Africa

The African Union has welcomed South Africa’s decision — and says more of its members are likely to follow suit in the coming weeks. In September this year, the African Union went ahead with plans to endorse a mass withdrawal of its members from the...

Horndiplomat-Somaliland Foreign Minister Dr. Saad Ali Shire took advantage of his recent trip to the UK to meet with parliamentarians and other state officials, to pay a visit to the Taiwanese Ambassador H.E David Y.L. Lin at the Taipei Representative Office in London. The...

Of the many countries that Andrew Harding has covered in his journalism career, Somalia is the one that really got under his skin. The Mayor of Mogadishu is a captivating account of the lives of Mohammed Ahmed “Tarzan” Nur’s family. Nur was Mogadishu’s mayor from...

Following the outbreak of civil war in Somalia 1991, private education sectors have made a significant contribution to the rehabilitation and development of the education sector. by Judy Maina, judy.maina@alleastafrica.com NAIROBI – A minister in the Somali government accused the country’s universities of running an education...

Asha Abdulle Siyad could have chosen to remain in relative comfort in Canada where she lived and worked as a certified family educator. However, it is not what she longed for. Her heart yearned for a reunion with her family back home in Somalia. Consequentially,...

By:Laetitia Bader Researcher, Africa DivisionLaetitiaBader Journalists Live in Fear While Government Promises to Investigate Ring Hollow Tuesday was yet another bittersweet day for journalists in Somalia. The National Intelligence and Security Agency (NISA) released Abdi Adan Guled, the editor of  Xog-Ogaal, one of the country’s oldest newspapers....

Joint Press Statement Thursday, October 20, 2016 Mogadishu, 20 October 2016 – The United Nations, African Union Mission in Somalia, European Union (EU), Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Ethiopia, Italy, Sweden, and the United Kingdom welcomed the successful conclusion of the state-formation process for the newly-formed...

By Gabriela Baczynska and Alastair Macdonald | BRUSSELS Encouraged by their success in halting a mass influx of refugees by closing Greek borders and cutting a controversial deal with Turkey, EU leaders are getting tough on African migrants too. A Brussels summit on Thursday will endorse...

Humans living in Africa used heat to break stones and make sharp blades tens of thousands of years before the technique was developed elsewhere, according to a study published Wednesday. The new evidence, in the journal Plos One, shows that humans living in South Africa...

From the cave paintings at Laas Geel to striking colonial architecture, the people of this self-declared East African nation have good reason to be proud. It is well worth a visit, even if tourism infrastructure is lacking BY JAMES JEFFREY Rather surprisingly, as a Briton, I...