Thais detain alleged `Merchant of Death' (dealings include global...
BANGKOK, Thailand - A Russian dubbed the "Merchant of Death" for allegedly supplying weapons to Africa's bloody conflicts over power and diamonds was arrested Thursday in Thailand on suspicion of...
View ArticleNiger leader rewrites rules to keep power
The cause of democracy in Africa could have done without this latest affront. Barely six months after giving the French president an undertaking that he would leave power at the end of his second term,...
View ArticleThe Celluloid Capital [Plamegate returns!]
... the title is drawn from how Karl Rove told Matthews that the CIA agent Valerie Plame was fair game for critics of her husband, Ambassador Joe Wilson. Wilson, youll recall, was dispatched by the...
View ArticleUS signs anti-ICC immunity pact with Bhutan
The United States has signed a deal with Bhutan giving US citizens in the country immunity from prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), the State Department said Tuesday. The deal with...
View ArticleRevolutions, walk-outs and fatwas
Recent events in Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt spell a dangerous new trend in the region. There have been major developments in Tunisia, Lebanon and Egypt, each of which is of tremendous importance. In...
View ArticleChina will increase investment in Africa, says Standard Bank
According to South Africa-based Standard Bank, mainland China maintained its position as Africa's largest trading partner in 2010. Standard Bank, in which Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC)...
View ArticleLibya: Mugabe slams 'naive' Nigeria, South Africa and Gabon
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe says South Africa, Nigeria and Gabon were naive to vote for a United Nations Security Council resolution which has been used by Western countries to carry out a sustained...
View ArticleTime Up For Sit-tight Leaders in Africa
"Democracy is a charming form of government, full of variety and disorder, and dispensing a sort of equality to equals and unequal alike" Plato (BC 427 - 374BC). Open rigging and clinging brazenly to...
View ArticleUtterly Corrupt Bongo Invited To White House
While too much of the nation's attention is focused on Representative Anthony Weiner (D-New York) and his sex/lying scandal, President Barack Obama is at the White House welcoming one of the most...
View ArticleObama urges Gabon's Bongo to root out corruption(Series?)
(Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Thursday pressed Gabon's ruler Ali Bongo Ondimba in a White House meeting to do more to fight corruption and prevent human rights abuse. "President Obama urged...
View ArticleObama invite for dictator who has stolen billions from his impoverished...
Barack Obama has come under fire for extending a formal invitation to a shamed African dictator who has ruthlessly plundered billions of dollars from his own country. The U.S. President is today having...
View ArticleOil exports soar for OPEC countries
The total revenue of the 11 members of the Organisation of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries (OAPEC) soared to $624.8 billion in 2011, according to the latest data. OAPEC data for the oil income...
View ArticleUPDATE 2-Syria to be suspended from int'l Islamic body -diplomat
Syria will be suspended from the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Wednesday for its violent suppression of a 17-month uprising against President Bashar al-Assad, a diplomat said on Monday ahead...
View ArticleWhite House invite for dictator who has stolen billions from his impoverished...
Barack Obama has come under fire for extending a formal invitation to a shamed African dictator who has ruthlessly plundered billions of dollars from his own country. The U.S. President will today have...
View ArticleSHOT Show Sting Charges Dismissed, Guilty Pleas Vacated, FBI Informant...
In 2010 the BATFE raided the S&W booth at SHOT Show arresting 21 people, including Smith & Wesson executives for beaching the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a law which prohibits US...
View ArticleU.N. launches probe into alleged Israeli crimes in Gaza
GENEVA, July 23 (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday launched an international inquiry into human rights violations and crimes that may have been committed by Israel during its military...
View ArticleIsrael to be investigated for possible 'war crimes' over Gaza raids
Navi Pillay said Tel Aviv's two-week onslaught on Gaza - which has cost more than 650 Palestinians lives - would be thoroughly investigated. Ms Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the...
View ArticleA Presidential Birth Certificate Controversy Leads To Clashes, Arrests, One...
Clashes broke out between police and the opposition in Gabon on December 20 stemming from questions about the legitimacy of President Ali Bongo. A recent book called New African Affairs by French...
View ArticleWilsongate: Motive, Means, and Opportunity
Wilsongate: Motive, Means, and Opportunity The Buried Story Behind PlamegateBy Fedora Introduction Since Robert Novak mentioned Valerie Plames CIA background in July 2003, the media has focused on...
View ArticleAbbas To Sign Accords With Putin in Moscow
Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas in Moscow on Monday where the issue of Middle East peace talks will be raised, Russian authorities announced...
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