The International Criminal Court indictment of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is perhaps the biggest news out of Africa this year. The Sudanese President is the first sitting head of state ever charged with genocide. Is there more to this indictment? Find out and join the debate on AfricanLoft.

How I wish I wielded some supernatural power! How I would have dealt with these three men - Mohammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, and Abdulsalami Abubakar!
Thanks to those three, I learnt something new today:

Contrary to what Nigerians have been told and read in the media, the late General Sani Abacha did not loot the treasury after [...]

The diplomatic relation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its former colonial ruler Belgium, hasn’t been rosy lately. President Joseph Kabila of the DRC was angered by the remarks made by Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht who is known for his straight talk, about the lack of transparency that Kabila’s government has shown [...]

Earlier this week, Obama Barack faced one of the most difficult challenges of his political career: How to deal with the unfortunate and incendiary remark of his pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright, who blamed U.S. foreign policy for the 9/11 terrorist attacks and “ranting about “rich white people” controlling the nation’s culture.” Rev Wright outburst ignited [...]

DMX wallows in the pitiful mud of ignorance! He “can’t believe anybody would have a name as ridiculous as Barack”. And “Ask This Black Woman” blog fires back:
Just when I was riding the wave of post-racial bliss and feeling lots of love toward my fellow humans, an ignorant comment spewed forth from the mouth [...]

James Butty Washington of VOA interviewd Micheal Davis (Sundaygar Dearboy), Liberian musical sensation who admitted he was a member of Charles Taylor’s National Patriotic Front of Liberia rebel movement during the country’s 14-year civil war.
This comes after three witnesses testified before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that Sundaygar Dearboy AKA Michael Davis raped [...]

Renegade Eye, a socialist/secular blog ponders over Kenya’s post-election violence:
The death toll in the disturbances in Kenya over the last month is now approaching 900, and appears to be escalating. Is there anything the rest of the world could – or should – do in an effort to put a stop to the violence? Is [...]