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Liberia: UNMIL Accuses Court Officials of CorruptionThe United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) Human Rights and Protection Section Wednesday released a report in which it alleged that court officials in Liberia were corrupt.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 19:07
Sierra Leone: The Truth About the TRC Recommendations
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in Sierra Leone was established as a result of the Lome Peace Agreement (signed on 7 July 1999) between the Government of Sierra Leone (GoSL) and the Revolutionary United Front.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 18:52
Kenya: Waki to Lead Probe Team
Court of Appeal judge, Justice Philip Waki, will chair the mini commission to investigate the post-election violence, it was announced on Wednesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 01:07
Congo-Kinshasa: UN Security Council Lifts Arms Embargo On Govt
With the adoption of resolution 1807 on Monday 31 March 2008, the United Nations Security Council decided that the arms embargo which it had imposed on all parties in the DRC by resolution 1493 (2003), would not apply any more to the DRC government.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 01:07
Rwanda: Canadian University to Stage Genocide Memorial Conference
A Rwandan lecturer at the University de Montreal in Canada, Professor Josias Semujanga, is organizing a conference to take place from April 3-4 at Concordia University in Canada.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 00:52
Liberia: Charles Taylor's Defense Doubtful
The trial of former President Charles Taylor entered its second day yesterday following a two-week recess. Before then, several witnesses took the stand and testified against the former president, linking him to cannibalism and many other offenses.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 00:52
Angola: Politicians, Religious Leaders Say Peace Meaningful to Independence
Political and religious entities of Ingombota municipality, Luanda province, considered Wednesday, that the peace achieved by Angolans on 4th April 2002 gave a new meaning to the national independence, proclaimed on 11th November, 1975.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 00:37
Liberia: Global Witness Warns Over Rush To Log Forest
Proceeds from Liberia's timber industry reportedly helped to fuel the Charles Taylor bush war that decimated the country and sent thousands to their unwanted graves.
Source : AllAfrica | 03-Apr-2008 00:32
Angola: Peace Enabled Socioeconomic, Political Stability in Angola
The leader of Angola's opposition FNLA party, Ngola Kabangu Wednesday here affirmed that the six years of peace allowed the country's socio-economic and political stability, as well as the improvement of the population living standard.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 19:13
Govt Pledges Support for DRC's Reconstruction
Deputy Foreign Minister Aziz Pahad has assured a visiting ministerial delegation from the DRC that South Africa and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are committed to post-conflict reconstruction in that country.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 18:36
President's Commitment to Peace Highlighted
The deputy-chief of General Staff of the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) for Social Sphere, General Maurício Amado Zulu, Tuesday in Luanda highlighted the commitment of the Angolan Head of State, José Eduardo Santos, to the effective peace the country enjoys for six years.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 01:12
Burundi: UN-Assisted Refugee Returns to Hits 300,000 Mark
The number of Burundians that have returned to their homeland from neighbouring Tanzania with the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) reached the 300,000 mark last month, the agency reported today.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 01:10
Kagame Tells Spanish Judge 'Go to Hell' Oversummons
Rwanda's president Paul Kagame has said the recent indictments issued by a Spanish judge against 40 senior Rwandan army officers 'means nothing' to him and his government.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 01:03
Burundi: Demobilisation of Ex-Armed Forces Marked By Protests
There were protests today as the government was trying to demobilise more than 900 troops. Candidates to the demobilisation gathered this morning on the football pitch of Muha camp located in Bujumbura. Only about 200 volunteers to the demobilisation accepted to go to the demobilisation centre of Gitega. Others refused to go there on the ground that this demobilisation is spangled with irregularities. 18 officers and 169 sub-officers are part of this first group of candidates to the demobilisation composed of 916 troops.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 00:51
Angola: Asturias Government Announces Plan for National Reconstruction
The Government of Asturias Principality (Spain) wants to establish an intense policy of cooperation with Angola in various dominions, with highlight to the national reconstruction process.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 00:35
Royal Family Yet to Agree On Distribution of Compensation - Govt
The members of the former Rwandan royal family kicked out of power some 40 years ago have already been compensated for property lost but the money is still in government accounts, it was heard on Tuesday.
Source : AllAfrica | 02-Apr-2008 00:18
Gambia: Ecomog Field Commander Spills the Beans After Ten Years of Silence (Part 2)
We have been focusing on politics, in general, and Gambian politics, in particular. In the last edition, we have followed the narration of events as they unfolded during the civil war of the West African Nation of Liberia.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Apr-2008 23:06
Liberia: French Film Producer Eyes Former Child Soldiers for Film Production
A French film producer Gus Pas has called on Liberians to see reason to forgive former children soldiers for their roles played in the Liberian civil conflicts.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Apr-2008 22:51
Joe Wylie - 'I'm Prepared to Testify'
Former military actor in the Liberian civil crisis, Joe Wylie, said he has asked the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) for him to appear before it.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Apr-2008 22:41
Charles Taylor Trial Revisited
The Special Court for Sierra Leone observed a judicial recess from March 17 until Friday, March 28th.
Source : AllAfrica | 01-Apr-2008 00:32
Chinese Peacekeeping Role Crucial in Country's Recovery
The Special Representative of the Secretary-General (SRSG) Madam Ellen Margrethe Løj has commended the Chinese Contingent of the UN Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for its contribution to the maintenance of peace and security in Liberia.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Mar-2008 23:32
Rwanda: Revionists Deny Genocide
No one can talk about Rwanda's recent history and fail to acknowledge that 1994 was the bleakest moment in the country's life.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Mar-2008 23:09
Kenya: I Don't Have Courage to Face My Father's Killers
Here is the story of Bernard, 30, who fled to Limuru from Kiambaa in Eldoret.
Source : AllAfrica | 31-Mar-2008 19:09
Angola: Cunene - Over 400 Landmines Destroyed
At least 175 anti-tank and 258 anti-personnel landmines were collected and destroyed from Janeiro of 2007 to February of 2008 in the districts of Cuvelai, Curoca, Kahama, Kwanhama, Namacunde and Ombandja, southern Cunene province.
Source : AllAfrica | 29-Mar-2008 01:08
Kenya: It Can Not Be Business As Usual for the Church Either
No doubt Kenya is healing. Slowly, we are emerging from the darkest period of our independent history. Everyone is talking peace - even notoriously hawkish politicians now strive to sound nice. Hopes are rising. There are great expectations of the new grand coalition government; a general feeling that the post-election carnage should become truly a turning point in our national life.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 23:03
Gambia: ECOMOG Field Commander Spills the Beans After Ten Years of Silence
We have been focusing on politics in general and Gambian politics in particular. In the last editions, we have followed the narration of events as they unfolded during the civil war of Liberia.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 19:08
A Road-Map to End Stand-Off Over Refugees
The Ghanaian government said it will stop deporting Liberian refugees and made an agreement with the Liberian government to work with the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) to draw up a roadmap to repatriate the 40,000 Liberian refugees currently living in Ghana.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 19:04
LPC Dealt Blow to River Gee Villagers
It has been revealed by a victim that fighters of the defunct Liberia Peace Council (LPC) ordered a captive to eat human grease after they massacred scores of people in the town in Kanweaken, a witness recently told commissioners of Liberia's Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC).
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 16:34
DDRR Comes Under Spotlight
Disarmament, demobilization, rehabilitation and reintegration (DDRR) process has come and gone, but it did not end without contentions. Observers believed the process was marred by flaws and did not take into account basic standards. Whether this is true or not is a guess.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 15:19
Liberian Refugees Deserve Social Justice Too
According to BBC NEWS of March 18, 2008, as per a Ghanaian minister's decision, a group of Liberian women refugees who have held naked protests by the roadside are to be deported from Ghana.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 15:04
Dogolea's Wife Reacts to TRC Hearings
The widow of former President Charles Taylor's first Vice President, Enoch Dogolea, has reacted to statements made during witnesses' testimonies before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the ongoing trial of Mr. Taylor in The Hague concerning her husbands death.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 12:34
Take Action On Poll Violence
The signing of a peace deal by the main political parties and the subsequent enactment of new laws to actualise it has set the stage for the county to have a hard look into the violence that rocked the country in the wake of last year's general election.
Source : AllAfrica | 28-Mar-2008 00:36
Liberia: Rush to Log Forests Will Jeopardise the Reform Process
Under intense pressure from the timber industry[1] ? including many familiar faces from the past ? the Forest Development Authority (FDA) of Liberia has started to issue timber contracts[2]. Yet key legislation on community rights ? to ensure an equitable balance between community, conservation and commercial forestry[3] ? is still in draft[4]. The rush to allow a timber trade with a poor track record of corruption and trampling on community rights raises the spectre of Liberia?s forests once again undermining stability in this fragile country.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Mar-2008 19:08
Canadian Genocide Studies Expert to Volunteer for Govt
A highly distinguished Canadian Professor has offered to act as a volunteer adviser to the government of Rwanda in the fight to eliminate genocide ideologies in the country.
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Mar-2008 09:02
The Hallo Trust Presents Demined Fields
Two cleared fields, which were previously mined with explosive devices, were handed over to the district administration of Katabola, in south Bié province, by the British NGO "The Hallo Trust".
Source : AllAfrica | 27-Mar-2008 00:20
Sudan: UN Anti-Crime Agency Begins Work On Prison Reform in South
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has begun assisting the Government of South Sudan in its prison reform process in the agency's first project in the region as it emerges from a decades-long civil war.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Mar-2008 19:11
Liberia: Country Reaches HIPC Decision Point
Liberia over the weekend reached its decision point under the enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Mar-2008 19:02
UNHCR Tells Ghana to Stop Deportation
The United Nations agency responsible for refugees, UNHCR has issued an account of the plight of Liberian refugees in Ghana and has subsequently called on the Ghanaian government to "stop the deportation of Liberians refuges".
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Mar-2008 18:31
Angola: Country Wins 'Economic Model' Prize
Angola was Monday awarded in Kinshasa, DR Congo, with the "2007 Economic Model" prize, following its commitment to the reconstruction of the economy, re-launch of production, efficient management of financial resources of the State Budget and its engagement in improving the living conditions of citizens.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Mar-2008 01:05
Ghana: UN Refugee Agency Urges Govt to Halt Deportation of Liberians
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) today urged Ghana to cease with any further forcible removals after the West African nation deported 16 Liberians - 13 of whom had registered as refugees with the agency - last weekend.
Source : AllAfrica | 26-Mar-2008 01:03
Liberia: Johnson-Sirleaf Must Testify At TRC, Says Media Center
The Liberia Media Center (LMC) has called on President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf to honor her pledge to testify at the Truth and Reconciliation public hearing whenever she is requested to do so.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Mar-2008 19:12
Cameroon: North West - CDU, UDP, Join CPDM Against Violence in Jakiri
Jakiri sub division or better still the population of Dzekwa, threatened by the recent fuel hike strike have stated preparedness to rise against future attempts to instil disorder, violence and destruction in the community.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Mar-2008 19:04
Media Center Critiques TRC Coverage
The Liberia Media Center has released preliminary findings on the media coverage of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission public hearings in Liberia. In a thirty-seven page report released on Thursday, LMC said overall, the media should be commended for generally staying above the fray in the conduct of their work.
Source : AllAfrica | 25-Mar-2008 01:09
Rwanda: New Law to Fight Genocide Ideology
Recently, lawmakers voted in a new law aimed to tackle cases of genocide ideology. The draft law was last Friday forwarded to the Senate for scrutiny. Legislators said the law was necessary to help fight the deadly ideology which plunged the country into the 1994 Genocide. The Bill is introduced months after damning revelations that showed cases in which school children demonstrated predisposition to the genocide ideology. The Senate had also found rampant genocide ideology in families, schools and some individuals which sparked the House to react immediately to stop the vice.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Mar-2008 19:11
Twentieth Anniversary of Cuito Cuanavale Battle Celebrated
The twentieth anniversary of the Cuito Cuanavale Battle that marked the Angolan army's triumph over the South African troops that tried to occupy the national territory was commemorated Sunday, March 23.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Mar-2008 19:09
First Batch of 30 Refugees Arrive
The Liberian Government has confirmed that 30 Liberian refugees who are not UNHCR registered persons nor registered with the Ghana Refugee Board were repatriated Saturday.
Source : AllAfrica | 24-Mar-2008 18:54