The Zimbabwean government is struggling to deal with a worsening unemployment crisis as companies collapse or are forced to make…
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A six-month investigation by Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has cast light on the shadowy world of hostage negotiations, revealing how…
Durduri, Somalia – A hundred years ago, it was a bustling port that served the vibrant fishing community living along…
At least eight people have died in shootings in Burundi’s capital Bujumbura, an administrator has said, the latest in a…
An ambitious blueprint has been put forward to revitalize the capital of Rwanda. Kigali was destroyed by 100 days of…
Between April and July 1994, more than 800,000 men, women and children, mostly from Rwanda’s Tutsi minority were slaughtered. In…
Check this infographic by Alia Chughtai about Kenya’s Water Women. The following are induced: Globally,one child dies every 60 seconds…
A car bomb has exploded near the presidential palace in Somalia’s capital Mogadishu, police said. Ali Hussein, a police officer,…
Mozambique has declared itself free of landmines, ending two decades of work to rid the country of a legacy of…
Zimbabwean politicians have been recalled for a special sitting a day after President Robert Mugabe delivered the wrong speech at…
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe has delivered the wrong speech at the opening of a new session of parliament, repeating an…
The head of Burundi’s armed forces has survived an assassination attempt in the capital Bujumbura, police said, adding that at…
Rwanda’s Supreme Court has said it will hear a case on whether the country’s President Paul Kagame should be allowed…
“[Sport] is a powerful tool for progress and for development,” according to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. In post-genocide Rwanda, Felicite…
Across the world, almost 1.2bn people live in areas where water is physically scarce and this has an enormous impact…
The al-Shabab group has taken control of two towns in two days in southwestern Somalia, an official and the group…
Al-Shabab fighters in Somalia have killed “scores” of African Union troops in an attack south of capital, Mogadishu, a spokesman…
The Ethiopian highlands are often called “the roof of Africa”. It’s a rugged, breathtakingly beautiful landscape and a discovery in…
Johnny Magdaleno relays that Ethiopia’s Jews see small gains in tolerance. Source:: Al Jazeera
The Somali capital, Mogadishu, is hosting an international book festival, the first such event in the city in more than…