Africa’s evil scene The eccentric atmosphere following the International Criminal Court (ICC) issuing an arrest warrant for Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s President, on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity (short of genocide) in Darfur open the obscurities of evil in Africa for the past 50 years. In some sort of grim moment, al-Bashir and
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About 1,300 Somalis are arriving at the Dadaab refugee camps in northeast Kenya every day. The help they are seeking – refuge from a severe drought and the effects of years of conflict – is being handed out as fast as possible. But in a camp complex that has already been stretched well beyond its
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel today welcomed the President of the African Union (AU) Commission Jean Ping at the Chancellery in Berlin. The Chancellor and Dr Ping inspected a Guard of Honour mounted by a detachment of the German Air Force and proceeded for talks with the Libyan crisis high on the agenda. They also touched
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Ghana’s former President and African Union High Representative for Somalia, Flt Lt Jerry John Rawlings has called on Sudan to support the peace process in Somalia by providing counsel to the Somali leadership on how to best address their challenges. President Rawlings said unity of purpose was required in order to bring peace to Somalia.
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At long last, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has waded into the Libyan crisis with a decision that will close the noose around the Libyan leader’s neck. The ICC seems to have cast the die for him in its collaboration with NATO. They have now steadily pushed him to the banks of the Rubicon and
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The joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur has announced a new initiative to help aid agencies access hard-to-reach communities in parts of the strife-torn Sudanese region. The three-week project is dubbed “Operation Spring Basket” and will involve visits to several villages which have been inaccessible to humanitarian workers for some time, according to
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Thousands of Chadians have returned to northern Chad after fleeing the unrest in neighbouring Libya and braving a long journey through one of the most hostile terrains on earth. The UN refugee agency has registered more than 4,500 Chadians who arrived in Faya in northern Chad since March 28. Authorities who control the border post
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The President of the Ghana Football Association, (GFA) Mr. Kwesi Nyantakyi has been elected to serve on the CAF Executive Committee. He was elected on Wednesday morning February 23, by the General Assembly of the Confederation of Africa Football after polling 34 votes to beat his opponent Anjorin Moucharafou, President of the Benin Football Federation,
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