Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is using a network of informal detention centers to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch said today.
Detained freelance journalist Frank Chikowore's lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, has filed an urgent High Court application compelling the police to take Chikowore to hospital as he is complaining of abdominal and chest pains.
A Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe, which was turned away from South Africa, is heading to Angola in hopes of docking there, the transport minister of Mozambique said on Saturday.
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) today called on the government of Zimbabwe to end harassment of media after an attack on Matthew Takaona, President of the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ), and called for an investigation into the abduction
By GNA Mr Ignatius Baffour-Awuah, Brong-Ahafo Regional Minister, on Tuesday attributed the multiple sale and allocation of land by traditional land owners to the mistrust and lack of confidence of the public in the administration of the Land Commission. "The
By Dibussi Tande The UN says that 3.8 million West and Central African girls are at risk of a painful form of body mutilation know as 'breast ironing'. In Cameroon where the practice is most widespread, 50% of adolescent girls
Let us just assume that a Leader has sacrificed his life to fight to liberate a Tribe in Burundi. Palipehutu stands for Party for the Liberation of Hutu, it is led by a Man called Agathon Rwasa. As I watched
By Chikwe Ihekweazu Ike and I had the idea to start a blog on matters we felt both passionate about and competent to speak on after attending a phenomenal gathering at TEDGlobal in Arusha in 2007. We had ring side
By Jonty Fisher There seems to be a crisis of conscience in South Africa at the moment, where people are incredibly loose with their interpretations of the law, using it or discounting it, depending on which argument they're trying to
By Jones Roger Thombozi We labour hard for a good part of the day. Toiling in the fields to so that in a few months' time, we can reap what we sow now. But when market day comes, many 'environmental'
By Standard Times Press By all known standards of assessment, Sierra Leone is not an enigmatic nation. Sierra Leone is known worldwide for its many valuable resources, her rich heritage of educational achievement, religious tolerance, high level of poverty, infant
By Trust Matsilele SANDTON, JOHANNESBURG : The Movement for Democratic Change President Morgan Tsvangirai has told a media conference Thursday afternoon that he no longer likes President Thabo Mbeki to continue as a mediator and wants relieved from duties.
By Omot Chol Onguero The article by Chol Chigach is as wrong as the title that does not describe the events [ http://www.southsudan.net/SSNET1/ethnic.html ]. Ethnic cleansing is killing of a people by some power or removing the people from traditional
On March 25, 2008 , the Sweetwaters Chimpanzee Sanctuary on the Ol Pejeta Conservancy celebrated the arrival of a nine year old male chimpanzee rescued from business premises in Kigali , Rwanda . The chimpanzee, called "Gashuhe", was flown into
A Chinese ship carrying arms to Zimbabwe, which was turned away from South Africa, is heading to Angola in hopes of docking there, the transport minister of Mozambique said on Saturday.
Detained freelance journalist Frank Chikowore's lawyer, Harrison Nkomo, has filed an urgent High Court application compelling the police to take Chikowore to hospital as he is complaining of abdominal and chest pains.
Zimbabwe's ZANU-PF party is using a network of informal detention centers to beat, torture, and intimidate opposition activists and ordinary Zimbabweans, Human Rights Watch said today.
