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SIERRA LEONE: Claims Presidency Interferes with Judiciary By Lansana Fofana FREETOWN - It may be seven years after the country’s civil war, but Sierra Leone is still battling to obtain an independent judiciary. MORE >>
WEST AFRICA: Helping Pirates to Plunder the Oceans By Hilaire Avril PARIS - West Africa is one of the world’s regions most affected by pirate fishers. Illegal, unreported or unregulated fishing has been devastating local livelihoods and ecosystems for decades. National fisheries management authorities are often helpless to protect their maritime resources. MORE >>
ZAMBIA: Media Face Beatings and Attacks By Kelvin Kachingwe LUSAKA - When journalists were beaten by political supporters for covering the president’s return trip from abroad, and cabinet ministers and police officers looked on without stopping it, it seemed to be the last straw in the victimisation of the media. But it was not. MORE >>
Q&A: "One Can't Work 18 Hours a Day and Still be Poor" Isolda Agazzi interviews BABACAR NDAO, West African farmer GENEVA - Given the billions of dollars and euros that the U.S. and EU spend on trade-distorting support measures and the intractable lobby groups demanding these subsidies, these rich states’ promises to reduce such amounts will come to nought. It makes no sense for poor African states to allow these goods to flood their markets. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: "You Cannot Tell Me You Will Kill Me Because I’m Gay" By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - The Ugandan government will put to death gay citizens repeatedly caught having sex and throw into jail those who touch each other in a "gay" way, if a new proposed Bill becomes law. MORE >>
AFRICA: We Are the Government By Jessie Boylan LAGO DISTRICT, Mozambique - As if they were going to the races, Emma Musako and Monica Mhango showed up in their finest outfits to attend a meeting on the health, social and environmental impacts of uranium mining. They came because they, like the other attendees, no longer want to remain uninformed citizens. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Numerous Challenges For Harare Water Supply By Vusumuzi Sifile HARARE - Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda is a troubled man. When he took office in July 2008, one of his most immediate tasks was to resolve the water crisis in the capital. MORE >>
HEALTH: Uganda’s Counterfeits Bill Threatens Access to Medicine By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - Uganda is considering an anti-counterfeit bill which analysts say will impair the country’s ability to import and export cheap but effective generic medicines. Activists fear that the bill, once enacted, will deny Ugandans access to safe, effective, quality and affordable generic medication which currently forms the bulk of Uganda’s medicine imports. MORE >>
RIGHTS-UGANDA: Baganda Fight for Their Heritage By Evelyn Matsamura Kiapi KAMPALA - Specioza Nakabugo (63) sits on a mat under a mango tree on a well-mowed grass patch, her expression a blend of boredom and gloom. MORE >>
UGANDA: Palm Project Accused of Environmental Destruction By Wambi Michael KAMPALA - It is a public-private partnership intended to reduce Uganda's dependence on imported vegetable oil while creating sustainable jobs and income for several thousand people. Its critics say it's destroying forests with no regard for environmental regulations. MORE >>
ZIMBABWE: Watchdog Groups Urge Ban on Diamond Exports By Eli Clifton WASHINGTON - The past week brought new scrutiny of Zimbabwe's human rights record with the deportation of a senior U.N. official sent to investigate torture there, and demands by a coalition of civil society groups that the international community address human rights violations stemming from Zimbabwe's lucrative diamond industry. MORE >>
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