Africa: AU Opposes Arrest Warrant On Sudan's President
The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court for charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with war crimes. Al-Bashir is accused of alleged atrocities in the Darfur region.
West Africa: Billions Go Missing From Oil, Gas, Mining
In Africa billions of dollars from oil, gas and mining revenues go missing, leaving populations dependent on international assistance, according to a new report on natural resource use on the continent.
Liberia: Truth Commission Calls for Prosecutions
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Liberia has finally concluded public hearings and submitted a report of its works with recommendations.
Ghana: World Bank Approves U.S. $535 Million Package
The Board of Directors of the World Bank has approved a total of US$535 million to support three credit facilities aimed at helping improve economic governance and stabilizing Ghana's economy.
Liberia: Auditor-General Under Fire
John Morlu came to the position of Auditor General of Liberia with clean records and credentials having won the admiration of the President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf with the backing from the international community.
Ghana: Govt, Burkina Faso to Engage in Trade Talks
A two-day sub-regional durbar, to deliberate on the issues of trade between Ghana and Burkina Faso, has been held at Navrongo in the Kassena-Nankana District of the Upper East Region.
Liberia: Senate Finally Passes "Threshold Bill'
After failing on two occasions to pass the much-talked about and somehow controversial Threshold Bill, the Liberian Senate yesterday concurred with the House of Representatives to pass the bill, but with modification and condition that no county get not less than two seats.
Namibia: Abidjan Hospitality Caused the Draw - Coach
The national rugby team, the Welwitschias, followed their disappointing 13-13 draw in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, with a quality and dominant 54-14 win at home in the return leg last week.
Liberia: Police Accused Of Conniving With Alleged Robbers
The Liberia National Police have been accused by a local church of being in cahoots with alleged robbers who reportedly robbed the church of over US14, 000.00
Liberia: Sekou Conneh Is Treated As A Guinean
Reacting to public outcries relative to the reticence of the Liberian Government on the detention of Sekou Conneh in Guinea, former leader of one of the warring factions in Liberia, Information Minister Dr. Laurence Bropleh has set the record straight, saying that the detained Conneh is being treated as Guinean national and not a Liberian citizen.
Liberia: 'Make Torture A Crime'
An executive of the New Deal Movement, Professor Alaric K. Tokpa is suggesting and appealing to the National Legislature, Liberia's lawmaking boy, to consider making 'Torture' a crime in Liberia.
Liberia: Bishop Oyedepo Due In Country
This paper has reliably learned that the President of the LIVING Faith Church Worldwide, commonly known as the Winners Chapel International, Bishop David Oyedepo will make an apostolic visit to Liberia from July 20-22, 2009.
Liberia: Country Far From Reconciliation
As The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) has come to the end of its mandate and made its report to the National Legislature, the Chairman on Reconciliation at the House of Representative, Representative Wesseh Blamoh of Grand Kru County has said the country is still far from achieving total reconciliation.
Liberia: Educational System Still In Shock Of War
The Liberian educational system is said to be suffering from the shock of the decade-long civil war, an official of the Ministry of Education has said in Monrovia.
Liberia: ?Progressives Must Apologize?
Activities of group of learned Liberians who called themselves “the progressive” have once again come under the microscopic spotlight of a Liberian journalist, James S. King.
Liberia: ?Mansonate-craft? Re-established In Bomi
The Bomi County Branch of the Manson-craft in Liberia has been reopened with a commitment from the Corinthian Lodge Number 18 Ancient Freemasonry (A.F) and Ancient Modern Masonry (A.M) of Bomi County to embark on a surgical outreach in Tubmanburg free of charge
Liberia: NPP Mourns Fallen Stewart
Though the nation of Liberia, the government of Liberia and the people of Liberia are touched and moved by the death of D. Musulegn Cooper, the National Patriotic (NPP) of which she was a staunch member is bearing the pangs of her demise.
Liberia: Country, DR Congo Share Many Similitude - Says Congolese Envoy
The Charge d’Affaires en Pied at the Embassy of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Madam Nena Marie Helene Okitundu Ayaki has said that the people of Liberia and DR Congo have many things in common such as names of persons and places as well as their eating habits.
Liberia: LMC/JHR Completes First Phase of Human Rights Training for Journalists
The Good Governance through Strengthened Media in Liberia operated by the Liberia Media Center and Journalists for Human Rights has hosted a human rights training for community radio stations in Gbarnga, completing a circuit involving all counties in the country. The workshop also brings to a conclusion the first phase of the LMC/jhr program in Liberia.
Liberia: Planned Demonstration In the Making for Sekou Demante Conneh?s Release
Massive preparations are being planned in Monrovia by certain elements within the Mandingo Community to stage a non-violent street demonstration in protest to the prolonged detention in Guinea of the former presidential candidate for the Progressive Democratic Party for Liberia (PROTEMP), Mr.Sekou Demante Conneh.
Liberia: Here Comes The New Police Chief - Who He Really Is? What Can He Do?
The Liberian public must have bowed recently in the pool of disbelief and shock when some information scavengers created the impression that President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s appointment of Marc A. Amblard as Inspector General of the Liberia National Police was ill-conceived. What the scavengers did to achieve their objective was to mutilate the Inspector General-Designate’s profile and vitae to make it appear that beyond his first college degree in Agriculture, he’s got no iota of further training and education, let alone security-related tutelage and experience and therefore unfit for the delicate national placement. Not too sure that President Sirleaf, a renowned international civil servant and reform-obsessed leader, would leave citizens’ security in the balance and at a mercy of unfit Police Director, The Analyst Staff Writer conducted a little bit of research which finds out the President is not in error and that the new LNP boss’ credential provides substantial assurance of the police force under his superintendence can be more vigilant, people-centered and productive.
Africa: Good Governance Drive Makes Progress
A day ahead of this year’s African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports emerging from those who attended threw up few surprises and some lingering concerns.
Africa: U.S. Wants to Spotlight 'Successful Models' And Be An 'Effective Partner' - Obama
Barack Obama makes his first visit to sub-Saharan Africa as president of the United States next week, following a trip to Russia as well as to Italy, where he will participate in a meeting of industrialized nations known as the G8. AllAfrica's Charles Cobb, Jr., Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman went to the White House to explore President Obama's views on Africa in advance of his visit. The interview took place in the Blue Room.Charles Cobb posed the questions. We asked visitors to our site, allAfrica.com, what they might be interested in with respect to your policy. And as you might imagine, the responses are everywhere: conflict resolution, development issues, trade issues, et cetera. But they and we have one immediate question: How is it that you happened to pick Ghana as the first place to visit in sub-Saharan Africa?
Niger: Unions Call Strike Over Political Crisis
Responses were mixed in Niger to union leaders' call for a 24-hour work stoppage on 1 July to protest a planned constitutional referendum to allow President Mamadou Tandja to remain in power.
Nigeria: Yar'Adua, Vice-President Lose Severance Pay
BASED on President Umaru Yar'Adua's request to the Revenue, Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on February 10, 2009, on the need to slash the allowances of certain political, public and judicial office holders, the Commission yesterday announced some measures in this regard including the cancellation of the 300 per cent severance gratuity allowances of the President and the Vice-President with effect from July 1, 2009.
Niger: Continuing Crisis Imperils Democracy - Ban Ki-moon
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today voiced deep concern about Niger's continuing political and constitutional crisis, warning that it threatens to destabilize the country and undermine recent progress towards democratic governance and the rule of law.
Nigeria: The Search For a New Inspector-General of Police
The search is on, presumably in earnest, for a replacement for the post of Inspector-General of Police (IG). The position will become vacant on July 24, as the incumbent IG, Mike Okiro, will retire on that day.
Nigeria: Addressing the Menace of Area Boys
The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Muhammad Sa'ad Abubakar was right when he raised serious concerns recently over the growth of the menace of negative youthful exuberance, characteristic of miscreants generally referred to as Area Boys, in an otherwise peaceful state of Sokoto. The Sultan's alarm came while receiving in audience the new Police Commissioner posted to the state.
Nigeria: The Matter of Ekiti REC
Most controversies, corruption cases, probes and other scandals in the country dominate the headlines and airwaves only for a period, and notwithstanding the seriousness of the issues at stake, they are soon forgotten and those involved walk away without as much as a reprimand.
Niger: U.S. Criticizes Tandja's Bid to Keep Power
President Mamadou Tandja has undermined Niger's efforts over the last 10 years to advance good governance and the rule of law, President Barack Obama's spokesman said on Thursday.