Professor Noam Chomsky, the U.S. academic, award-winning author and public intellectual, speaks with Al Jazeera English's Mehdi Hasan
Says he would “absolutely” vote for Hillary...
January 27, 2016
A truck bearing the image of President Yoweri Museveni in Masindi town, Uganda, ahead of the upcoming presidential election. Reuters/James Akena
This year,...
January 26, 2016
If the mass media is to be believed, Africa is hardly a continent brimming with opportunities for business. But for some time...
Electricity pylons from Cape Town’s Koeberg nuclear power plant. State-owned companies help to provide infrastructure for economic development. Reuters/Mike Hutchings
State-owned companies are often touted...
* President Buhari of Nigeria and President Bongo of Gabon will join President El-Sisi of Egypt next month at the Africa 2016 forum.
* The...
Rwandan president Paul Kagame has long benefited from the support of the US. DFID/Flickr
By Claudine Vidal
On 31 December 2015, in his greetings to...
Uhuru Kenyatta, President of the Republic of Kenya and Alassane Ouattara, President of the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, will participate in the fourth edition...
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...
January 15, 2016-The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned that journalists in Uganda are being prevented from freely covering Parliament and campaigning for next...
Burundi’s president (centre) on a visit in 2014. He would do well to meet now for peace talks. Ilyas A. Abukar/AMISOM Public Information
January 15,...