The African Development Bank has given its support to Southern African leaders in their efforts to accelerate development and growth in the region. AfDB President Akinwumi Adesina was among a host of leaders who delivered remarks at the opening ceremony of the… Read More ›
The Conversation By Roger Southall Prior to the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in South Africa’s National Assembly, former Finance Minister, Pravin Gordhan, among others, urged the African National Congress (ANC) MPs to be guided by their conscience, implying that they… Read More ›
A press release by the Auditor General of Sierra Leone has disclosed the names of public institutions that failed to submit their financial statements for auditing. These institutions should therefore collectively account for billions of Leones of public money they… Read More ›
Violence in the Kasai provinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) appears to be taking on an increasingly disturbing ethnic dimension, a United Nations human rights wing has warned, citing testimonies that Government forces have led ethnicity-based attacks…. Read More ›
Victims of trafficking have been targeted for sexual exploitation and pornography, organ removal, forced begging, forced criminality and other crimes.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has finally handed down it’s highly anticipated judgment on South Africa’s failure to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir. In a somewhat surprising decision, the court’s pre-trial chamber ruled that South Africa had failed to comply… Read More ›
These terrorist acts are targeting people who had already fled their homes as a result of Boko Haram violence,
Here we see that women’s rights, which are human rights, are not respected and we have a long way to go
With Liberian officials responsible for security in the country, the United Nations Security Council has encouraged the Government to put in place an election security plan for the October polls. The 15-member Council agreed a presidential statement – which is similar in… Read More ›
