Central Africa
Rwanda Opposition Leader Arrested For ‘Genocide Denial’
Central Africa, East Africa | 04.21.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
Rwandan opposition leader and presidential hopeful Victoire Ingabire was arrested Wednesday on charges of reportedly denying the 1994 genocide and “collaborating with a terrorist organization,” an official said.
Central African President Removes Two Ministers
Central Africa | 04.21.10 By Gesila Azorbo
Central African Republic President Francois Bozize on Tuesday dismissed two ministers considered close to him as well as his spokesman, national radio announced in the run-up to next month’s elections.
Chad’s Deby to Visit Sudan After Six Years
Central Africa, North Africa | 02.04.10 By PoliticsAfrica Staff
In a surprise announcement Wednesday, Chad’s President Idriss Deby said he would travel to Sudan next week for talks, his first visit there in six years of rocky relations between the two oil-producing rivals.
Amid Furore Obiang Re-elected
Central Africa | 12.04.09 By Kevin Johnson-Azuara
Teodoro Obiang Nguema, the incumbent president of Equatorial Guinea, has been re-elected with 95.37 percent of votes, according to the country’s government, following a vote denounced by political opponents and international human rights groups.
Rwanda Joins Commonwealth of Nations
Central Africa | 11.29.09 By Randy Odaga
Rwanda has become the 54th member of the Commonwealth of Nations, and is the second country without a British colonial past to join alongside Mozambique. The 2009 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital of Port of Spain, approved the admittance of the central African state. Rwanda’s bid join to the [...]
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