POLITICS OF SECURITY AND CONFLICT ISSUES
West Africa: In Nigeria an NGO the Tawheed Initiative for Good Governance and Accountability (TIGA) has accused the federal government of sponsoring mass killing of the civilian population on the pretext of uprooting the troublesome Boko Harem sect. In the mean while Some 232 members of the Niger Delta People's Salvation Front (NDPSF) and the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF), under the leadership of Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari, have rejected the amnesty offered by President Umaru Yar'Adua which expired last week. Even as militant groups in the Niger Delta respond to disarmament supervised by the Federal Government, a recent seizure of ammunition has raised fears of unidentified groups raising rebel squads.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: The agreement on a multi-party transitional government for Madagascar has got off to a difficult start, with the deposed head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, refusing to recognize the leader who deposed him, Andry Rajoelina, as head of the interim administration. In the Democratic Republic of Congo An estimated 3,000 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have crossed back from the Central African Republic. While in Kenya controversy is growing over media reports that the government is recruiting ethnic Somalis in Kenya to join the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) serving in Somalia. All the while a spokesman for Somalia's national police force has warned about planned suicide bombings targeting African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) serving in Mogadishu.
The peace and security conference for the East African Community (EAC) last week focused on promoting the region's peace and security framework and on identifying potential security challenges facing the integration process.
Central Africa: Inter-ethnic violence continues to impede the return of the displaced in southern Sudan. In the meanwhile a United Nations assessment team has succeeded in restarting the disarmament and integration of some ethnic fighters into the national army in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Also Fresh reports indicate that the rag-tag rebel outfit, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) continues to illegally exploit minerals in Eastern DR Congo
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN DOMESTIC POLITICS
West Africa: A foremost human rights activist, Malam Shehu Sani, has cautioned Nigerian government to beware of its bilateral ties with the Chinese government as regards corrupt practices, violation of due process and neglect of the rule of law. The Libyan authorities have accepted to stop the execution of Nigerians on death row, pending the final determination of the case brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. A recent study conducted by the Islamic Family Law project unit of the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WARPA) has shown that the rate of divorce among Muslims in the seven states in North-Western Nigeria has remained on a steady rise
Nigerian lawmakers disclosed last week that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have not accounted for about N3 trillion budgeted in the past five years. Also the country’s journalists are calling for a freedom of information (FOI) bill in Nigeria.
South Africa: In South African the government plans to revive a controversial Expropriation bill making it easier to seize land from white farmers who refused to sell their properties for redistribution to blacks.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: The Islamic administration officials in Gedo region, Somalia have ordered the women in the region to take a veil or face legal prosecution. Watchdog Groups have reported that abuse of civilians in Darfur and southern Sudan still continues. Also the country’s ambassador to Uganda opined that the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against the Sudanese leader, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, is a big obstacle to the realization of peace in Sudan. In the meanwhile the Ugandan Police has arrested one of the four most wanted suspects from Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Idelphonse Nizeyimana.
At least 5,000 conflict- and drought-displaced Somalis are facing an uncertain future in Bulo Hawo, a town controlled by Al-Shabab on the border with Kenya
Central Africa: Thousands of Congolese citizens are being deported from Angola to theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under alarming circumstances, say humanitarian workers. Also the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the (DRC) has launched a child protection campaign in a war-ravaged eastern province of the African nation.
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
West Africa: The Nigerian Senate has raised an alarm over the imminent collapse of the Lake Nyos natural dam, fearing devastating consequences. Also Nigeria's gas utilization project at the Ovade-Ogharafe oil field in Delta State has been successfully registered under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, boosting Federal Government's efforts to reduce gas flaring and improve utilization.
South Africa: Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa
its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance report.
Plans to tackle Africa’s diseases with home-grown drugs and diagnostics were reinforced with a second meeting of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnosis Innovation (ANDI) last week. While according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa must cut carbon emissions in order to avoid steeper and more disruptive reductions later. Also a large scale "Solar Park" that will encourage an extensive use of solar energy is on the cards for South Africa.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: At least 29 people have died of cholera and hundreds more are being treated for cholera-related symptoms such as acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Kenya. Also the A H1N1 influenza virus is spreading in Ugandan schools. Also the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has raised objections to the drilling of 10 more wells in Murchison Falls National Park.
Central Africa: To effectively fight malaria, Rivers State government is to collaborate with a Cuban company to build the first malaria control factory on the continent in Nigeria. Also funds for HIV/Aids Pandemic were reportedly scarce in central Africa amid the Financial Crisis.
POLITICAL ECONOMY
West Africa: According to authorities Nigeria's spacecraft, Nigeria Sat -2 will be launched in the first quarter of 2010. While in Ghana Members of the Local Textile Printers Association (LTPA) have expressed grave concern about Smuggled Textiles Killing local Industry.
South Africa: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted a positive recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa despite the negative effects of the global economic crisis
East Africa/Horn of Africa: Uganda has continued to deliver major oil and gas exploration success where further 'world-class" discoveries are attracting about $506m in foreign direct investments. While Kenya is seeking a private sector solution to its burgeoning water supply shortages in a deal that has sparked cost inflation fears. Also Labour ministers of African Union (AU) member states met in Ethiopia to discuss the effects of the global financial crises on the African continent.
Central Africa: Countries of the River Nile basin have appealed to Egypt and Sudan to co-operate in the formulation of an agreement which would allow equitable utilization of water resources.
West Africa: In Nigeria an NGO the Tawheed Initiative for Good Governance and Accountability (TIGA) has accused the federal government of sponsoring mass killing of the civilian population on the pretext of uprooting the troublesome Boko Harem sect. In the mean while Some 232 members of the Niger Delta People's Salvation Front (NDPSF) and the Niger Delta People's Volunteer Force (NDPVF), under the leadership of Mujahideen Dokubo-Asari, have rejected the amnesty offered by President Umaru Yar'Adua which expired last week. Even as militant groups in the Niger Delta respond to disarmament supervised by the Federal Government, a recent seizure of ammunition has raised fears of unidentified groups raising rebel squads.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: The agreement on a multi-party transitional government for Madagascar has got off to a difficult start, with the deposed head of state, Marc Ravalomanana, refusing to recognize the leader who deposed him, Andry Rajoelina, as head of the interim administration. In the Democratic Republic of Congo An estimated 3,000 Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have crossed back from the Central African Republic. While in Kenya controversy is growing over media reports that the government is recruiting ethnic Somalis in Kenya to join the African Union peacekeeping mission (AMISOM) serving in Somalia. All the while a spokesman for Somalia's national police force has warned about planned suicide bombings targeting African Union peacekeepers (AMISOM) serving in Mogadishu.
The peace and security conference for the East African Community (EAC) last week focused on promoting the region's peace and security framework and on identifying potential security challenges facing the integration process.
Central Africa: Inter-ethnic violence continues to impede the return of the displaced in southern Sudan. In the meanwhile a United Nations assessment team has succeeded in restarting the disarmament and integration of some ethnic fighters into the national army in strife-torn eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Also Fresh reports indicate that the rag-tag rebel outfit, Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) continues to illegally exploit minerals in Eastern DR Congo
HUMAN RIGHTS AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN DOMESTIC POLITICS
West Africa: A foremost human rights activist, Malam Shehu Sani, has cautioned Nigerian government to beware of its bilateral ties with the Chinese government as regards corrupt practices, violation of due process and neglect of the rule of law. The Libyan authorities have accepted to stop the execution of Nigerians on death row, pending the final determination of the case brought by Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) before the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. A recent study conducted by the Islamic Family Law project unit of the Women Rights Advancement and Protection Alternative (WARPA) has shown that the rate of divorce among Muslims in the seven states in North-Western Nigeria has remained on a steady rise
Nigerian lawmakers disclosed last week that Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) have not accounted for about N3 trillion budgeted in the past five years. Also the country’s journalists are calling for a freedom of information (FOI) bill in Nigeria.
South Africa: In South African the government plans to revive a controversial Expropriation bill making it easier to seize land from white farmers who refused to sell their properties for redistribution to blacks.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: The Islamic administration officials in Gedo region, Somalia have ordered the women in the region to take a veil or face legal prosecution. Watchdog Groups have reported that abuse of civilians in Darfur and southern Sudan still continues. Also the country’s ambassador to Uganda opined that the International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant against the Sudanese leader, Omar Hassan al-Bashir, is a big obstacle to the realization of peace in Sudan. In the meanwhile the Ugandan Police has arrested one of the four most wanted suspects from Rwanda's 1994 genocide, Idelphonse Nizeyimana.
At least 5,000 conflict- and drought-displaced Somalis are facing an uncertain future in Bulo Hawo, a town controlled by Al-Shabab on the border with Kenya
Central Africa: Thousands of Congolese citizens are being deported from Angola to theDemocratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under alarming circumstances, say humanitarian workers. Also the United Nations peacekeeping operation in the (DRC) has launched a child protection campaign in a war-ravaged eastern province of the African nation.
HEALTH, ENVIRONMENT AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
West Africa: The Nigerian Senate has raised an alarm over the imminent collapse of the Lake Nyos natural dam, fearing devastating consequences. Also Nigeria's gas utilization project at the Ovade-Ogharafe oil field in Delta State has been successfully registered under the United Nations Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) of the Kyoto Protocol, boosting Federal Government's efforts to reduce gas flaring and improve utilization.
South Africa: Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa
its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance report.Plans to tackle Africa’s diseases with home-grown drugs and diagnostics were reinforced with a second meeting of the African Network for Drugs and Diagnosis Innovation (ANDI) last week. While according to the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) South Africa must cut carbon emissions in order to avoid steeper and more disruptive reductions later. Also a large scale "Solar Park" that will encourage an extensive use of solar energy is on the cards for South Africa.
East Africa/Horn of Africa: At least 29 people have died of cholera and hundreds more are being treated for cholera-related symptoms such as acute watery diarrhoea (AWD) in Kenya. Also the A H1N1 influenza virus is spreading in Ugandan schools. Also the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) has raised objections to the drilling of 10 more wells in Murchison Falls National Park.
Central Africa: To effectively fight malaria, Rivers State government is to collaborate with a Cuban company to build the first malaria control factory on the continent in Nigeria. Also funds for HIV/Aids Pandemic were reportedly scarce in central Africa amid the Financial Crisis.
POLITICAL ECONOMY
West Africa: According to authorities Nigeria's spacecraft, Nigeria Sat -2 will be launched in the first quarter of 2010. While in Ghana Members of the Local Textile Printers Association (LTPA) have expressed grave concern about Smuggled Textiles Killing local Industry.
South Africa: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has forecasted a positive recovery in Sub-Saharan Africa despite the negative effects of the global economic crisis
East Africa/Horn of Africa: Uganda has continued to deliver major oil and gas exploration success where further 'world-class" discoveries are attracting about $506m in foreign direct investments. While Kenya is seeking a private sector solution to its burgeoning water supply shortages in a deal that has sparked cost inflation fears. Also Labour ministers of African Union (AU) member states met in Ethiopia to discuss the effects of the global financial crises on the African continent.
Central Africa: Countries of the River Nile basin have appealed to Egypt and Sudan to co-operate in the formulation of an agreement which would allow equitable utilization of water resources.
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