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Cholmondeleyraceraperesource watchscamsecurity forcessouthern Africastarvationthird world countriestorturewestern mediaThe most informative news about all things Africanhttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)Blogger250125en-usnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-6308710143631426695Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:37:00 +00002017-08-31T06:08:34.933+02:00 There are many strategic thinkers who believe that Africa’s underdog position in the world stems from the fact majority if not all the countries do not pursue policies that put the interest of their countries and people first. That is each of the countries in Africa does not work for the interest of its people by putting the interest of the nation and its people ahead of all other interests. http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/africa-strategic-interest-in-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-8993907781934200237Fri, 23 Jul 2010 10:29:00 +00002010-07-23T12:33:38.444+02:00SAXONE AKHAINE (KADUNA) NEWS - NATIONALUser Rating: / 1 PoorBest FORMER Secretary-General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Sanusi Lamido, and erstwhile presidential candidate cum economist, Prof. Pat Utomi, yesterday lamented Nigeria’s growing economic and political misfortune under the current democratic dispensation.They submitted that Nigeria http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/anyaoku-sanusi-others-lament-nigerias.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-625604368824293478Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:13:00 +00002017-05-11T05:19:56.400+02:00 For decades the dream of an African continent united under one leadership, one government with a prosperous people with shared values, shared interest, common citizenship and with a common destiny and taking their place in the world community of nations has escaped the leadership in Africa. On the 12th of February 2009 Senegal President Abdoulaye Wade is quoted as sayinghttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/unity-in-africa-will-remain-illusion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-4419578784263707593Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:13:00 +00002010-07-23T11:14:21.322+02:00Posted on Tuesday 20 July 2010 - 16:39Watyekele Sezi, AfricaNews reporter in Jinja, UgandaPresident Paul Kagame of Rwanda has launched his campaign for the August 9 polls and promised free elections despite attacks, assassinations and arrests on the opposition. Human rights groups have also berated him for not protecting lives of innocent ones ahead of the tensed voting."Rwandan voters have the http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/under-fire-paul-kagame-speaks-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-2272815998047715383Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:11:00 +00002010-07-23T11:13:03.081+02:00Posted on Thursday 22 July 2010 - 12:07Kemo Cham, AfricaNews reporter in Dakar, SenegalThe Dakar-based African Assembly for the Defense of Human Rights has attacked Gambian president Yahya Jammeh for poor human rights and democracy record."Since the accession of Captain Yahya Jammeh to power in 1994, the state of democracy and human rights in the Gambia continues to deteriorate," the organizationhttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/gambia-president-jammeh-attacked.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-4761798535228972356Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:11:00 +00002010-07-23T11:12:08.045+02:00Chinedu Offor | Washington DCJuly 2010Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usIn Nigeria, northern politicians have offered to support President Goodluck Jonathan in next year’s elections if he promises not to seek re-election. Analysts say the compromise offer is the strongest indication yet that Mr. Jonathan is the leading candidate of the ruling People’s Democratic Party.But thehttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/in-nigeria-northern-politicians-offer.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-4934227880554051321Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:10:00 +00002010-07-23T11:11:00.449+02:00Peta Thornycroft | JohannesburgJuly 2010Photo: APPresident Robert Mugabe, centre, shares a light moment with Morgan Tsvangirai, left, Zimbabwe's Prime Minister and his Deputy, Arthur Mutambara after giving their end of year message to the nation, at Zimbabwe House in Harare, Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesSome Diamonds From Zimbabwe http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/zimbabwes-coalition-parties-meet-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-3121975366328384391Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:08:00 +00002010-07-23T11:09:59.124+02:00Anne Look | DakarJuly 2010Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesNigeria’s Ruling Party Chief Drops Power Rotation PolicySeventeen political parties in Niger that opposed the country's ousted president have formed an alliance ahead of presidential elections due in January of next year. The various opposition parties say they each will present their own presidentialhttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/nigers-political-parties-form-alliance.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-5653016332907672470Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:07:00 +00002010-07-23T11:09:04.542+02:00VOA NewsJuly 2010Photo: APRwandan President Paul Kagame (file photo)Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesOpposition Leader Urges Rwandans to Boycott August VoteRwanda Tribunal Lawyers Denounce Killing of One of Their OwnReporters Without Borders: EU 'Accomplice' to Repression in RwandaCampaigning has begun in Rwanda for an election expected to return President http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/campaigning-begins-in-rwandan-election.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-1274985468604814062Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:06:00 +00002010-07-23T11:07:44.902+02:00Peter ClotteyJuly 2010Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usThe leader of Gambia’s main opposition United Democratic Party (UPD) has described as illegal the celebration of the coup d’état that brought President Yahya Jammeh to power 16 years ago Thursday.Ousainou Darboe, who is also a human rights attorney, condemned the planned celebration saying it sends the wrong signal to http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/07/gambian-opposition-leader-denounces.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-6324690698430472245Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:51:00 +00002017-05-11T05:11:49.789+02:00 SIR KETUMILE MASIRE Recently, a local newspaper headlined a number of accusations and innuendos with regard to past connections between my otherwise private business affairs and individuals associated with De Beers Company. If these allegations were simply a challenge to my own reputation, I would be content to follow the friendly advice of some to withhold comment, in the sure http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/i-was-not-bought-by-de-beers-masire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-8199714722669549220Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:47:00 +00002010-02-03T07:51:24.346+01:00resource watchsouthern AfricaSUNDAY STANDARD REPORTERWhen David Magang sat down to write his memoirs, he certainly could not complain that his career had left him short of material.The former Minister of Mineral Resources and Water Affairs, who has waged a protracted battle for diamond beneficiation against De Beers, had a front row seat at some of the most questionable goings on between the diamond mining giant and the http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/did-de-beers-cheat-botswana-masire.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-3403649020440312127Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:43:00 +00002010-02-03T07:45:06.271+01:00Huge numbers of children were enrolled after 2003The US has suspended $7m of funding for free primary schools in Kenya until fraud allegations are investigated, the US ambassador in Nairobi has said.Michael Ranneberger says "credible action" must be taken on claims that 110m shillings (£900,000; $1.4m) were siphoned off a free-education fund.The US move comes a month after the UK government http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/corruption-forces-us-to-suspend-kenya.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-4715248180604580020Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:37:00 +00002010-02-03T07:38:43.063+01:00NO WONDER GHANA IS STILL DEADLY POOR 52 YEARS AFTER INDEPENDENCE« PrevNext »US oil giant, Anadarko International Oil Company, has blown the whistle on the shape of how oil exploration licenses were awarded under the NPP government, saying they and their partners, Hess, were asked to part with 5% of their stake to, ‘an unknown Ghanaian party,’ as a condition for being awarded the South Deepwater http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/ghanaformer-president-kufuors-boys.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-8350578666934299086Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:36:00 +00002010-02-03T07:37:00.228+01:00Joe DeCapuaShare ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usIn southern Sudan, the emergency food situation has gone from bad to worse – much worse.The U.N. World Food Program says the number of people in southern Sudan needing food aid has quadrupled – up from about one million in 2009 to over four million this year.WFP Southern Sudan Coordinator Leo Van Der Veldon, who’s in the regional http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/southern-sudanese-in-need-of-food-aid.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-2507988639040240625Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:35:00 +00002010-02-03T07:36:01.131+01:00Finding contradicts a U.N. investigation that says Captain Camara bears 'individual criminal responsibility' for the massacreVOA News02 February 2010Photo: APGuinea's military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara (file photo)Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usA panel of inquiry in Guinea says exiled military leader Moussa Dadis Camara was not responsible for the killing of http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/guinean-panel-absolves-camara-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-4873541870888288564Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:33:00 +00002010-02-03T07:34:56.208+01:00Photo: APLiberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, right, enters the UN Conference Hall during the closing ceremony, for the 14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Ethiopia, 02 Feb 2010Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesAU Summit Approves Tougher Anti-Coup MeasuresGuinea Interim Government Could Help Stabilize West AfricaGuinea's http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/liberian-president-wants-international.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-2397718554646545210Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:32:00 +00002010-02-03T07:33:44.756+01:00Mike Sunderland | NairobiShare ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesOfficial Denies Uganda Troop Presence in CongoRebel Leader Claims Readiness to Liberate CongoleseReport: Congo Death Toll Lower Than EstimatedThe United Nations says the Lord's Resistance Army is continuing to attack civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, despite a recent international http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/un-says-lra-still-killing-civilians-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-3998318182368660082Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:31:00 +00002010-02-03T07:32:47.485+01:00Former Chadian President Hissene Habre has been under house arrest in Senegal since 2000.Anne Look | DakarPhoto: AFPFormer Chadian President Hissène Habré (file)Share ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usA new study shows that former Chadian President Hissene Habre knew about hundreds of deaths in prisons operated by his political police.Mr. Habre has been under house arrest in http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/chads-habre-said-to-know-of-prison.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-8449261668421388391Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:30:00 +00002010-02-03T07:31:48.874+01:00Howard LesserShare ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesAU Summit Approves Tougher Anti-Coup MeasuresOn Wednesday, the victims of politically motivated killings and torture allegedly carried out in the 1980’s by former Chadian president Hissene Habre will mark the 10th aniversary of his indictment by a judge in Senegal. Habre has yet to stand trial, either in Senegal, http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/chadian-survivors-of-habres-rule-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-3184104851682494687Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:29:00 +00002010-02-03T07:30:28.288+01:00Somalia's U.N.-supported Transitional Federal Government marked its one-year anniversary under former Islamist opposition leader Sharif Sheik Ahmed last week amid one of the most intense insurgent attacks in the capital in months. There are dwindling expectations that the government can bring peace to its citizens, and Somalis are increasingly blaming the international community for the country'shttp://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/violence-marks-somali-governments-year.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-1315904393420019559Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:28:00 +00002010-02-03T07:29:17.135+01:00Nico Colombant | Washington01 February 2010Photo: N. Colombant - VOASince his election, Umaru Yar'Adua's presidency has been marked by his long absences due to poor healthShare ThisDiggFacebookStumbleUponYahoo! Buzzdel.icio.usRelated ArticlesNigeria Court Tells Cabinet to Decide on Sick PresidentNigeria Ruling Party Says Yar'Adua out of HospitalPressure is mounting on ailing Nigerian President http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/threats-violence-compound-nigerias.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-2933435657325805078Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:24:00 +00002010-02-03T07:28:14.483+01:00Addis Ababa — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, who failed to win a second term as African Union chairman, now eyes a similar post at the League of Arab states.At a press conference Gaddafi called at midnight, he told reporters he is now preparing to take over chairmanship of the Arab League.Gaddafi tried to explain his importance in African affairs stating that Libya is going to host three summits http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/libya-gaddafi-turns-to-arab-world-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-3106293825394537553Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:23:00 +00002010-02-03T07:24:10.995+01:00Battle lines have been drawn with full frontal attacks on prominent Kenyan activists. Just last weekend the wife of a prominent youth activist Joshua Nyamori of the Nyanza Youth Coalition was attacked by six armed men and her car taken at gun-point at their home-gate. Nyamori's youth group has been under spotlight as one of the groups who have been receiving support from the US Ambassador http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/kenyan-activists-under-attack-yet-again.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29304378866824524.post-5637183088268323765Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:20:00 +00002010-02-03T07:23:22.766+01:00By Jeconia Omondi Olonde The current economic condition for Kenya is on a down hill while the population growth rate is quite high. This implies there is an increase in unemployment as the new jobs created cannot match the increase in population. A situation is created where the youth are finishing university, college and secondary school expecting to be employed yet the economy cannot http://africawatch1.blogspot.com/2010/02/entrepreneurship-kenyas-economic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Africa Watch)0