Obama Chides Romney: ‘All Over The Place’ on Foreign Policy

President Barack Obama in the third debate sharply challenged GOP nominee Mitt Romney’s plan for increased military spending, borrowing a line from former President Bill Clinton in saying: “The math simply doesn’t work.”The exchange began when moderator and CBS newsman Bob Schieffer asked the former...

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...

Kim Jong-il, North Korean Dictator, dies

Mercurial "Dear leader" leaves behind a North Korea diplomatically isolated and economically bleakNorth Korea’s strongman Kim Jong-il, dubbed the “dear leader”, highly valued by many at home but loathed as evil away from home has died at the age of 69, state media made it...

Mikhail Gorbachev Pokes Putin

The Soviet Union's last president, has accused Moscow of rolling back democracy. He advised Vladimir Putin not to return to the presidency next year.In comments published on his 80th birthday, Mr Gorbachev said: “Vladimir Vladimirovich (Putin) has already served two terms, and one more as...

Secretive and Ruthless: Welcome to Africa’s N.Korea, Eritrea

ASMARA, 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 still operating here touched down one recent afternoon, the returning passengers emerged from baggage claim as if from a big shopping trip....

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...

Obamas raked in $5.5 million

WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and his wife earned about $5.5 million in 2009 primarily from the proceeds of his best-selling books, and they paid $1.79 million in federal income taxes, the White House said on Thursday. Obama’s joint tax return with First Lady Michelle Obama...

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...

Miliband Jumps into the Fray

The contest to find the next Labour leader got under way today when the former foreign secretary David Miliband became the first candidate to announce he would run and signs emerged that his younger brother, Ed Miliband, was on the brink of announcing he would stand. The backbencher Jon...