Hargeisa, 14 July 2009 - Eyewitnesses say two French journalists have been kidnapped from a hotel in the Somali capital.
Abdi Mohamed Ahmed, who owns a teashop in front of the Sahafi Hotel in Mogadishu, said about 10 gunmen disarmed...
Hargeisa, 14 July 2009 - The Somali Sections of VOA and BBC Radios sometimes hold political debates on Somaliland cause and its quest for diplomatic recognition. Some participants in the debates raise insincere arguments about the legitimacy of Somaliland...
Hargeisa, 12 July 2009 - Dissatisfied with donors' unwillingness to promote disabled people's rights in their dealings with Kenyan organisations, Phitalis Were Masakhwe calls on international funders to show greater scrutiny when it comes giving financial assistance. From women's...
Hargeisa, 12 July 2009 - Hundreds of Borama residents demonstrated today in the city center condemning the killing of four businessmen yesterday.
Unknown armed militia ambushed the road between Gebiley and Borama yesterday night killing four people including a well-known...
US President Barack Obama, on his first trip to sub-Saharan Africa since taking office, has said Africa must take charge of its own destiny in the world.
Mr Obama told parliament in Ghana during a one-day stay that good governance...
Somali MPs, chased from their houses in Mogadishu, unable to find a secure den to convene meetings or venture into the streets, flee in droves. Some escape to Kenya; others, to North America and Europe. But a small group...
My few words reflect the writing of Mrs. Elizabeth Ohene about President Obama's schedule visit to Ghana. Somaliland held high the achievement reached by our fellow African country, that we share a lot since our beloved country came...
Accra, Jul 9 2009 --- In our series of weekly viewpoints from African journalists, Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister in Ghana and former BBC journalist, looks forward to US President Barack Obama's visit to her country:
We in Ghana are...
Durban, Jul 9, 2009 --- Some 70,000 construction workers in South Africa have gone on strike, halting work on stadiums being built for the 2010 World Cup.
Unions are threatening to wreck the tournament if their demands for a 13% wage...
Addis Ababa, Jul 8, 2009 --- Somalia's prime minister signaled his regime is expanding the 4, 300 strong African Union troops by several thousand as more are expected to arrive in Somalia's capital, Mogadishu.
Abdirashid Ali did not say where...