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10/05/2013

African press review 10 May 2013

The African press is dominated by a massacre of policemen in northern Nigeria by a new cult that has brought a new dimension to the spiral of violence that has rocked the nation.

09/05/2013

African press review 9 May 2013

Today's African press look at South Africa's unemployment and societal unrest, as well as its economic potential. And in Kenya, an explanation of the criminal charges against the President.

01/05/2013

African press review 1 May 2013

Mystery surrounds the sudden death of a Kenyan senator. Who will judge Uhuru? Are Uganda and Rwanda embarrassing east Africa? And who can Museveni trust?

11/04/2013

African press review 11 April 2013

South Africa's legacy-of-apartheid issue and Yoweri Museveni's controversial cattle rustling remarks at Uhuru Kenyatta's inauguration ceremony, both feature in today's African press..

10/04/2013

African press review 10 April 2013

Uhuru Kenyatta’s swearing-in ceremony is the main topic in many African newspapers today, as the new Kenyan president took the reins of power with a pledge for an all-inclusive ...

Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya's president
10/04/2013 - African news explained

Kenyatta sworn in as Kenya's president

Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's first president and one of Africa's richest men, has been sworn as Kenya's fourth president in a joyful ceremony in Nairobi's football stadium.

03/04/2013

African press review 3 April 2013

South Africa's role in the Central African Republic and Uganda's operations against the Lords Resistance Army in the CAR both feature as stories in today's African papers... 

02/04/2013

African press review 2 April 2013

 South African soldiers in the Central African Republic creating tension; the source of Nambia's Namib desert, and Kenyans looking to immigrate to the US may have a harder time, ...

02/04/2013 - France - Rwanda

France orders first trial of former Rwandan army captain on genocide charges

  For the first time, a French court has ordered a Rwanda to face to trial over the country’s 1994 genocide, a judicial source told AFP.

More business people could face war crimes charges
25/03/2013 - African news explained

More business people could face war crimes charges

A growing number of lawyers, experts and activists are predicting that more and more business people are likely to be prosecuted in connection with war crimes.

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