African leaders share their vision for an integrated continent
The leaders spoke during a high-level presidential dialogue on day two of the African Development Bank’s 2019 Annual Meetings
MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, June 12, 2019/...
AU suspends Sudan until civilian-led authority established
The African Union (AU) suspended Sudan on Thursday, demanding a "civilian-led transitional authority" to resolve an entrenched and bloody crisis.
Calls for the AU to...
Nigerian journalist Kofi Bartels says police beat him, threatened him with sexual assault
On June 5, a group of at least five police officers punched and kicked Bartels, a reporter with the privately owned Nigeria Info radio...
Russia in Africa: can it offer an alternative to the US and China?
Russia has never had an African colony. It stayed out of the scramble for Africa, only engaging with African states in the 19th Century. In...
The Most Powerful Arab Ruler Isn’t M.B.S. It’s M.B.Z.
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Prince Mohammed bin Zayed, the 29-year-old commander of the almost negligible air force of the United Arab Emirates,...
US charges Julian Assange with 17 counts under Espionage Act
New York, May 23, 2019--The Trump administration today disclosed 17 new criminal charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange under the Espionage Act for unlawfully obtaining and...
South Africa’s poll is more about battles in the ANC than between political parties
South Africans are about to vote in the most competitive election they’ve had since democracy began in 1994. But, despite this, the poll will have far...
Shutting down social media does not reduce violence, but rather fuels it
In the wake of a series of coordinated attacks that claimed more than 250 lives on April 21, the government of Sri Lanka shut off its...
Jews’ Historic Presence in Somaliland
antisemitism in next door Somalia, out of Arabia peninsula, of vilification by Islamists, and its sympathizers, some Somaliland youth deny Jewish historic presence in...
Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels
![St. Anthony's Shrine in Kochchikade, Colombo, was one of the churches that was struck [Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP]](https://i0.wp.com/www.somalilandcurrent.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/245988573e5543db8defd0989c0a1b70_18.jpg?resize=696%2C385&ssl=1 "Sri Lanka Easter bombings: Mass casualties in churches and hotels")
Two new blasts hit capital Colombo, hours after near-simultaneous explosions kill 156 people and wound over 400.
Sri Lanka's capital Colombo has been hit by...
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