because they wore women’s clothes exposes the systematic discrimination against perceived homosexuals in the country, Amnesty International said today as the pair’s convictions were overturned by an appeals court. Jonas Kimie and Franky Ndome have spent more than a year in prison following their arrest […]
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By Tommy Trenchard Freetown — The air is heavy with the smell of marijuana as Gibrilla (23) expertly rolls a large joint at the Members of Blood (M.O.B) gang base in a poor neighborhood of Sierra Leone’s capital, Freetown. He is part of a generation of young people faced with a chronic shortage of jobs, […]
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By Lamin B. Darboe, 9 January 2013 President Yahya Jammeh has sent out a clear message to the European Union and the outside world, declaring that he will never be blackmailed by a group with “chicken change” to accept what is not in the interest of the Gambian people. President Jammeh, who was speaking yesterday […]
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Joseph Kony and his child followers Gulu — It has been years since northern Uganda’s children had to troop to town centers at night for safety from abduction by the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), and most have moved on from the crowded displacement camps where they were born. But while they can sleep at […]
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By Gashegu Muramira Displaced families find shelter at an orphanage in Goma, two days after M23 rebels claimed control of the city (file photo). 23 rebels have declared unilateral ceasefire ahead of the second round of negotiations with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) government in Kampala, Uganda. This raises hope that the eastern […]
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Johannesburg — The Sunday Times was in shops across the country on Sunday in spite of an eleventh hour attempt by the National Prosecuting Authority to stop distribution of copies leading with a story on the “spy tape” case relating to President Jacob Zuma. The application by the NPA was made in the High Court […]
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By Ryan Truscott, 18 November 2012 Harare — A Zimbabwean mining executive has been ordered to pay a huge sum of damages to the country’s spy chief, Happyton Bonyongwe, over comments published by the whistle-blowing website Wikileaks. Andrew Cranswick, the chief executive of African Consolidated Resources, allegedly told US diplomats that Bonyongwe and other […]
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By Gilles Yabi, 19 November 2012 The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has agreed on a revised concept of operations for the deployment of an international military force of 3,300 soldiers to help the Malian state wrest control of the northern part of the country from Islamist fighters. This step, taken […]
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By Abraham Dereje, 17 November 2012 Addis Ababa — The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) that Africa is lagging behind to achieve in the scheduled period would continue to be development agenda in the continent after 2015, the Africa Union Commission (AUC) said. AUC Deputy Chairperson Erastus Mwencha told a press conference held at the […]
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By James Karuhanga, 19 November 2012 Rwanda is the safest country to live in Africa, the latest report by Gallup Poll shows. The Global States of Mind: New Metrics for World Leaders report says Rwanda tops the list of countries where citizens are most likely to feel safe, at 92 per cent, followed by […]
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