The United Nations' special envoy on Burma has met with detained Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, to discuss political reform in the military-run country. But it is not clear if the military's top leader will grant him a similar meeting....
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 07 May 2007 A Nigerian defense lawyer is demanding urgent medical treatment for detained Nigerian separatist leader Mujahid Dokubo-Asari. Gilbert da Costa in Abuja reports for VOA that Dokubo's deteriorating health could lea...
By Gilbert Da Costa Abuja 29 June 2006 Two Nigerian journalists arrested for a story on a presidential aircraft have been released on bail by a court in Abuja Thursday. -------- The federal high court in Abuja has ordered the release of the two jour...