Archive for the ‘Africa’ Category
By Patience Rusere Washington, DC09 June 2006Founding President Morgan Tsvangirai of Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change warned the government Friday of the potential for serious conflict unless there was progress on a broad range of political issues. His remarks amounted to an ultimatum to President Robert Mugabe to join ...
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By Carole Gombakomba Washington, DC21 June 2006The Zimbabwean government has moved to crack down on what it alleges are price gougers exploiting critical shortages of bread and other essential items. The state-run Herald newspaper reported that police arrested some 17 bakers Tuesday in what the authorities dubbed Operation Chingwa, or ...
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By Peter Clottey Washington, DC25 July 2006In Ghana, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) warns against politicians who are using what are known as 419 scams. It specifically accuses the Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) of engaging in such acts to recruit members. 419 is the Nigerian criminal code that deals with ...
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By Douglas Mpuga Washington, DC31 July 2006The leader of Ugandas Lords Resistance Army (LRA) is expected to hold talks today with Sudanese mediators who want the rebels to disarm. The meeting is to take place at the border of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Sudan. Vincent Otti, the deputy ...
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By Angel Tabe Washington, DC25 May 2006The eighth African Renaissance Annual Festival is underway in Durban, South Africa. The weeklong event began Monday, May 22nd, and has attracted participants from 17 African countries, as well as countries outside Africa, including the United States. Andre Kapila is a spokesperson for the ...
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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja23 June 2006Preparations are under way for transfer of the oil-rich Bakassi Peninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon. Initial outrage over the decision seems to have died down, and residents are agreeing to be resettled in Nigeria prior to the transfer of sovereignty over the peninsula.The traditional ...
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By Gilbert da Costa Abuja08 June 2006Local officials in Port Harcourt confirmed the release of the five hostages late Thursday. The Koreans were abducted from a a natural gas plant in the Niger Delta on Wednesday.The freed men were said to be in good condition when they were brought to ...
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By James Butty Washington, DC16 May 2006Foreign ministers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have ended a one-day meeting in the Liberian capital, Monrovia. A review of the material issued at the end of the meeting addressed the security situation in the region and how to revive ...
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By James Butty Washington, DC28 July 2006Campaigning continues in the Democratic Republic of Congo, just two days before Sundays first multi-party elections in more than 40 years. Professor Ose Muhima, a leader of the Renewal for Development and Democracy Party (RDDP), is one of 33 presidential candidates. He told VOA ...
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By VOA News 25 May 2006Officials in Benin say a tanker truck has exploded, killing 35 people who were stealing fuel when it ignited. Hospital workers say another 80 people were wounded in the accident Thursday, many of them seriously. Reports say the truck had either broken down or run ...
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By David Lewis Kinshasa09 July 2006Congolese militia fighters released Saturday the five remaining Nepalese U.N. peacekeepers they have been holding since late May, U.N. officials have said. In other developments, gunmen killed a journalist who was a vocal critic of Congos government. Nearly six weeks after they were seized during ...
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By Alisha Ryu Mogadishu27 July 2006Nineteen Cabinet ministers in Somalia's fragile secular interim government in Baidoa resigned Thursday, possibly in an attempt to facilitate a power-sharing deal with rival Islamists. Meanwhile, the Islamists strengthened their grip on power, accepting the peaceful surrender of its last rival secular militia in Mogadishu. ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington, DC03 July 2006Its been a year since the G8 summit in Gleneagles, Scotland. At the summit, many promises were made and goals set for relieving debt and boosting development in sub-Saharan Africa. A new reports been released on how well the G8 nations fulfilled those ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington03 July 2006The UN review conference on small arms has entered its final week and theres growing controversy over the latest draft of the summits final document. Critics say the document no longer contains any reference to human rights and international humanitarian law. One of the ...
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By Nico Colombant Abidjan15 June 2006Human rights activists are giving mixed reviews to a decision by Britain to jail Charles Taylor if Liberia's former president is convicted for his role during Sierra Leone's civil war. The decision paves the way for the trial to be held in The Hague.The Dutch ...
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By VOA News 02 June 2006Officials in Niger report a new outbreak of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu.Government officials Friday said tests have confirmed the presence of H5N1 in the village of Boko Maigao, in southern Niger.Thousands of birds were slaughtered after scientists detected H5N1 in two other ...
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By Franz Wild Abidjan06 July 2006People from several sides of Ivory Coast's conflict are disappointed at the results of a meeting between the government and rebels that was chaired by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Franz Wild reports for VOA from Abidjan that highly politicized Ivorian newspapers said the meeting ...
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By Nico Colombant Chad29 May 2006Sudan's war in the Darfur region has been devastating, marked by attacks in which pro-government militias have burned villages, killed people in front of their relatives, and raped young girls. A peace deal was signed recently with a major rebel faction, but for many victims ...
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By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi24 May 2006The United States has banned a former aide to Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and three prominent Kenyan businessmen from entering the United States under U.S. anti-corruption legislation. Former presidential aide Alfred Getonga, who had been dismissed three months earlier, and tycoons Jimmy Wanjigi, Deepak Kamani ...
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By Ashenafi Abedje Washington, DC31 May 2006UN Secretary General Kofi Annan says he still plans to visit Zimbabwe to see the outcome of a slum clearance operation that displaced about 700,000 people. Mr. Annan's statement contradicts one by a government spokesperson, who says the invitation has been cancelled. George Charamba ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington26 June 2007Countries in the Horn of Africa say theyll now take a more pro-active approach to reduce the effects of such natural disasters as droughts and floods. The countries are working with the UN World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization.WFP spokesperson Peter Smerdon, ...
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By Alisha Ryu Baidoa, Somalia04 July 2006Somalia's interim government in Baidoa says it will send a senior-level delegation to the capital Mogadishu in the coming days to meet with Islamic leaders, ahead of a second round of peace talks on July 15 in Khartoum, Sudan. The speaker of Somalia's Transitional ...
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By Joe De Capua Washington29 May 2006One of Ugandas leading AIDS activists is in Washington this week. Noerine Kaleeba is in town to promote a new documentary by the group Frontline, marking the 25th anniversary of the pandemic. Its called The Age of AIDS. Kaleeba founded the group TASO to ...
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By James Butty Washington, D.C.03 July 2007 The Ninth African Union (AU) summit meeting in the Ghanaian capital, Accra enters its third and final Tuesday. Discussions have been centered around the so-called Grand Debate for a United States of Africa. Mondays deliberations saw a split between leaders like Libyas Moamer ...
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SUBSISTENCE FISHINGSouth Africa has a longstanding tradition of subsistence fishing. The fishing communities clustered along the coastlines are steeped in the arts of catching, cooking and curing. Cape Town has a particularly rich subsistence fishing history. Watching the nets being pulled in on Fish Hoek beach, buying ...
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