Africa News Update
Africa News Update offers news, background and feature articles from African sources twice weekly. The newsletter is free of charge and is edited by the Norwegian Council for Africa. Some of the articles may be shortened.
South Africa: Marikana killings a wake-up call, says Cosatu founder
Johannesburg (South Africa) - South Africans need calm heads to examine what caused the slaughter of 44 workers and police officers at the Marikana mine. The judicial commission of inquiry appointed by President Jacob Zuma may present the facts. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
AllAfrica.com, by Jay Nadoo*
South Africa: Has Cosatu drifted away from its original mission? (analysis)
Johannesburg (South Africa) - Back when Cosatu partnered with the ANC and the South African Communist Party to overthrow the Apartheid regime it could be forgiven for being in league with political parties. Now that one of its old allies is in power, however, has the labour movement lost sight of where its loyalties lie? Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The Daily Maverick (South Africa), by Sipho Hlongwane
South Africa: Marikana - freed miners speak of torture in police cells (analysis)
Johannesburg (South Africa) — On Monday, after a initial delay, the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates Court began the process of releasing of Marikana miners who had been previously facing charges of murder and attempted murder. Outside the gates of the court, some of the first group of provisionally free miners told journalists that they had been tortured in police custody. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The Daily Maverick (South Africa), by Sipho Hlongwane
South Africa: Police subdue striking protesters at Springs gold mine
Johannesburg (South Africa) - Police and other sources have confirmed that rubber bullets and tear gas were turned on protesters at a gold mine in Springs on Monday morning, injuring four people, in an incident possibly inspired at least in part by a speech by Julius Malema. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
Mail And Guardian (South Africa)
Uganda: The rise and rise of Museveni's son (analysis)
Kampala(Uganda) - The meteoric rise of Uganda President Yoweri Museveni’s son, Muhoozi Kainerugaba, through the military ranks following his Monday promotion to the rank of Brigadier has been one of the fastest in the country's army, an analysis by this publication shows. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The Daily Monitor (Uganda), by Emmanuel Gyezaho
Somalia: Let's keep the optimism on hold (analysis)
Johannesburg (South Africa) - Mogadishu is the renaissance city. Rising like a battle-scarred phoenix from the ashes of Somalia's lost decades, the seaside capital - surrounded and secured by African Union troops - is rediscovering its once legendary buzz and vitality. There are new restaurants and cafes, neglected basketball courts have been returned to their original purpose and diaspora Somalis are pouring into the city with cash and initiative. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The Daily Maverick (South Africa), by Simon Allison
Somalia: Gains and defeats bring new headaches
Nairobi (Kenya)- Somalia’s long transition ended on August 20, with its war-battered capital Mogadishu more peaceful than it has been in 20 years. However, the African Union peacekeeping mission, Amisom, which can claim credit for the change in Somalia, is not holding a victory parade yet. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The East African (Kenya), by Charles Onyango-Abbo
Uganda: Most corrupt in East Africa, says report
Nairobi (Kenya) - Bribery continues to stalk East Africa’s public services with Uganda rated as the most bribery prone country in the region. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The East African (Kenya)
Tanzania: If Mitt makes it to the White House, all you inferior cultures had better watch out...(opi
Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) - Mitt Romney travelled to Israel recently, as all American presidential hopefuls are wont to do. Nothing funny there. Read >
Tuesday, 04 September 2012
The East African (Kenya), by Jenerali Ulimwengu*