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African media coverage
January 17-31, 2008
Featured articles:
CONGO BRAZZAVILLE: Depeches de Brazzaville
“Dernière chance”
Published: January 29, 2009
Que le président du Congo, Denis Sassou N'Guesso, soit le mieux placé pour arbitrer le conflit qui oppose depuis des années le Soudan au Tchad et au Centrafrique ne fait aucun doute. Qu'il ait des chances de réussir cette tâche délicate en dépit des bruits de botte qui se font entendre à la frontière des trois pays n'en fait guère plus. C'est en tout cas ce que la communauté africaine, dans son ensemble, croît fermement à la veille d'un sommet de l'Union qui s'annonce décisif car il se tiendra à Addis Abeba, donc à proximité immédiate de la zone des conflits, et réunira en principe les protagonistes du drame.
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SOUTH AFRICA: IOL
“Sudan’s Bashir defends Darfur militia chief”
Published: January 21, 2008
Ankara - Sudan's president on Monday rebuffed criticism of Musa Hilal, accused by Washington of coordinating Darfur's marauding militias, following Hilal's promotion to a key government post in Khartoum.
Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, on the first day of a visit to EU candidate country Turkey, also accused Europe of backing the violence in Darfur.
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SOUTH AFRICA: BUA NEWS
“China opposed to politicizing Games”
Published: January 25, 2008
China - China strongly opposes using the Olympic Games to hype political issues - such as Darfur - which only serve to disturb preparation works.
"It is of apparent political intention and purpose to link the Darfur issue with the Olympics," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said yesterday at a regular press conference, quotes Xinhua news agency.
"Such practice violates the Olympic spirit and principle, and will never succeed."
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