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Activist: Rights, liberties waning in Ethiopia

An Ethiopian human rights activist who was jailed for 2 1/2 years said Friday that his country is less free today than it was during its disputed 2005 election. Daniel Bekele, 42, is crisscrossing the U.S. and Canada on a speaking tour after ...

From ANITA POWELL, eTaiwan News,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch,  Meles Zenawi,  European Union,  Mengistu Haile Mariam

Analysts question $7B China-Guinea mining deal

JOHANNESBURG—Reviled internationally for gunning down unarmed pro-democracy protesters last month, the military government of Guinea has gained a lifeline -- thanks to a $7 billion mining deal it says it obtained with a Chinese company. Human rights ...

From KRISTA LARSON AND ANITA POWELL, Boston Globe,  14 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Human Rights Watch,  US State Department,  Robert Mugabe

SAfrica killing fuels debate on cops' lethal force

JOHANNESBURG - Police allegedly fired more than a dozen rounds at a car they mistakenly thought was stolen, killing a woman and fueling a debate about whether officers should have greater leeway to use deadly force to combat South Africa's high crime ...

From ANITA POWELL, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jacob Zuma

SAfrica police kill woman in car thought stolen

JOHANNESBURG - Police allegedly fired more than a dozen rounds at a car they mistakenly thought was stolen, killing a woman and fueling a debate about whether officers should have greater leeway to use deadly force to combat South Africa's high crime ...

From ANITA POWELL, Atlanta Journal Constitution Vendor,  13 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Jacob Zuma

Gabon dictator's son set to follow dad's lead

When Gabon's government announced Thursday that the eldest son of the country's longest-ruling leader was elected president, critics decried the results as the perpetuation of a corrupt dynasty. Many believe the country's rulers have squandered ...

From ANITA POWELL, eTaiwan News,  4 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Omar Bongo,  American University

Rights Group: Equatorial Guinea misused oil money

JOHANNESBURG—A human rights group said Thursday that government officials in tiny Equatorial Guinea have used tens of millions of dollars in oil profits to buy lavish homes, cars and vacations while leaving citizens in miserable poverty. New York-based ...

From ANITA POWELL, Boston Globe,  8 Jul 2009

Congo ex-rebels accused of rape and killings

The failure of integration efforts threatens attempts to bring peace to eastern Congo. The mineral-rich region has been torn apart by violence since Hutu militias who carried out Rwanda's genocide fled there almost 15 years ago. Congo's violence has ...

From ANITA POWELL, San Francisco Chronicle,  18 May 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  U N Security Council

UN council go to Congo

GOMA, Congo—Congolese rebels integrated into the country's army as part of a peace deal are looting, raping and killing the civilians they are meant to protect, U.N. military commanders told top U.N. officials on Monday. The failure of integration ...

From ANITA POWELL, Boston Globe,  18 May 2009

Related Topics: United Nations,  U N Security Council

Rwanda tells UN Security Council what it wants

Rwanda's government urged the U.N. Security Council on Sunday to crack down on leaders of extremist Hutu groups who are living overseas, if it wants this nation to fully support the region's peace efforts, said Rwanda's foreign minister. The ...

From ANITA POWELL, eTaiwan News,  17 May 2009

Related Topics: U N Security Council,  Paul Kagame,  Olusegun Obasanjo,  Joseph Kabila

UN Security Council visits Rwanda to see progress

The U.N. Security Council visited Rwanda on Sunday, eager to see the progress that central African nation has made along with neighboring Congo to try and end the fighting that has engulfed Africa's Great Lakes region for years. The 15-nation ...

From ANITA POWELL, Taiwan News,  17 May 2009

Related Topics: U N Security Council,  Paul Kagame,  Olusegun Obasanjo,  Joseph Kabila

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