Youssou N’Dour to Challenge Wade for Senegal Presidency

Renowned Senegalese world star announced he will stand in next month's presidential elections, mounting a high-profile challenge to the country's 85 year old veteran leader Abdoulaye Wade.The Senegalese music star Youssou N’Dour has said he will stand in next month’s presidential elections, mounting a high-profile challenge...

Eritrea: Much More Repressive and Secretive African Brothers We Know Little About

In a rare interview, Eritrea's president Isaias Afwerki denies helping Islamic militants in Somalia, and says his country doesn't need electionsASMARA, ERITREA - In this lonely corner of the world, the first sign of distress is the luggage. When one of the few international flights that are...

Should the diaspora vote?

As Uganda prepares to go to the polls, should its nationals living abroad have the right to vote? So far almost a dozen African countries including Burkina Faso, Mali and South Africa allow their citizens living abroad to cast their votes. And Ghana and Morocco...

A single market for East Africa

Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda have launched a new common market to improve trade across East Africa, opening up a region of 126 million people for free trade and movement of residents. Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said Thursday his government “fully supports the protocol...

White Supremacist Hacked to Death

Two suspects are being held over killing of South Africa's Nazi-inspired AWB racist leader, Eugene Terre'Blanche, as he slept in his bed.

Racists Attack Black Africans in Italy

"Any black person ... If we catch you, we will kill you."

Is Nigeria turning the corner?

Nigeria was a nasty mess at mid-year. The insurrection in the Niger Delta had drastically cut the country’s crude oil production and caused it to lose pole position among African oil producers. Now, much to my surprise, the country may be turning the corner, with...

South African army fights HIV stigma

On a blustery beach in South Africa’s coastal city of Durban, Dumisani Gumbi is going through a tough fitness programme. He is a platoon sergeant with the South African army. He also has the Aids virus. Since 2001 when he was first diagnosed with the...