African News

Massive deportation of Africans from Germany

Press release Immigrants and refugees from Nigeria and other African countries living in Germany are suffering massive deportation. They are (...)

| September 2008 | 3564 views

Rawlings, Election 2008 and National Security

OPINION By Kofi Akosah-Sarpong, Ottawa. For former President John Jerry Rawlings, two times civilian president and two times coup maker, the (...)

| September 2008 | 1783 views

Recent attacks on the media in West Africa

NIGERIA: Police Involvement Suspected in Killing of Journalist. Paul Abayomi Ogundeji, an editorial board member of the Lagos-based daily "ThisDay", was (...)

| September 2008 | 1380 views

Third annual African Peace Festival in Vancouver

On the 5th of July 2008 the third annual African Peace festival was held in Vancouver. The festival, organized by the African Peace Forum was held at (...)

| August 2008 | 1426 views

Liberians celebrate Independence Day

Saturday, July 26, was the Independence Day or national day of Liberia, one of Sierra Leone’s sister countries in the Mano River Union and a very close (...)

by Gibril Koroma | July 2008 | 2069 views

Liberia: AI calls for repeal of death penalty law

An Amnesty International press statement today condemned the signing by Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf of a law calling for the death penalty for (...)

| July 2008 | 1067 views

Drug bust in Senegal

According to Seneweb.com, Senegalese police are unravelling a Latin American drug smuggling network thought to be using the West African nation as a hub (...)

| July 2008 | 2638 views