Africa

Zimbabwe: I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours

A recount of 23 disputed constituencies revealed no major changes and has served to confirm the status quo that President Robert Mugabe's ZANU-PF has lost control of parliament. From IRIN.

Cameroon Nip and Tuck: Fleshing Out African Corruption

Julius Awafong hopes that giving larger votes to poor, working- and middle-class people through vote sizing will ease the misery they are suffering as a result of corruption. By Patty Bates-Ballard.

Zimbabwe Braces for Strike Action

President Mugabe has done what many Zimbabweans feared he would do—tinker with the election results and refuse to accept the reality that his political time was up. By Julius Dawu.

Campaign to Safeguard Human Rights of Refugees in Ghana

Six hundred Liberian refugee women and children are currently detained in Ghana and face imminent deportation for holding a peaceful protest in the Buduburam refugee settlement. By Megan Sullivan with Penelope Chester.

Union Government Takes Control of Rebel Island in Comoros

The political crisis on the Indian Ocean archipelago has been simmering since June 2007, when African Union-monitored polls were held on all three islands—Anjouan, Grand Comore, and Mohéli. From IRIN.

Mugabe Threatens to Imprison Deportees From Britain

President Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe has said that an unspecified number of Zimbabwean asylum seekers in Britain will be arrested and imprisoned when they are deported from that country.
By Ambrose Musiyiwa.

Mugabe's Waterloo

The ruling party's winning margins have been thinning, so have been the number of its supporters. But this has not shocked Mugabe into delivering the economic and political change craved by his countrymen. By Julius Dawu.

Hope for Those Most Vulnerable to Malaria

A vaccine ready for its final trial phase may protect African infants and children. Called RTS,S, the vaccine is considered the world's most advanced malaria vaccine candidate.
By Natalie Peretsman.