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RIGHTS-AFRICA: AU Heeds Perpetrators Not Victims By Diletta Varlese Sirte, LIBYA - The final day of the African Union summit has been dedicated to the issue of the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, charged with seven counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and torture. MORE >>
POLITICS-BOTSWANA: Parties Block Women Candidates for Upcoming Elections By Ephraim Nsingo GABORONE - As Botswana prepares for general elections in October, gender activists are protesting against the lack of female parliamentary candidates. MORE >>
AFRICA: Civil Society to AU: Investment Must Address Marginalisation By Diletta Varlese, Terna Gyuse and Joyce Mulama Sirte, LIBYA, CAPE TOWN and NAIROBI - No gathering hosted by Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi is ever dull, and the Thirteenth Ordinary Session of the African Union, concluding in Sirte, Libya today has not disappointed. MORE >>
TRADE: Who’s Harming Fish Stocks? Trawlers or Artisanal Fishers? By Isolda Agazzi GENEVA - Red tunas, sharks, rays and cods may soon disappear from our tables. Negotiations are ongoing at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to reduce the subsidies that contribute to this catastrophe. These talks foresee exceptions for developing countries, but small fishers may have to turn to other sources of livelihood. MORE >>
ECONOMY-UGANDA: Traders Go Down as Prices Go Up By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - With the world economy in the grip of a credit crunch, traders and consumers in Uganda are struggling with price inflation and the depreciation of the country’s currency, the Ugandan shilling, against the dollar. Especially importers have not been able to bring goods in which were ordered when prices were lower. MORE >>
KENYA: Report Charges Killing, Torture and Rape by Security Forces By Katie Mattern WASHINGTON - Human Rights Watch (HRW) is calling for an immediate investigation of Kenyan security officials it says were sent to protect civilians in the country’s northeastern Mandera district during the move to disarm the heavily militarised region in October 2008, but who beat and tortured those civilians instead, according to the report released Monday. MORE >>
TRADE: ECOWAS Delay on EPA Allows Ghana to Re-Think By Francis Kokutse ACCRA - There are conflicting signals about whether west African countries will sign an economic partnership agreement (EPA) with the European Union, as the original deadline of Jun 30 has been postponed and stakeholders hold different views on the new deadline of end Oct. This may still allow Ghana to re-think its interim EPA. MORE >>
MIDEAST: Arabs Court U.S. via Baghdad By Adam Morrow and Khaled Moussa Al-Omrani CAIRO - Egypt finally appointed an ambassador to Iraq earlier this month after four years without diplomatic representation in Baghdad. While the last year has seen other Arab capitals do likewise, some critics question the wisdom of the move in light of Iraq's still volatile security situation. MORE >>
SOMALIA: U.S. Confirms Arms Shipments to Bolster Besieged Gov't By Marina Litvinsky and Jim Lobe* WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department Thursday confirmed that Washington is providing arms and ammunition to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia in a bid to thwart its defeat by a loose coalition of radical Islamist militias which, according to some analysts, are linked to al Qaeda. MORE >>
TRADE-MAURITIUS: Paradise Island, Pirates’ Den By Nasseem Ackbarally PORT LOUIS - Pirated goods - from music and vehicle parts to clothes, perfumes and software - are sold at ridiculously low prices on the streets or in local shops. This is big business in the paradise-like island state of Mauritius. MORE >>
ECONOMY-AFRICA: Deny Neoliberal Consensus Christi van der Westhuizen interviews PATRICK BOND, professor and activist CAPE TOWN - Africa should ‘‘deny consensus’’ at multilateral level to ensure that the region’s interests are taken seriously, says Professor Patrick Bond speaking on how Africa should approach this week’s high-level United Nations’ meeting on the global economic crisis. MORE >>
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