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Mali – Barely Surviving As One Country, Let Alone Two
It was the middle of the day when Tabisou, 72, suddenly saw people from her town of Amderamboukane in Mali fleeing for their lives. Her family had no time to pack their things; the fighting had already...
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Sierra Leone Still Suffers Legacy of Child Soldiers
When the verdict against Liberia’s former President Charles Taylor for war crimes in Sierra Leone is handed down on Thursday, it will be of no help to the many former combatants of the country’s brutal...
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Presidential Hopefuls Haunted by their Past
Election posters in Cairo. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPSOne is a conservative Islamist attempting to reinvent himself as a pragmatic liberal, the other is a secular statesman trying to distance himself from...
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From Mubarak To Worse
Demonstrations in Tahrir Square are now against rising prices. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPSMore than 15 months after Egypt’s Tahrir Square uprising and four months after free parliamentary...
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Helping Victims of Post-Election Crisis Obtain Justice in Côte d’Ivoire
Thousands of Ivorian children were separated from their parents during the post-election violence in 2011. Credit: Kristin Palitza/IPSThousands of people suffered rape, torture and other violence...
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Ahead of Elections, Military Well Entrenched
An elected government is unlikely to dislodge military might in Egypt. Credit: Cam McGrath/IPSAs Egyptians prepare to elect their country’s first president since the uprising that toppled dictator...
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EGYPT: And Finally, To Vote
Leading candidate Amr Moussa on the campaign trail. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-Omrani/IPSAs Egyptians head to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to elect the country’s first post-Mubarak president, local...
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A Sort of President Awaits Egypt
Candidates competing in Egypt’s first presidential election since Hosni Mubarak was ousted are vying for a prestigious position whose job description – oddly enough – has not yet been written. An...
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Brotherhood Vs Former Regime in Egypt Runoff
'Brotherhood's Mohamed Morsi takes on Mubarak-era premier Ahmed Shafiq in Egypt's presidential runoff'. Credit: Khaled Moussa al-OmraniEgyptians are returning to the polls this weekend to choose...
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Slum Dwellers Say “No” to Blood Money
Members of the 'Tia Rwabe Zi' peace initiative in Kenya. Credit: Miriam Gathigah/IPSWith less than two months before Kenyans head to the polls for what is shaping up to be the most competitive and...
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DR CONGO: Refugees of Africa’s World War Still Fear Returning Home
Robyn Leslie * - IPS/Jesuit Refugee ServiceBy Robyn LeslieFUBE, DR Congo, Oct 13 2011It is a hot and humid morning in the village of Fube in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. Dust and smoke...
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Angolan Spring – Protests Shaking Up Authorities
Louise RedversBy Louise RedversLUANDA, Nov 15 2011 (IPS) Adolfo Andre knows what he wants for his country and says he will fight on until he gets it. Several dozen protestors square off with police in...
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ELECTIONS-DR CONGO: Will the Candidates Accept the Results?
Checking voter registration cards. Credit: Julien Harneis/CC BY-SA 2.0By Badylon Kawanda BakimanKIKWIT, Dec 2 2011 (IPS) While the Congolese are awaiting the official results of the late November...
View ArticleDR CONGO: Shooting in Kinshasa after Election Results Released
By Emmanuel ChacoKINSHASA, Dec 10 2011 (IPS) Fears of violent demonstrations against the provisional results of the presidential elections – released on Dec. 9 by the electoral commission – have given...
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MAURITIUS: Women Find a Political Voice, Locally
By Nasseem AckbarallyPORT-LOUIS, Jan 3 2012 (IPS) Under a new gender quota law introduced in Mauritius, at least one-third of the candidates in local elections must be women. But the adoption of a...
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CAMEROON: Anglophones Feel Like a Subjugated People
By Ngala Killian ChimtomYAOUNDE, Jan 26 2012 (IPS) When Cameroon’s President Paul Biya announced that the 50th anniversary of the reunification of French and British Cameroon will take place later this...
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SENEGAL: Two Women Among 14 Candidates for President
By Koffigan E. AdigbliDAKAR, Feb 23 2012 (IPS) There are two women among the 14 candidates contesting the first round of Senegalese presidential elections that will be held on Feb. 26. But according to...
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Angola’s Police Silence the Media
Louise RedversBy Louise RedversLUANDA, Mar 13 2012 (IPS) Rights groups and activists are warning of a rapidly deteriorating political climate in Angola following a police raid on a private newspaper...
View ArticleNew Alternative in Senegal After Wade Defeat
Souleymane GanoBy IPS CorrespondentsDAKAR, Mar 28 2012 (IPS) Analysts say that Senegal’s outgoing President Abdoulaye Wade was made to pay for his failure to respond to popular demands, particularly...
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“A New Dawn Rises over Malawi”
By Claire NgozoLILONGWE, Apr 8 2012 (IPS) It would be too simplistic to think that Malawi’s problems have ended with the death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. But it is an opportunity for newly...
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