POLITICS-CAMEROON: Another Seven Years for the “Absentee Captain”

A distinct sense of "déjà vu" surrounds the announcement this week of results for Cameroon’s presidential poll, held Oct. 11.

POLITICS-BURUNDI: The Long Road to Peace

Motivated by the success in resolving Somalia’s conflict, African leaders have stepped up efforts to end the civil war in the tiny central African nation of Burundi where more than 300,000 people have been killed since 1993.

POPULATION-JAMAICA: Women Languishing in British Prisons

Driven to desperation by the current economic situation, many Jamaican women are taking up lucrative offers to smuggle illegal drugs into Britain, but in many cases the high-risk ventures have backfired, leaving the women languishing in jail in that country.

POLITICS-JAMAICA: Mixed Messages Hurt Opposition Party

For months the Opposition Jamaica Labour Party has been sending mixed messages to the Jamaican electorate as to whether or not it would contest upcoming Local Government Elections.

RELIGION-JAMAICA: Offering an Alternative to Violence on TV

What do you do when your continued pleas for less violence and sex on television and more family oriented programmes go unheeded?

TRADE: Liberalisation of Information Sector Excludes South

The majority of information technology products traded worldwide have paid 25 percent less tariffs since July. But broad sectors of the developing world are still excluded from the trend towards liberalisation.