Apr
17
Colonization – Root of all mess?
April 17, 2008 | 2 Comments
Emily Tsang
(to continue on investigating why and how Africa has turned into a mess)
Hong Kong’s international fame and boom is often thanks to the 100 years of colonization under British government, which left us a sound basic law system and history of respecting individuals rights and freedom of speech. However, we should consider ourselves extremely lucky, since colonization does not [...]
Apr
10
India’s turn to woo Africa
April 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Meryam
The first ever India-Africa summit concluded Wednesday, after two days in New Delhi. Fourteen African leaders attended, including Thabo Mbeki of South Africa, Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Ethiopia’s Meles Zenawi. India pledged access to its domestic markets, an increase in development financing and educational opportunities for Africa, while looking for African support in [...]
Apr
9
Rape still a big issue for women in Darfur
April 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Cindy Ru
A new report released by the New York-based Human Rights Watch says five year since the Darfur crisis broke out, women and girls in the region are still facing great danger of rape and sexual violence.
The 44-page report, entitled “Five Years On, No Justice for Sexual Violence in Darfur”, draws a detailed picture [...]
Apr
7
Mugabe is losing battle against Citizen Journalist
April 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Penny (8)
While Robert Mugabe continues to ban and arrest the media and intimidate members of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) opposition party, there’s another growing force of dissension and opposition that he cannot control - Zimbabwe’s Citizen Journalists.
With no foreign journalists allowed to enter the country, Citizen Journalists are helping to fill in [...]
Apr
3
Mugabe loses parliament
April 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Meryam
For the first time in 28 years, Robert Mugabe’s ruling ZANU-PF party lost control of parliament. According to Zimbabwe’s Electoral Commission, Mugabe’s party only took 93 seats, while the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) took 114. Results for the presidential polls have not yet been announced.
There seems to be general consensus however, that Mugabe [...]
Mar
31
Zimbabwe’s contested election results
March 31, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Meryam
Defying the ban on election results announcements, Zimbabwe’s opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has reportedly heralded their victory in Saturday’s presidential elections. According to independent monitoring groups, returns at two-thirds of the polling stations gave MDC’s candidate, Morgan Tsvangirai 55% of the votes, while incumbent president Robert Mugabe had 36%.
More than [...]
Mar
23
Bloodshed ahead of mutiny showdown on African island paradise
March 23, 2008 | 2 Comments
By Penny (7)
More troops from the Africa Union arrived on the Comoros island of Moheli on Good Friday joining several hundred other troops from Tanzania, Senegal and Sudan for a military offensive to retake the rebel held Comoran island of Anjouan.
The Comoros is an impoverished three-island Indian Ocean archipelago comprising of Grande Comore, Moheli and Anjouan, located [...]
Mar
21
China: Friend or foe in Africa?
March 21, 2008 | 1 Comment
By Meryam
Discussion on China’s role and interest in Africa, whether in conferences, policy papers or in the news, has become a fashionable trend these days. The debate largely, and rather simplistically, focuses on whether China is a villain or a friend. For many western countries and international human rights groups, China is a villain: its [...]
Mar
16
Their Only Hope seems Vague
March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
by Emily Tsang
The worst humanitarian crisis in the world may not be unfolding in Sudan, but along a Mogadishu byway strip to Afgooye according to the United Nations.
The New York Times quote top United Nations officials saying that Somalia is now having the highest malnutrition rates in Africa, yet fewer manpower and food aid than [...]
Mar
16
Malawi introduces compulsory birth certificates
March 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
By Penny (6)
Madonna’s controversial adoption of a Malawian child and the growing child trafficking problem in Malawi has partly prompted the Malawian government this week to introduce compulsory birth certificates.
According to Lawrence Hussein of the National Registration Bureau in the office of President Bingu wa Mutharika: “Malawian children have no document to show when they [...]
