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Senegalese Students Call for President to Step Down By Jedi Ramalapa DAKAR - The friends of slain Senegalese student protester, Mamadou Diop, say that the 32-year-old master’s student was against injustice and that is why he was protesting against President Abdoulaye Wade’s bid for a third term of office. MORE >>
New Libya Off to a Shaky Start By Mike Elkin BENGHAZI - It's been almost a year since Benghazi launched its uprising against former Libyan president Muammar Gaddafi and three months since he was killed, but there is a growing sense of frustration in eastern Libya with the National Transitional Council. Two weeks ago, a group of protesters attacked the Council’s Benghazi headquarters as chairman Mustafa Abdeljalil was inside, forcing him to flee through the back door. MORE >>
Chinese Feed Illegal Ivory Trade By Cam McGrath CAIRO - The illegal trade in ivory continues in Egypt, with ivory products sold openly in local tourist markets by traders who operate with impunity, a new study by the conservation group Traffic has found. MORE >>
Malawi’s Consumers Have a Right to Fuel and Forex Black Market By Claire Ngozo LILONGWE - The black market for foreign exchange and fuel is booming in the midst of an acute scarcity in Malawi. The shortage is so severe that even the Consumer Association of Malawi, an influential consumer rights body, has come out in support of the black market. MORE >>
POLITICS-SENEGAL Violence After Validation of Wade Candidacy By Koffigan E. Adigbli DAKAR - It was stones against tear gas in the Senegalese capital this morning as students protested the killing of one of their own on Tuesday evening. At least four people have died since Jan. 27, in wider demonstrations against the controversial validation of President Abdoulaye Wade's candidacy for re-election for a third term. MORE >>
UGANDA Using Community Radio to Heal After Kony’s War By Andrew Green* GULU, Uganda - Radio Mega FM’s transmission tower rises from the centre of Gulu town, transmitting talk shows and the latest Ugandan radio hits to listeners across the district. But it also serves as something of an informal memorial to community radio-driven peace efforts during the Lord’s Resistance Army’s destruction of northern Uganda. MORE >>
MIDEAST Censorship Changes Colours By Simba Shani Kamaria Russeau CAIRO - Attempts by regimes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to suppress the flow of information during the region's pro-democracy uprisings has led a higher number of journalists killed, attacked or arrested. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE To Yuan or Not to Yuan, That is the Question By Ignatius Banda BULAWAYO - From downtown shops that stock cheap clothing and shoes that fall apart after one wear, to mining concessions in platinum, gold and diamonds - the Chinese finger is now in virtually every Zimbabwean pie. MORE >>
CAMEROON Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People By Ngala Killian Chimtom YAOUNDE - When Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced that the 50th anniversary of the reunification of French and British Cameroon will take place later this year, it resurrected bitter feelings among Anglophone Cameroonians who say they do not feel like equal partners with their Francophone counterparts. MORE >>
EGYPT Arab Spring Gives Way to Military Chill By Cam McGrath CAIRO - When Egypt’s dictator was ousted during a popular uprising last February, the military leaders who assumed control of the country pledged to "protect the revolution" and ensure a swift transition to civilian rule within six months. One year later, the ruling generals appear to have hijacked the transition to preserve the military institution’s economic autonomy and secure their own political future. MORE >>
U.S. Condemns Boko Haram Attacks By Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department Tuesday "strongly" condemned recent lethal attacks carried out by the Islamist group Boko Haram in northern Nigeria, but also warned against an excessive reaction by the government's security forces. MORE >>
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