Africa

Doha, 10 January 2014 – For the sixth consecutive month, Egyptian authorities continue to delay their decision to release Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr cameraman Mohamed Badr. The verdict...

The aftermath of the allegedly rigged parliamentary elections, which took place last Friday, 21 February 2013, have encountered unprecedented public response that go unabated. The...

USN Call’s for simultaneous rallies in the Djibouti capital and in the main towns of the region * Call for Thursday, February 28, 2013 show...

Four million pastoralists to benefit in the first five years NAIROBI, Kenya, February 27, 2013/ -- The African Development Bank (http://www.afdb.org) today signed a US...

If Kenya's presidential hopeful Uhuru Kenyatta wins March 4 elections, his first foreign trip along with the vice-president could be to The Hague to...

The sights and sounds of an African police state When Erin Burnett of CNN visited Ethiopia in July 2012, she came face-to-face with the ugly...

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Djibouti's ruling coalition declared victory on Saturday in the Red Sea state's parliamentary election, but the opposition rejected the vote as...

DJIBOUTI (Reuters) - Djibouti's leader Could lose control of parliament for the first time in a legislative election on Friday, raising the risk of...

NAIROBI, Feb 20- Violence, a deeply chauvinistic society and a lack of cash are locking women out of elected office in Kenya, east Africa's...

In December 2011, I wrote a commentary entitled, “Ethiopia: Land of Blood or Land of Corruption?” contrasting two portraits of Ethiopia. At the time,...