A former top Rwandan official has pleaded not guilty to ten counts of genocide and other crimes at the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the 1994 mass killings in the small Great Lakes nation.

The family of the slain writer and Ogoni rights activist, Ken Saro-Wiwa, has said the impending trial of oil giant, Royal Dutch Shell Petroleum, in the United States over the 1995 hanging of Saro-Wiwa and eight other Ogoni activists is a big relief.

Constitutional amendment 19, which was expected to be railroaded through the second session of the seventh Parliament that begins in Harare on Tuesday, has not yet even been drafted.

THE haggling over the distribution of cabinet posts between President Robert Mugabe and the Morgan Tsvangirai-led MDC under the unity government deal is a precursor to more clashes as the parties' differences come into play.

JOSPHAT Zulu stares in awe at the empty supermarket shelves in Mabelreign, Harare.

THE MDC has approached former Reserve Bank governor Kombo Moyana to return to head the central bank after the formation of an inclusive government.

A three-day summit of Nigerian businessmen and their Ghanaian counterparts ended on Wednesday night in Accra with the inauguration of the Ghana-Nigeria Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

THE rule of evidence in any justice system is central to the determination of any matters of contention.

In an attempt to control the proliferation of dangerous arms in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the establishment of the National Commission on Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALWS).

The resident media consultant to the Rivers State government, Mr. David Iyofor has described the recent activities of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the state as lawless.

As the fever of the petition written by the former House of Assembly Member, Mr. Nanevwua Uhondo, who accused Governor Gabriel Suswam of financial mismanagement of state funds continued to grieve the state, the former National Auditor of the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP), Dr.Godwin Dabo, has dragged the erstwhile lawmaker to Makurdi High Court, claiming N300 million general damages on the ...

EFFORTS by the Competition Commission to fine Telkom R3,7bn for anti-competitive behaviour have been revived, with the commission winning the right to appeal against a court ruling that temporarily halted its campaign.

The government of Liberia through the Ministry of Commerce in consultation with the Management of the Liberia Petroleum Refining Company (LPRC) has announced additional reductions in the cost of petroleum products.

The fate of the Electoral Commission could be determined on Tuesday when the Cabinet meets to discuss the Kriegler report.

The stage was Thursday set for a showdown between MPs pushing for establishment of an office of the Official Opposition and Prime Minister Raila Odinga.

A former detainee at Guantanamo, Mr Mustafa Ibrahim Mustafa, who was released after seven years, has told of the suffering that he faced at the notorious prison after his arrest in Pakistan in 2001.

Indications are that the Government may finally adopt the commercialisation of genetically engineered foods following years of antagonism between advocates and opponents of GMO technology.

A number of Kenyans have lost confidence in elections after witnessing ugly incidents during the post-election violence early this year.

EOHR welcomes the presidential pardon granted by President Gamal Mubarak for Ibrahim Issa, editor-en-chief of "Al Dostour" newspaper. The pardon was issued on 6 October 2008, after Issa was sentenced to two months in prison by Boulaque Misdemeanors Appeal Court in the case that was known as the "President's health".

Reporters Without Borders said it was mystified to learn at a meeting with the French investigating judges in the Guy-André Kieffer abduction case that a witness has claimed to have been put under pressure from within the French presidency not to testify before the judges.

The offices of a human rights pressure group were raided by police on Friday, immediately after the group held a demonstration around 11am.

FOREIGN currency earners and companies could soon pay enormous amounts in rates and commission for foreign currency transactions following the gazetting of a new statutory instrument defaulting all taxes paid after the introduction of the official interbank foreign exchange rate.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Food and Drugs Board (FDB) Mr. E.K Agyarko, has stated that the board does not take pride in destroying products, neither are they out to collapse businesses.

A former child soldier has testified to the torture, enslavement and murder of civilians by Sierra Leone's RUF rebels allegedly supported by the indicted former Liberian president, Charles Taylor.

A WEB of evidence yesterday ensnared three men who were accused of stealing a small fortune in cash from an elderly Gobabis resident during an armed robbery at his house in April 2005, leaving them each facing 20-year prison sentences at the end of their trial in the Windhoek Regional Court.