A statue of former South African president Nelson Mandela was unveiled Saturday outside the South African Embassy in Washington, D.C., the site where four protestors were arrested in 1984 — an event credited with spurring anti-apartheid sanctions against South Africa. The 3 meter statue, a replica of the sculpture outside the gates of Drakenstein […]
Kenyan security forces were locked in a standoff on Sunday with gunmen who killed at least 39 people in an assault at an upmarket shopping mall in Nairobi, where the al Qaeda-linked militants were holding an unknown number of hostages. The Somali Islamist group al Shabaab claimed responsibility for Saturday’s attack on the Kenyan capital’s […]
The African Examiner An unknown number of hostages are being held in a shopping centre in the Kenyan capital Nairobi, after a deadly assault by suspected al-Shabab militants. At least 39 people died when members of the Somali Islamist group stormed the Westgate centre on Saturday. There is now a heavy military presence in and […]
Human trafficking charges against a Saudi princess accused of holding a Kenyan servant as a virtual prisoner in her California home were dismissed by a judge on Friday after prosecutors said they were unable to corroborate the allegations. The 42-year-old princess, Meshael Alayban, smiled broadly as she left the Santa Ana courtroom after the judge […]
Angolan police on Thursday arrested at least three people at a protest in Luanda organised by a youth movement which is calling for President Jose Eduardo dos Santos to quit after 34 years in power. The large police contingent, which was armed with machine guns and pistols and also had dogs, urged foreign journalists to […]
Rwanda’s ruling party held onto power with a widely-expected landslide victory in parliamentary elections, provisional results showed on Tuesday, reinforcing President Paul Kagame’s grip on the country. The National Electoral Commission said Kagame’s Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) had won 76.2 percent of the vote with all ballots counted. Final results are expected on Thursday. Two […]
A nun helping female victims of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo is to receive a top UN award for her work. Since 2003 Sister Angelique Namaika has helped more 2,000 women and girls abused and displaced by the rebels. She will receive the award at the end of […]
The African Examiner, The general secretary of Uganda’s National Teachers Union (UNATU) says members of the group will begin a nationwide strike Monday to press home their labor demands. Uganda’s primary and secondary school teachers are demanding a 20 percent [$40] pay increase and better working conditions. A primary teacher in Uganda earns about $120 […]
Two people have been killed by grenade blasts in the Rwandan capital Kigali. The first victim died in an initial attack on Friday in a marketplace in the city which also wounded 14 people, according to police. Another grenade detonated in the same area on Saturday, killing another person and injuring eight. Police say three […]
Amnesty International has denounced the forcible eviction of tens of thousands of homeless people from makeshift camps in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. The human rights group says the process has led to “large-scale human rights abuses” including the killing of two people during protests. Some 370,000 people have been living in the camps, having fled […]
The United States on Friday lifted aid restrictions to Mali after the West African nation’s democratically elected government formally took office. U.S. assistance was suspended after a military junta toppled the Malian government in March 2012 and al Qaeda-linked militants seized northern cities. Those militants were defeated after thousands of French soldiers intervened, which paved […]
Egypt’s government has denied state media reports that it has decided to dissolve the Muslim Brotherhood. A social solidarity ministry spokesman was quoted as saying it would revoke the Islamist group’s non-governmental organisation status “within days”. But a prime ministerial aide, Sherif Shawki, told the BBC the solidarity minister had not issued any decision. The […]
The NSCIA is saddened by the massive waste of human lives and reckless maiming of protesting citizens of Egypt. The brutal murder of hundreds of armless civilians in the course of their legitimate right to protest is despicable and indefensible. The violation of the sanctity of the mosque in which some of the persons were […]
By Eric Ojo The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Programme (WAAPP-Nigeria) has threatened that it will no longer give out money to research institutes and organisations in Nigeria that are always embarking on strike. The West Africa Agricultural Productivity Program (WAAPP) is a five-year program initiated by ECOWAS and funded largely by the World Bank. The goal of WAAPP […]
The newly appointed chairperson of the African Union (AU) , Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma will be addressing a global audience from virtually all the nations of the world during her scheduled state visit to Atlanta in September this year. The epoch-making visit slated for September 12 to15, 2013, will not only mark the fifth visit of the powerful […]
The NSCIA is saddened by the massive waste of human lives and reckless maiming of protesting citizens of Egypt. The brutal murder of hundreds of armless civilians in the course of their legitimate right to protest is despicable and indefensible. The violation of the sanctity of the mosque in which some of the persons were mauled down is […]
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has died at the age of 57, state media say, after weeks of speculation about his health. Mr Meles was admitted to hospital in July. The nature of his condition has not been made public. Speculation about his health began when he missed an African Union summit in Addis Ababa […]
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has said Zimbabwe’s presidential election results are the culmination of a deeply flawed process and do not represent the will of the country’s citizens. Kerry, in a statement said further that “In light of substantial electoral irregularities reported by domestic and regional observers, the United States does not believe […]
Zimbabwe’s election was a “huge farce”, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has said, alleging vote-rigging by rival President Robert Mugabe’s camp. Mr Tsvangirai said Wednesday’s presidential poll was “null and void”. The largest group of election observers described the vote as “seriously compromised” and said up to a million Zimbabweans were prevented from voting. Meanwhile, first […]
Zambia’s former President Rupiah Banda has pleaded not guilty to a charge of abuse of power during his time in office. The charges relate to an oil deal signed with a Nigerian company, which prosecutors say was meant to benefit Mr Banda and his family. “No my Lord, I deny the charge,” Mr Banda […]
