Africa

Al-Shabaab: Should the Somali president open talks with the terror group? Fatuma Ahmed Ali, United States International University A political settlement between the Federal Government of...

How The Gambia is testing West Africa's resolve to protect democracy Peter Penar, Michigan State University The Gambia is an opportunity to reinforce election quality norms...

Egyptian Courts have found no criminal evidence against Hosni Mubarak over his involvement in killing of 800+ protesters during 2011 uprising in Egypt. This...

Somali elections: How women still fight for political space in African polls Stephanie Carver, Monash University The recent Somali elections have been touted as the next...

In an upmarket suburb of Senegal’s seaside capital, a branch ofIran’s Al-Mustafa University teaches Senegalese students Shi’ite Muslim theology, among other subjects. The branch...

Eyptian dictator General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received a royal welcome from King Salman upon landing in Saudi Arabia. The key agenda of Sisi's visit...

Suicide bombers killed more than 60 people at a mosque and a market in northeast Nigeria on Tuesday, in a twin attack bearing the hallmarks of...

Tunisian blogger Zouhair Yahyaoui, who founded the satirical TUNeZINE online forum, was jailed and tortured for publishing “false news”. His story, and those of many others,...

At least 97 people were killed and hundreds more injured when Ethiopian security forces fired live bullets at peaceful protesters across Oromia region and...

Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood group has praised Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for his refusal to blacklist the movement as a “terrorist” organisation. In an interview...