Ellen Johnson Sirleaf’s son charged with economic sabotage
The son former Liberian President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has been charged with economic sabotage over a scandal involving missing banknotes in the west African country. Liberian President George Weah, who succeeded Johnson Sirleaf thanks the United States for help in probing the missing money. Charles Sirleaf, who was deputy governor […]
Violence could lead to EBOLA reinfections in DRC
Beleagured health workers in the Democratic Republic of Congo fear a spike in violence from local communities could lead to reinfections in areas where the deadly haemorrhagic disease has been brought under control. They say this violence has become politicized by the elections at the end of last year. Two health centers closed by violence […]
Fragile Central African Republic peace unravels
The fragile peace in the Central African Republic is unravelling. Less than a month after it was signed, one of the 14 parties has quit the government central to the deal and another militia has abandoned it. The peace brokered in Khartoum and inked in Bangui on February 6 was the culmination of eight failed […]