MBEKI: AU YET TO TAKE A STANCE ON ICC

An African Union (AU) panel led by South Africa’s former President Thabo Mbeki said it had not taken a stance on an international court’s indictment of Sudanese officials including President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Fighting between the government, its allies and a myriad of rebel groups in Sudan’s western region has claimed as many as 300,000 [...]

RAJOELINA MAY PARDON RAVALOMANANA

Madagascar’s army-backed president has said he could pardon his predecessor Marc Ravalomanana in a move that could block the exiled former leader from contesting future elections.
Madagascar has been shaken by political instability since Andry Rajoelina toppled Ravalomanana in March, branding him corrupt and dictatorial. The power grab alarmed foreign investors, spooked tourists and stunted [...]

BARACK OBAMA IN GHANA

US President Barack Obama has begun his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, with talks with Ghana’s President John Atta Mills.
The US president is to deliver a speech outlining his hope that good governance can flourish across the continent.
Ghana was chosen as the first, historic destination for the president’s visit because [...]