On October 19, 2011, on the occasion of his first 120 days in office, Kenyan Chief Justice Dr. Willy Mutunga will host a briefing for international journalists to outline the progress made in implementing the reforms enshrined in Kenya’s new Constitution. In his first ever briefing, Dr. Mutunga will highlight the judiciary reforms which have [...]

Africa has a long history of convoluted affairs, with the United States, Britain, France and Russia constantly interfering in local affairs. The entire Cold War was an ideological battle between the two blocks with both the US and Russia competing for African leaders’ allegiance to them. As such, if China is backing one candidate over another, it does so by following, once again, the pattern that emerged back in the ‘60s and one which unfortunately continues to date.

Kenyan Olympic Marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru, 24, committed suicide on Sunday evening by jumping off the balcony of his home. Wanjiru, who specialized in long distance running, broke the world record in the half marathon in 2006 when he was only 18 years old. He was the first Kenyan national in history to win a [...]

In a predictable move, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the International Criminal Court chief prosecutor is seeking the arrest of Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi. The prosecutor claimed that after reviewing 1,200 documents, and interviewing 50 witnesses, he has fathered solid evidence that Colonel Gaddafi “personally ordered attacks on unarmed Libyan civilians.” One of the sons of the [...]

A 13 year old lesbian girl was raped in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, last week. Corrective rapes have become somewhat of a common practice is Africa’s most progressive country. In South Africa, the rights of homosexuals are guaranteed by the 1994 constitution, but many fear that the police and the judicial system are not doing enough to [...]

Delegates from 21 African countries will meet in Dar es Salaam this week, during a three day forum starting on Wednesday, to discuss various strategies and reforms that will allow the restructuring of the African Free Trade Zones. The main theme of this convention is “The Role of Free Zones in Achieving Millennium Development Goals [...]

Gutsy move by Gambian authorities today. A local judge ruled that the Gambian government can take control of Libyan assets in the country until a United Nations backed political force will emerge from the current crisis. This follows the decision by the Gambian government to recognize the rebel Transitional National Council from Libya as the [...]

A hydro power plant financed and built by the China National Machinery & Equipment Import & Export Corporation (CMEC) was inaugurated in the Republic of Congo over the weekend. The Chinese state offered soft loans at a nominal interest rate to defray approximately 85 percent of the costs for the power plant. The hydro power [...]

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, has been killed by a NATO air strike, along with three of the grandsons of the infamous Libyan dictator. The news broke out of Tripoli where government representatives told Western journalists of the latest development in Libya. The information has not yet been confirmed by [...]