Yearly Archives: 2013
Whistleblower dubbed mad fantasist set free pending retrial
Judges in Germany have ordered the immediate release of Gustl Mollath from an institution for the criminally insane, pending a retrial of his case....
Expelled ‘Blood Diamond’ suspect evades trial
Authorities in Sierra Leone have outraged rights campaigners by deporting a close ally of convicted Liberian war criminal, ousted president Charles Taylor days before...
14 more Gbagbo former aides released on bail
Judicial authorities in Côte d'Ivoire have provisionally released 14 former aides to deposed president Laurent Gbagbo. The officials have been awaiting trial over war...
Chaotic scenes as inferno engulfs Nairobi airport
A huge fire closed down Kenya’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport on Wednesday (August 7) causing inbound flights to be diverted to other airports.
The blaze...
Gov’t immigration stats are guesswork
UK immigration figures are not fit for purpose, according to a report issued by a committee of MPs. The report calls for the 'e-borders'...
Coalition split on ‘Go Home’ immigration campaign
Last week’s ‘Go Home or Face Arrest’ advertising campaign run by the Home Office (African Voice Issue 492, lead story) has caused a public...
Deputy Prime Minister calls on banks to do more to support ethnic minority businesses
The Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg, has called on Britain's banks to do more to ensure that everyone who wants to start a business...
Scientists endorse insect delicacies in Africa's hunger war
The most commonly consumed insect in Africa, according to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), is the cricket whose consumption preference of either being...
Councils to get £1.9m to ease B&B crisis
Five London local authorities will get a share of a £1.9 million fund to help put an end to end bed and breakfast living...
UK tourist murder: Kenya gives death penalty to resort worker
A Kenyan court has sentenced a hotel resort worker to death after convicting him of being in a gang which in 2011 shot dead...
