China overtakes Britain among top five arms exporters, says report
UncategorizedWorld March 18, 2013
(Reuters) – China has become the world’s fifth-largest arms exporter, a respected Sweden-based think tank said on Monday, its highest ranking since the Cold War, with Pakistan the main recipient. China’s volume of weapons exports between 2008 and 2012 rose 162 percent compared to the previous five year period,... Read more
(AP) — Zimbabwe police arrested the country’s most prominent rights lawyer and four senior officials with the prime minister’s party on Sunday, a day after the nation voted in a referendum on a new constitution that calls for more protection against human rights violations. Rights lawyer Beatrice Mtetwa is... Read more
Somalia’s apex court over rules conviction of journalist
Africa March 17, 2013
(AP) — Somalia’s Supreme Court has overturned a widely criticized conviction of a journalist who was sentenced to six months in prison after he interviewed a woman who said she was raped by security forces Chief Justice Aideed Abdullahi Ilkohanaf said Sunday there was not enough evidence to support... Read more
Troubled Nigerian airline suspends flights
Nigeria March 17, 2013
(AP) — A carrier that has been battling to regain flyers’ confidence after a fatal crash last year says it has suspended its flights. Dana Air spokesman Tony Usidanem said Sunday that Nigeria’s aviation ministry asked for the suspension in a letter received Saturday. He said the letter did... Read more
(AP) — Zimbabwe’s official election body says an estimated 2 million people cast their vote in a referendum on a new constitution that seeks to curb presidential powers and strengthen human rights. Judge Rita Makarau, head of the electoral commission, said Sunday the low estimate came from early returns... Read more
Mandela’s ex-wife worried about likely prosecution
Africa March 17, 2013
Nelson Mandela’s ex-wife Winnie expressed “surprise and shock” that prosecutors are considering charges against her following the exhumation of bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago. In a statement from her lawyer dated Saturday and received Sunday, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela said... Read more
By Kelechi Deca Junaid Mohammed’s layered Ignorance and Paranoia I had the unfortunate misfortune of stumbling on an interview which appeared in The Saturday Punch of 9th March, 2013 by one Junaid Mohammed who likes to be introduced as a Medical doctor while in the real sense he... Read more
By Sam C. Oveje Over the years we heard and read of how the North has cornered Nigeria’s oil blocs, and of recent Wikileaks has revealed that the Yorubas have monopolized and cornered most of the juicy oil industry jobs for their own while alienating other Nigerians begging the... Read more
Okigbo, the African State, Genocide and the Peoples
Opinion March 9, 2013
by Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe (Paper presented at the Christopher Okigbo International Conference, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass, United States, 22 September 2007) The state in Africa demonstrates a glaring inability to fulfil its basic role. It does not provide security and welfare nor does it enable the growth and expression of... Read more
NDDC Begins 6 Roads In Imo
Press Releases March 3, 2013
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced the construction of six road projects in Imo State. The roads include Osina internal roads in Ideato North, Umunakara road in Nkwere, Amaudochukwu-Amachikere-Amaegbu road and Umuhu-Okaba-Ihitenasia road in Orsu Local Government Areas. Others are the Amiyi Mission road in Amiyi-Akah and... Read more
