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Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African…

Botswana: Uranium company takes President Khama’s brother on board

Uranium explorer, A-Cap Resources Limited, has announced the appointment of…

Equatorial Guinea: France impounds African autocrats’ ‘ill-gotten gains’

At 42 Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one…

Madagascar’s Oil Fortunes Evolving Slowly

Madagascar Oil Ltd., Houston, said it is encouraged by brightening…

Nigeria: Eni SpA Pipeline Set Ablaze by Militants, MEND Claims Responsibility

A statement purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of…

Fighting to the End: Press Freedom Advocate Chakaodza Decried “Archaic” Media Laws in Last Editorial

The late Zimbabwean veteran journalist Bornwell Chakaodza criticized Zimbabwe's "archaic"…

WORLDVIEW

A Tale of Two Democracies: New Hampshire to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has been in power since 1980. During the same period, Story Country, Iowa, has held nine caucuses and the U.S. has had five presidents.…

13 Jan ’12 / No Comment / Read More

U.S. in Africa: Kony Has 100 Special Forces on His Trail

U.S. President Barack Obama has sent 100 U.S. Army Special Forces to Uganda, ostensibly to hunt down rebel leader Joseph Kony, head of Uganda's notorious Lord's Resistance Army.…

21 Oct ’11 / No Comment / Read More

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

Botswana: Uranium company takes President Khama’s brother on board

Uranium explorer, A-Cap Resources Limited, has announced the appointment of Anthony Khama to the Board…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

Equatorial Guinea: France impounds African autocrats’ ‘ill-gotten gains’

At 42 Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one of Paris's most expensive streets,…

6 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

Madagascar’s Oil Fortunes Evolving Slowly

Madagascar Oil Ltd., Houston, said it is encouraged by brightening prospects for the blocks that…

6 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

BUSINESS

Madagascar’s Oil Fortunes Evolving Slowly

Madagascar Oil Ltd., Houston, said it is encouraged by brightening prospects for the blocks that contain its Tsimiroro and Bemolanga giant heavy oil deposits in nonproducing Madagascar. …

6 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

Nigeria: Eni SpA Pipeline Set Ablaze by Militants, MEND Claims Responsibility

A statement purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND), one of Nigeria’s largest militant groups, claims to have "attacked and destroyed" a pipeline owned…

5 Feb ’12 / No Comment / Read More

Zimbabwe: New Diamond Find Raises Stakes, Prospects

Gillian Sithole, mine manager at Mbada Diamonds, one of the firms mining in the area, said government has discovered a further 53 000 hectares of diamond deposits. …

17 Dec ’11 / No Comment / Read More

BLOGS

Herman Cain Wants to Be Defense Secretary, Hypothetically

Herman Cain, the U.S. presidential candidate who did not know that China had nuclear weapons, has expressed "hypothetical" interest in serving…

15 Dec ’11 / No Comment / Read More

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Ousted Tunisian leader Ben Ali’s 34 cars and 48 yachts are seized

Further evidence of the extent of Zine el-Abidine Ben…

Mujuru Inquest: I heard ‘gunfire’, Guard Tells Court

A security guard at the late Zimbabwean general, Solomon…

Flying With Gems: AirZim Receives First Airbus Jet

Air Zimbabwe today received the first of three Airbus…

A Tale of Two Democracies: New Hampshire to Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe has been in power since…

Zimbabwe: New Diamond Find Raises Stakes, Prospects

Gillian Sithole, mine manager at Mbada Diamonds, one of…

Two Men Claim the Presidency as DRC Vote Ends in Chaos

Burnt-out tyres, broken glass and concrete blocks littered the…

As Aliens, Smarties and Life Savers Fly Off the Shelves, Report Faults Nestle for Child Labor in Cocoa Plantations

Smarties, Aliens, Life Savers, Kit Kat and Wonka are…

South Africa: Four Children Die in Desperate Search for Food

Ntando Makhubu - Four South African children starved…

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central…

Fighting to the End: Press Freedom Advocate Chakaodza Decried “Archaic” Media Laws in Last Editorial

The late Zimbabwean veteran journalist Bornwell Chakaodza criticized Zimbabwe's…

United States moving into Africa’s Nile River Basin

"Rivers are political systems. Management of rivers is political…

Uganda: Corruption Worsens, With Little Action from Government

Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police, the head…

Fighting to the End: Press Freedom Advocate Chakaodza Decried “Archaic” Media Laws in Last Editorial

The late Zimbabwean veteran journalist Bornwell Chakaodza criticized Zimbabwe's…

Uganda: Corruption Worsens, With Little Action from Government

Kale Kayihura, the Inspector General of Police, the head…

Ugandan Journalist Assassinated in Rwanda: Probe Deepens

The Rwandan State House’s Counter Intelligence has picked up…

Budding democrat or dictator? – The case of President Khama

When he entered politics, more than a decade ago,…

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central…

Canada to help track child mortality in Africa

KRISTY KIRKUP - OTTAWA - The government announced Monday…

As Aliens, Smarties and Life Savers Fly Off the Shelves, Report Faults Nestle for Child Labor in Cocoa Plantations

Smarties, Aliens, Life Savers, Kit Kat and Wonka are…

UN Reports Marked Increase in Access to Antiretroviral Therapy Despite Financial Crisis

Tawanda Kanhema - Despite the crippling financial crisis affecting…

ARMS & DRUGS

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers - a move…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment

United States moving into Africa’s Nile River Basin

"Rivers are political systems. Management of rivers is political and management of international rivers is very political. The Chinese got it right long ago: River + Dyke…

30 Jan ’12 / No Comment

Thailand: South African Woman Found With Coccaine in Her Dreadlocks

Nolubabalo Nobanda did not fit the police’s profile of a drug mule. She matriculated from one of South Africa’s top girl’s schools before heading to Wits University.…

31 Dec ’11 / No Comment

BANKING SCAMS

Six suspects on the run after US $62,000 heist in Lesotho

MASERU- Six gunmen waylaid a G4 Security van in Teba last Saturday morning, shooting dead one of the guards, before getting away with M496 000 belonging to…

11 Oct ’11 / No Comment

Occupy Wall Street vs. Kingian Methods

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrations now spreading across the country are encouraging to be sure. It is stated that the Tahrir Square and other demonstrations in the…

5 Oct ’11 / No Comment

The great billion dollar drug scam

Alongside pneumococcal diseases such as meningitis and pneumonia, rotavirus-related diarrhoea is a primary childhood killer in developing countries, thought to snuff out the lives of 500,000 children…

15 Jul ’11 / No Comment

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers - a move…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment

Uganda a human trafficking harbor

IT is now four months since two men, Dalvin Mwesigye and Frank Kato alias Ashraf Kisseka, were arrested for duping young Ugandan girls into sex trade in…

1 Jun ’11 / No Comment

Indian police unearth Gujerat-Africa human trafficking ring

SURAT: Police have stumbled upon a major human trafficking racket run by Bilal Saleh, an African national, while investigating the hawala racket. So far, around 300 people…

29 Mar ’11 / No Comment

ENERGY

Botswana: Uranium company takes President Khama’s brother on board

Uranium explorer, A-Cap Resources Limited, has announced the appointment of Anthony Khama to the Board of Directors of the company's wholly- owned subsidiary, A-Cap Resources Botswana (Proprietary)…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment

Madagascar’s Oil Fortunes Evolving Slowly

Madagascar Oil Ltd., Houston, said it is encouraged by brightening prospects for the blocks that contain its Tsimiroro and Bemolanga giant heavy oil deposits in nonproducing Madagascar. …

6 Feb ’12 / No Comment

Nigeria: Eni SpA Pipeline Set Ablaze by Militants, MEND Claims Responsibility

A statement purportedly from the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta(MEND), one of Nigeria’s largest militant groups, claims to have "attacked and destroyed" a pipeline…

5 Feb ’12 / No Comment

HUMAN TRAFFICKING

Africa: Fighting for the Rights of Child Soldiers

Nairobi — At end-November 2011, Somalia and the Central African Republic became the latest countries to commit to end the use of child soldiers - a move…

7 Feb ’12 / No Comment

Uganda a human trafficking harbor

IT is now four months since two men, Dalvin Mwesigye and Frank Kato alias Ashraf Kisseka, were arrested for duping young Ugandan girls into sex trade in…

1 Jun ’11 / No Comment

Indian police unearth Gujerat-Africa human trafficking ring

SURAT: Police have stumbled upon a major human trafficking racket run by Bilal Saleh, an African national, while investigating the hawala racket. So far, around 300 people…

29 Mar ’11 / No Comment

MONEY LAUNDERING

Equatorial Guinea: France impounds African autocrats’ ‘ill-gotten gains’

At 42 Avenue Foch, the tree-lined boulevard that is one of Paris's most expensive streets, looms a five-storey private mansion complete with disco, spa room, hair salon,…

6 Feb ’12 / No Comment

Ousted Tunisian leader Ben Ali’s 34 cars and 48 yachts are seized

Further evidence of the extent of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's wide-reaching financial empire has been revealed after police reportedly seized dozens of luxury items and company shares…

5 Feb ’12 / No Comment

To Libya, Missouri Sends B2 Bombers… and Lawyers

As the Gaddafi regime teetered on the brink of collapse, against an uprising that saw bands of rebels backed by "Spirit of Pennsylvania" B2 Bomber air…

20 Nov ’11 / No Comment

PROJECTS

Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street: A Good Year for Teargas Manufacturers

Manufacturers of crowd control agents are going through one of their best years in recent times with the surge in demand for tear gas, tear gas grenades…

26 Oct ’11 / 1 Comment

Riot Control Agents: Law Enforcement & Human Rights

Investigative Africa conducted research on the manufacturing, retail and use of Riot Control Agents for a leading international human rights watchdog. Our reporters were able to obtain…

26 Mar ’11 / No Comment

Libya War: Will Battle Success Equal Mission Success? How Contradicting Mission Goals May Prolong Conflict

Military strategists and analysts like to be able predict the duration of a war as soon as the first shot is fired. The Libyan conflict has been…

23 Mar ’11 / No Comment

BLOGS

With economy improving, Obama would beat Romney: poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama - bolstered by a stronger economic outlook and recent job growth - would win in a match-up against the two leading Republican presidential candidates Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich, a poll on Monday showed. […]
Wall Street dips as investors wait on Greece
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks dipped on Monday as a delay by debt-ridden Greece in accepting the terms of a bailout gave investors little reason to buy equities after a five-week rally. […]
Analysis: Euro zone strugglers lack innovative knack
LONDON (Reuters) - To get an idea of the economic mountain euro zone strugglers Greece and Portugal have to climb, consider this: per million inhabitants, they each filed fewer than eight applications with the European Patent Office in 2010. […]

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