Source:Africaglobe.net The Chairman of the United Nations High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has said that the continent loses, at least, $50 billion annually through illicit fund flows. Mr. Mbeki, a former President of South...

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First published by The Guardian Post Newspaper- Cameroon As Cameroonians prepare to celebrate 50 years of reunification sometime this year in Buea, it is time to tell exactly what the state of the union looks like. It is time to...

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By RACHEL ZOLL ( Associated Press) Pope Benedict XVI has reshaped the papacy simply by giving it up. But how? As the first pontiff in six centuries to step down, Benedict has carved a new path for his successors who...

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By Wole Soyinka "West Africa's al-Qaida clones are neither religious nor political. The world is facing viral mutations of the human psyche". My mind, frankly, was on anything but peace as I entered the United Nations conference hall to participate...

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When debates opened today, December 7, 2012, around 4.45 PM, on the Bill extending the mandate of Members of Parliament for three more months, Hon Ayah Paul Abine raised his name tag among other Members of Parliament, indicating that he...

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It's a common grumble that politicians' lifestyles are far removed from those of their electorate. Not so in Uruguay. Meet the president - who lives on a ramshackle farm and gives away most of his pay. Laundry is strung outside...

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By Randy Joe Sa'ah It is 30 years since Paul Biya, dubbed Cameroon's "lion man", came to power - making him one of Africa's longest-serving leaders. He may have adopted his nickname late in his political career - after the...

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Nnimmo Bassey from Nigeria was awarded the 2012 Rafto Prize for Human Rights at the National Stage, Bergen, Norway, on 4 November. - As I reflect on the importance of this award, it dawns on me that the Rafto Prize...

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By YUH TIMCHIA Cameroon is fighting back claims that its human rights record is bleak ahead of a summons to appear before the United Nations Human Rights Council in April and May 2013. The recent report submitted to the UN...

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My first words after my unjust conviction, on 22 September 2012, are to express my profound gratitude for your moral support upon my incarceration. It is thanks to your trust in me, despite the smear campaigns against my person, that...

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