African Spotlight Spotlighting Africans at Home and Abroad

By Peter Duru MAKURDI – Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State has accused northern leaders of remaining silent in the face of terrorist activities, which had claimed hundreds of lives and property worth billions of Naira, saying the North would soon become a ghost of itself if the leaders failed to act now to end the crises. Suswam said: “Kano, ...

AFP – UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Thursday led international outrage at the growing number of journalist killings, as the bodies of two dead photographers were found in Mexico on World Press Freedom Day. Ban told a press freedom at the UN headquarters that journalists now face “dire threats” and highlighted that more than 60 were killed in 2011. Amid ...

By SaharaReporters, New York Despite President Goodluck Jonathan’s two paragraph denial of the allegations leveled against him by Henry Okah in a sworn affidavit, the president’s role as an accomplice in the bombing of October 1, 2010 will be a major issue in the upcoming trial. According to the affidavit, several of President Jonathan’s retinue of trusted aides met secretly ...

By Nina Porzucki China and Africa have become major trading partners in recent years. Chinese companies have made a big push into Africa seeking raw materials like oil. And enterprising Africans now travel to China to buy cheap goods at the source and ship them home. Today, the city of Guangzhou, near Hong Kong, is home to some 10,000 Africans, ...

By Elizabeth Donnelly, Africa Programme Manager In the space of a few years, it has transformed from a somewhat troubling group to a serious terrorist organization: better equipped, better organized and much more violent. In the past 18 months it has extended its geographic reach and expanded its range of targets. Helped by the fact that this kind of terrorism ...