New African articles from June 2009

New African archives from June 2009

The House of Scandal: one newspaper has called it "a very British revolution". And why not? Until this May, nobody would have associated the British House of Commons with corruption (sorry, fraud). Corruption and fraud were supposed to happen elsewhere. But with the recent revelations of British MPs being neck-deep in parliamentary expenses fraud, talk about corruption will never be the same again. Osei Boateng reports.(BRITAIN)
June 1, 2009... On 19 May, British MPs made history by forcing out the Speaker of the House of Commons, Michael Martin, by making him the biggest scapegoat ever to be sacrificed in the modern parliamentary era to assuage the guilty consciences of MPs caught...

America's misguided stance on Zimbabwe: while Zimbabwe's erstwhile political enemies have joined hands to work for peace, national reconciliation and economic recovery, dissonant voices in America are telling the US Congress and government to harden its stance against Zimbabwe, a position likely to lead to a major clash between the two countries. Ifa Kamau Cush reports from Washington.(ZIMBABWE)
June 1, 2009... When Zimbabwe's new deputy prime minister, Prof Arthur Mutambara, delivered his maiden speech to Parliament in March, he had no doubt about the role America is playing in his country. "We must take note that if the government [the Inclusive...