South Africa: Objections to info Bill 'emotional and hysterical'

27th July 2010
Chief state law adviser Enver Daniels on Tuesday dismissed an avalanche of criticism of the Protection of Information Bill as largely "emotional and hysterical", and insisted the draft Act was constitutional.
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Sudan: African nations divided over al-Bashir genocide charge

26th July 2010
African countries are divided about whether they should arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on suspicion of genocide, diplomats at a summit said on Sunday.
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ICC: ICC's call to arrest Bashir is futile

26th July 2010
Expecting Chad to arrest Sudan's President Bashir ignores the region's realpolitik and undermines work by African mediators. Cameron Duodu
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Vienna: Advance on AIDS Raises Questions as Well as Joy

26th July 2010
VIENNA — The best AIDS-prevention news in years was released here last week at a world conference on the disease: a vaginal gel, called a microbicide, that can be used without a man knowing it, gave women a 39 percent chance of avoiding infection with the deadly virus.
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Zimbabwe: Gay rights activist acquitted in Zimbabwe

26th July 2010
A Zimbabwean gay rights activist has been found not guilty of pornography charges after a police raid in May on his group's offices, his lawyer said on Monday. Ignatius Muhambi, an accountant for Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe, was arrested along with office administrator Ellen Chademana during the raid.
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ICC: World court faces charge of ‘judicial imperialism’

23rd July 2010
NEVER again” is the simply-put rationale for the International Criminal Court (ICC), set up in 2002 under the Rome Statute to prosecute international crimes including genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
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South Africa: Big stick to beat 'errant' journalists

23rd July 2010
The media appeals tribunal mooted by the ANC could include measures to imprison journalists or force them to pay millions of rands in fines, the party's national spokesperson, Jackson Mthembu, warned this week.
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Swaziland: Prince Mahlaba says journalists will die if...

23rd July 2010
MANZINI- Prince Mahlaba, a member of the king’s advisory body, Liqoqo, has said journalists who continue to undermine the country’s leadership and system of government would die.
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Vienna: Frustration grows as AIDS science, politics clash

23rd July 2010
VIENNA (Reuters) - An international AIDS conference has exposed a gulf between scientists and politicians on how to tackle the deadly HIV pandemic.
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Sudan: Visit By Sudan's Bashir Puts Heat On Chad

22nd July 2010
Defying an international warrant for his arrest, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has traveled to neighboring Chad. But Sudanese officials say they're confident Bashir — charged with crimes against humanity and genocide — won't be handed over to the International Criminal Court.
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