Some call for peace, others shout for vengeance. The tension is high since Saturday in South Africa after the murder of right-wing leader Eugene Terre’Blanche. This 69 year old man who was one of the fiercest defenders...

“Boko Haram” is the biggest and most feared sect that have proliferated in northern Nigeria in recent years, worrying local secular politicians and Western security services.Western governments now fear that such group, aided by porous borders with...

Ivorian Prime Minister Guillaume Soro said he “cannot imagine” that the presidential election be held after August 7, 2010, date of the fiftieth anniversary of the independence of Côte d’Ivoire.”Otherwise, the party might be very sad”, stated...

The airport in the north-western province of Ecuador was overrun on Sunday in clashes. The situation remains tense in Mbandaka although the Congolese armed forces backed by MONUC have taken full control of the airport, but also...

The role of MONUC and the conditions of its departure should be determined before May 31, as for the new election that must be held. France shall conduct a Security Council mission there in April and plans...

The former rebel New Forces (F.N) in Côte d’Ivoire urged Ivoirians not to “cling” to date regarding the electoral process.“The Independent Electoral Council (IEC) knows what to do and it will decide it in due course,” said...

Massive cocaine trafficking and political assassinations are the factors behind the new “coup” of the army in Guinea-Bissau, where the Deputy Chief of Staff Ndjai Antonio, became on Thursday 1 April the strongman of the country, supported...

Al-Shabaab has declared holy war on Kenya over reports that Nairobi is training Somali troops. But the latter denied its involvement in the training of Somali soldiers, saying it has nothing to do with the Somali issues....

Guinea-Bissau Prime Minister Carlos Gomes Junior said Friday the 2nd April,  he will not resign and situation in the country is stable.Gomes said he will not resign because he was democratically elected and he considered what happened...

John W. Forje Abstract: The paper addresses issues underscoring gender dimensions in the construction of the democratic developmental state in Africa. It argues that a prerequisite for empowerment is access to formal education [human capacity building} currently...