[Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma begins a four-year tenure as the head of the African Union’s executive arm . Under Dr Ping, the AU made some progress especially in Somalia, Cote d’Ivoire and in the Sudan’s protracted peace negotiations .Former South African Home Affairs minister Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma will on Monday begin a four-year tenure as the head of…
[Du 12 au 14 octobre, la capitale congolaise accueille le 14e sommet de la francophonie.François Hollande, attendu à Kinshasa après une étape aujourd’hui à Dakar, effectue son premier déplacement officiel en Afrique.Jusqu’au dernier moment, la ville s’est préparée à cet événement, diversement accueilli par les Congolais.Des semaines que Kinshasa, la capitale de la République démocratique…
[Today, Uganda – the Pearl of Africa – becomes the third of the five East African Community (EAC) nations to mark 50 years of its independence. Rwanda and Burundi clocked 50 three months back on July 1, and now Uganda has followed suit. Exactly half a century ago, the British flag – Union Jack –…
[No peace is to be found on Rustenburg’s platinum belt – tensions are rising at Amplats, where a worker was shot dead by police last week and 12,000 workers got sacked. Strikers said they’d die before allowing new labour on site, while police demanded that workers get permits for gatherings. But leaders of the wildcat…
[France announced Thursday it will circulate a draft U.N. resolution aimed at stepping up pressure on Mali’s government and its West African neighbors to agree quickly on a workable military plan to oust Islamic militants who seized the north and are turning it into a terrorist hub. France’s U.N. Ambassador Gerard Araud said his government…
[Les soldats somaliens et ceux de lUnion africaine (UA) sont entrés lundi dans Kismayo, dans le sud-est de la Somalie, désertée par les islamistes shebab depuis plus de 48 heures. Selon les témoignages des habitants, les premiers soldats du contingent kényan de la Force de lUA en Somalie (Amisom), épaulés par des forces pro-gouvernementales somaliennes,…
[Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon joined hands with the leaders of Rwanda and Congo at a high-level meeting aimed at ending the crisis in eastern Congo but the attempt at unity was short-lived. The two presidents remained deeply at odds over responsibility for the escalating violence. Congo’s mineral-rich east is facing the worst upsurge in fighting in…
[The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) and Mali’s government have agreed to the deployment of a standby force to the West African country, where Islamist militants control the north. “Thankfully, there is now a consensus around the mandate of the force, which is the same mandate that the heads of state had decided,…
[‘You want to annoy the soldiers and they topple me!’President Museveni stormed out of a heated caucus with NRM lawmakers on Monday after they failed to buy into his rigid stance on the Defence ministry’s budget. Museveni had told the lawmakers that getting Shs 15bn from the Defence ministry’s budget to cater for the recruitment…
[West Africa’s regional body is gearing up for a tough fight to help Mali’s government forces reclaim the north of the country from Islamist militants, telling the U.N. Security Council on Monday it needs major combat assets, including fighter jets.Mali descended into chaos in March when soldiers toppled the president, leaving a power vacuum that…
