AFRICA: 15 DECEMBRE 2011 [Jean Baptiste MANWANAGARI, l’ancien député de l’UPRONA, a été mis en cause par la police dans l’assassinat du sentinelle du siège du parti UPRONA.]

December 15, 2011

  [Jean Baptiste MANWANAGARI, l’ancien député de l’UPRONA, a été mis en cause par la police dans l’assassinat du sentinelle du siège du parti UPRONA.]   BURUNDI :   Jean Baptiste MANWANAGARI, l’ancien député de l’UPRONA, a été mis en cause par…

AFRICA: 13 DECEMBRE 2011 [Panetta says Djibouti critical to US terror fight, plans to visit Libya]

December 13, 2011

[U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that U.S. operations against al-Qaida are now concentrating on key groups in Yemen, Somalia and North Africa.]                   BURUNDI :   Burundi : les hommes politiques en exil…

AFRICA: 12 DECEMBRE 2011 [Africa’s Fatou Bensouda is new ICC chief prosecutor]

December 12, 2011

[With the African Union (AU) having been a fierce critic of outgoing International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, it will be hoping for a better relationship with his successor, Fatou Bensouda – the first African to hold a top post at…

AFRICA: 12 DECEMBRE 2011 [Africa's Fatou Bensouda is new ICC chief prosecutor]

December 12, 2011

[With the African Union (AU) having been a fierce critic of outgoing International Criminal Court chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, it will be hoping for a better relationship with his successor, Fatou Bensouda – the first African to hold a top post at…

AFRICA: 06 DECEMBRE 2011 [Africa takes charge at climate talks]

December 6, 2011

[Africa has changed “the ball game” after a week of vassalage, by demanding an ambitious second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol, effective action under the Bali Action Plan and scaled-up “start-up” finance ahead of the high-level international ministerial segment of the…

AFRICA: 05 DECEMBRE 2011 [Africa: Congo-Kinshasa Bishops Sound Alarm As Vote Tensions Build]

December 5, 2011

[Catholic bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo issued a dire warning Sunday about its political situation as vote results continued trickling in after veiled opposition threats of violence.]                   BURUNDI :   Burundi: Tueries…