Transformation
19 JunThis blog will now be the home of finance-related matters! Look forward to it.
If you can’t use your intellectual, political or economic power to end slavery, are you truly free?
30 MarIf you can’t donate to anti-slavery organizations, then talk over drinks, write to authorities, or blog about modern slavery. It’s only thriving because it’s covert!
BBC AFRICA
- Clashes after Senegal Wade ruling January 28, 2012Clashes erupt in Senegal's capital Dakar, after the top court rules that President Abdoulaye Wade can run for a third term in next month's poll.
- South Sudan 'nears oil shutdown' January 28, 2012South Sudan says it will complete its threatened shutdown of oil production on Saturday after no deal was reached with Sudan over pipeline use.
- Gabon 3-2 Morocco January 27, 2012Co-hosts Gabon snatch an incredible late winner to put them through to the quarter-finals and send Morocco out.
- Nigerian traders shot and burnt January 27, 2012Gunmen in northern Nigeria's Zamfara state kill at least 15 village traders returning from a market at night.
- Anger at Congo parliament result January 27, 2012DR Congo's main opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi dismisses poll results and tells his newly elected MPs not to take up their seats.
- Five Nigeria governors forced out January 27, 2012Nigeria's Supreme Court orders five of the country's powerful state governors to step down for overstaying their term in office in a landmark judgement.
- Ethiopian army 'to leave Somalia' January 27, 2012Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi says he will withdraw his troops from Somalia once African Union forces are there in sufficient numbers.
- 'Dr Death' faces S Africa charges January 27, 2012A South Africa court rejects an application by "Dr Death" Wouter Basson for a discharge on four charges of unprofessional conduct.
- Boko Haram urged to state demands January 26, 2012The president of Nigeria challenges Islamist militant group Boko Haram to identify themselves and state their demands as a basis for dialogue.
- Held Libyans 'die after torture' January 26, 2012Several people have died after being tortured by militias in Libyan detention centres, humanitarian group Amnesty International says.
