News - Africa
Friday, February 29th, 2008
TIME
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was at the end of his rope this week. The diplomat has been the often-optimistic mediator at talks in Kenya aimed to resolve the dispute over December's presidential elections between President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga. But at a press conference on Tuesday, ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
AP
Hopes of a political settlement to end Kenya's violent post-election crisis have risen after reports that the two main opponents are on the verge of announcing a deal.
Officials involved in mediating between President Mwai Kibaki and rival Raila Odinga said the details could be revealed as early as Friday since ...
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Tuesday, February 19th, 2008
[Gen William Ward said Africom's
intent had been misunderstood]
BBC
The US military has decided to keep the base of its new Africa Command in Germany for now, after only one African nation, Liberia, offered to host it. Most African countries have been wary of plans to base the command, Africom, on the ...
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Monday, February 18th, 2008
President Bush’s long-awaited trip to Africa has come at a time when the continent is in turmoil. This is, however, the consequences of internal division that afflicts Africa and the divisive approach taken by foreign powers. Africans watched as their own leaders and the international community designated various players as ...
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Saturday, February 16th, 2008
BBC - US President George W Bush is due to hold talks in Tanzania - with Darfur and the crisis in neighbouring Kenya high on the agenda.
Mr Bush has pressed Kenya to accept a power-sharing agreement to end weeks of strife following disputed elections.
He is also keen to speed up ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
BBC - Former United Nations head Kofi Annan is set to announce the details of an agreement reached after two days of talks to end Kenya's political crisis. Both teams have returned to the capital from an exclusive tourist resort after the talks were adjourned on Thursday.
A BBC correspondent says ...
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Friday, February 15th, 2008
Hirondelle News Agency (Lausanne)
Arusha
The United Nations (UN) has expressed concern over lack of respect for human rights in some parts of East Africa, adding that populations have seen their living conditions dramatically worsen in the past year.
"People in some countries have fallen victims of human trafficking, massive internal displacement and ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
TIME
NAIROBI, Kenya — Kenya's ruling party and opposition have agreed to form a joint government in an effort to end the bloodshed that has engulfed the country since the disputed Dec. 27 presidential election, an opposition lawmaker said Friday.
The two sides were still discussing who would lead the government and ...
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Thursday, February 7th, 2008
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The U.S. said Thursday it was barring 10 leading Kenyan politicians from both the president's party and his rival's, calling them "criminals" involved in postelection violence that has bought a country once considered among the most stable in Africa to the brink of collapse.
The U.S. announcement ...
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Monday, February 4th, 2008
NDJAMENA (AFP) — Thousands of civilians fled the Chadian capital on Monday, as rebels threatened a fresh offensive to oust President Idriss Deby after two days of heavy fighting saw them pull out of the city.
The government said its forces had pushed the rebels from Ndjamena, but rebel leaders insisted ...
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