"Sometimes it falls upon a generation to be great. You can be that great generation."
Asmara - Twenty years after its independence, Eritrea’s prisons are filled with thousands of political prisoners, locked up without ever being charged with a crime, many of whom are never heard from again, Amnesty International said in a report released today.
Experts here are calling on the United States and the international community to increase pressure on the government of South Sudan to address weaknesses in its central governance. A high-level panel of scholars and government officials warned Wednesday that corruption, economic mismanagement and a lack of national unity could pose obstacles to the establishment of stability in the newly formed country.
With Kenyans set to go to the polls in just over two weeks, on Mar. 4, civil society has been closely monitoring the media’s coverage of the political campaigns in this East African nation – and they have found them wanting.
Renegade soldiers stormed Eritrea’s information ministry on Monday, briefly seizing control and breaking the government’s stranglehold on public broadcasting to send their own message. This wasn’t a coup attempt, or at least not a very good one. But it was a warning to President Isaias Afwerki that his autocratic regime can’t last forever.
The UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences, controversially endowed by Equatorial Guinea, was finally awarded in Paris yesterday (17 July), after years of wrangling and postponements.
Brussels – “Fighting poverty in Africa is an absolute priority for the European Union. And we have identified three sectors thanks to which we can strengthen sustainable and inclusive growth in the African continent. These are human development, access to energy and agriculture.” In office since 2010, the European Commissioner for Development Andris Piebalgs is a politician who likes to stay focused.
Ory Okolloh, the Executive Director of Ushahidi , is from Kenya but currently lives in Johannesburg. Her blog is "outlet for her opinions. While it is primarily focused on Kenya, she reserves to write about whatever she wants."
Sokari Ekine is a Nigerian social justice activist living in Spain, with a background in technology, gender issues and human rights. She is interested in creating a community of grassroots African bloggers as a way for Africans to exchange ideas, share experiences and tell their own stories in our own words.
Native of Cape Town, Sean Jacobs lives in Brooklyn, New York and teaches in Manhattan. He obsesses about the relationship between politics and popular culture, but the main rationale for his blog is to comment on what passes for media coverage of the African continent.
Rosebelle Kagumire is an experienced Ugandan Journalist. She won the best Journalist blogger English category at the Panos hosted competition in 2009. Currently she is a student of MA. Media, Conflict and Peace studies at University for Peace (UPEACE), Costa Rica.
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