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Anti-graft Agency in Nigeria Probes Legislators
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Nigeria, has yielded to public outcry to probe the allowances drawn by member of the two legislative chambers, the Senate and House of Representatives, ICPC media consultant...
Somali Parliament Elects New Speaker
Legislators of the Transitional Federal Parliament of Somalia have elected Sharif Hassan Sheikh Aden as the Somali parliamentary speaker for a four year-term in office. In the election on Friday, 217 MPs out of the 388 Somali lawmakers who attended Friday’s...
Nigerian High Court Gives Government a 14 Day Ultimatum to Prove Yar’Adua Fit to Rule
The Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria has given the Executive Council of the Federation (ECF) 14 days to prove medically that Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua is capable of performing his presidential duties. The Chief Judge, Justice Daniel Abutu...
Venezuela’s OAS Representative Says Human Rights Claims a Smear Campaign
Venezuelan opposition groups are seeking to use human rights issues to discredit the government of President Hugo Chávez before the international community, according to Germán Saltrón, Venezuela’s human rights representative to the Organisation...
Zimbabwe Court Issues Warrant for the Arrest of a ZANU PF Lawmaker
A Zimbabwe magistrate has issued a warrant to arrest a lawmaker from President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU PF party after he failed to appear in court to answer assault charges, a private radio station reported Wednesday.
Zimbabwe MDC Minister Arrested Over Stolen Mobile Phone
Zimbabwe police have arrested a deputy minister from Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) faction on charges of possessing a stolen property (cellular phone), APA learned Wednesday. According to the MDC, its party...
