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Renamo Delivers Nomination Papers to CNE

06.07.2009 01:54    allafrica.com
Mozambique's main opposition party, the former rebel movement Renamo, on Wednesday delivered the nomination papers for its candidates in the October parliamentary and provincial elections to the National Elections Commission (CNE).


No Timetable for Ratification of ICC Statute

06.07.2009 01:54    allafrica.com
Mozambican Justice Minister Benvinda Levy on Tuesday declared that preparations are under way for the country to ratify the Rome Statute setting up the International Criminal Court (ICC) - but she gave no timetable for when a resolution to ratify

Electoral Officials 'Are Not Party Delegates'

06.07.2009 01:54    allafrica.com
The chairperson of Mozambique's National Elections Commission (CNE), Leopoldo da Costa, on Tuesday warned new members of the Sofala Provincial and Beira City Elections Commissions to refrain from political activities that have nothing to do with their tasks as electoral

Good Governance Drive Makes Progress

06.07.2009 01:54    allafrica.com
A day ahead of this year's African Union summit in Libya, the 11th meeting of the forum of the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) took place in the sweltering seaside town of Sirte. Reports emerging from those who attended threw


Exports Fall By Over a Third

06.07.2009 01:54    allafrica.com
Mozambique's exports fell in value by 36 per cent in the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period in 2008, according to the latest statistics from the Bank of Mozambique.

Nigerian Militants to Target Trans-Sahara Pipeline?

06.07.2009 00:52    allafrica.com
There were fears at the weekend that the multi-billion dollar Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline project being midwifed by Nigeria, Algeria and Niger is now a target for sabotage by the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND).

Nigeria: Senator Yellowe, Gen. Oluleye Die

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
Nigeria was yesterday thrown into grief as two of her illustrious sons who in their various callings had contributed in no small measure towards the development of the nation died of old age and cadiac arrest.

Uganda: Sh1.7 Billion Earmarked for LRA Victims

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
A TOTAL of sh1.7b has been earmarked to compensate people whose body parts were cut-off by Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).

Nigeria: Amnesty Committee, Stakeholders Meet in Port Harcourt

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
CHAIRMAN, Presidential Committee on the Implementation of Amnesty and Rehabilitation of Militants in Niger Delta, Air Vice Marshal Lucky Alariye yesterday described the ugly situation created by militancy in the Niger Delta as double jeopardy.

Nigeria: Soldiers Drafted to Okene As Fresh Crisis Claims Eight

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
As the fresh crisis which engulfed Okene in Kogi State escalates, armed soldiers from the Chari Maigumeri Barracks in Lokoja were yesterday drafted to the area to restore peace following the inability of mobile policemen to bring the crisis under

Somalia: Al-Shabaab Vow to Seize AU Arms

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
Al-Shabaab fighters have vowed to seize arms from AU peacekeepers in Mogadishu if their mandate is changed.

Botswana: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates.

Sudan: Africa And the International Criminal Court

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
ELEVEN years ago when I opened the Rome conference that led to the founding of the International Criminal Court, I reminded the delegates that the eyes of the victims of past crimes and the potential victims of future ones were

Congo-Kinshasa: Court Told Ex-Girl Soldiers Struggled to Reintegrate

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
The International Criminal Court, ICC, trial of Thomas Lubanga heard this week that young female recruits found it hard to reintegrate into society after leaving the Union of Congolese Patriots, UPC.

Kenya: The African Group - Friend Or Foe of Africa's Aspirations?

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
Unsurprised by the African Group's defence of Kenya at the UN, Korir Sing'Oei considers whether the group's actions should historically be regarded as positive or negative for the African continent it represents. Just as it has often stood in the

Africa: Reparations And Regrets - Why is the U.S. Senate Apologising Now?

06.07.2009 00:28    allafrica.com
With the US Senate approving a resolution formally acknowledging the historic injustice behind slavery and the country's 'Jim Crow' laws on 18 June, Horace Campbell asks 'Why now?'

AU Opposes Arrest Warrant On Sudan's President

06.07.2009 00:14    allafrica.com
The African Union is ending its co-operation with the International Criminal Court for charging President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan with war crimes. Al-Bashir is accused of alleged atrocities in the Darfur region.

Yar'Adua, Vice-President Lose Severance Pay

06.07.2009 00:14    allafrica.com
BASED on President Umaru Yar'Adua's request to the Revenue, Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission (RMAFC) on February 10, 2009, on the need to slash the allowances of certain political, public and judicial office holders, the Commission yesterday announced some measures

The Search For a New Inspector-General of Police

06.07.2009 00:14    allafrica.com
The search is on, presumably in earnest, for a replacement for the post of Inspector-General of Police (IG). The position will become vacant on July 24, as the incumbent IG, Mike Okiro, will retire on that day.

Trans-Sahara Pipeline to Send Gas to Europe

06.07.2009 00:14    allafrica.com
Three African countries yesterday signed an accord to build a $10 billion trans-Saharan gas pipeline linking vast reserves in Nigeria to Europe.

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