Monday sees the opening of this year's session of the country's top advisory body, two days ahead of a session of China's top legislature, the National People's Congress. Coverage of the annual session of the CPPCC is one of the times when the media...
By Gilbert da Costa Abuja 21 March 2008 A Nigerian anti-corruption committee has asked President Umaru Yar'Adua to order a full probe into the administration of his predecessor Olusegun Obasanjo. The request follows revelations that energy contracts...
By Derek Kilner Nairobi 06 November 2007 International mediators are trying to secure the participation of key rebel leaders for peace negotiations on the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan. As Derek Kilner reports for VOA's East Africa bureau in...