[Lubanga Trial Website] Thomas Lubanga's lawyers have sought the disqualification of Judge Silvia Fernández de Gurmendi from presiding over the upcoming review of the prison sentence imposed on Mr. Lubanga by the International Criminal Court (ICC) due to "circumstances which manifestly cast doubt on her impartiality." However, the prosecution requests that the defense application be dismissed because "a reasonable and well-informed observer" would not apprehend bias by the judge.
[Daily News] Greek debt crisis has contagiously affected economies of East Africa, including Tanzania forcing it to shelve its plan to raise US $600 million through a private placement managed by the Rand Merchant Bank of South Africa.
[Times of Zambia] In March this year, a report by the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) indicated that Mauritius, Rwanda and the Seychelles had scrapped visas on countries whose nationals belong to the regional body.
[SciDev.Net] A 'home-dipping' kit that allows people in remote communities to treat their mosquito nets with insecticide has passed a stringent safety test in Tanzania.
[Maka] A Maka Angola reader has raised a pertinent question concerning the detention on 21 June of 13 activists who were busy discussing methods of peaceful protest against what they consider to be a dictatorship. Two more activists were detained in the following days, and all fifteen were accused of plotting a coup d'etat.
[African Arguments] To his numerous supporters, Paul Malong, the chief of staff of the SPLA, is known as King Paul. He is lionized for his strategic military brain, and his ferocious determination to conquer back all the territory in the hands of Riek Machar's rebels.
[Africa Progress Panel] History teaches us that Africa will not be able to lift people out of poverty, substantially improve well-being, and reduce inequalities, if it cannot sustainably power itself. The paradox is stark. The region has stunning landscapes, scorching sun, vast water resources to produce cleaner, cheaper and widely accessible energy. Yet, today, more than 600 million people or two thirds of the continent's population live in darkness, without electricity. Today, the continent has less capacity to generate and tra