The situation in Ghana is making front page news as far away as Kenya, whose own politics are getting really complicated. And there are harsh words at peace talks in DRC. The main story in the Nairobi-based Daily Nation reads “Defiant Ghana opposition vows to challenge vote results”. The small print explains that Ghana’s main Continue Reading...
Mali: President Appoints New PM
Cape Town — Dioncounda Traoré, the interim Malian president, has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Cheick Modibo Diarra, immediately appointing Django Sissoko to replace him, according to RFI. Diarra resigned with his cabinet hours after being arrested by military men acting on the orders of March coup leader Captain Amadou Haya Sanogo. The decree Continue Reading...
Nigeria: Corruption – Jonathan’s Govt Not to Blame for Transparency International Rating – Presidency
Abuja — The Presidency said yesterday that the current rating of the Transparency International was not the fault of the present administration but due to decades of endemic corruption in our polity. Faulting claim by the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, which placed the blame for rating of Nigeria as the 35th most corrupt nation, Continue Reading...