Boko Haram’s latest video of captured schoolgirls offers hope and despair

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The Nigerian militant group Boko Haram stormed back into the world’s headlines with a renewed offer to swap abducted schoolgirls for detained insurgents. It...

Ethiopia: Minister Ermias Legesse Defects to the U.S.

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Hargeisa, 17 July 2009 (Somalilandpress) - Ethiopia’s state minister for communication affairs has refused to return home from the United Sates after an official...

Parkinson’s disease: waiting for the hope to cure a life sentence

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Neuroscience offers hope for developing new treatments for Parkinson’s disease. Shutterstock January 18, 2016 My life changed on a cold, dark, rainy January morning in...

SOMALIA: Ethiopia disapproves of Puntland government ministers

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ADDIS ABABA (Somalilandpress) -- The president of Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, Mr. Abdirahman Mohamed Farole has recently held a meeting with...

Boys with Guns: A Thought on the South Sudan Peace Deal

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  Hlawulani Mkhabela   Simon Gatwech Dual, Chief of General Staff for SPLM/SPLA in Opposition (IO) in Juba- UN Photo/Isaac Billy   The most effective way to be heard...

Africa: WorldRemit Calls for Urgent Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria

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WorldRemit Calls for Urgent Restoration of Money Transfers to Nigeria Hundreds of global remittance companies forced to cease transfers while Western Union, MoneyGram and Ria...

President Obama visit to Ghana

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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...

South Sudan peace agreement ‘not made to be implemented’ – Kiir

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  Al Jazeera interviews president Salva Kiir and first vice president Riek Machar just before escalation of fighting in Juba Both commit to work...

SPLA North tries to return POWs; claims they were blocked by Khartoum

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SPLA North in war-ravaged South Kordofan is trying to return 86 prisoners of war to Khartoum Deal facilitated by Red Cross SPLA North...

Special Report: The Impact of ‘Brexit’ on Africa

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EXX Africa analyses the impact of an eventual ‘Brexit’ on three of the UK’s most important African markets: South Africa, Nigeria, and Kenya JOHANNESBURG, South...