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Two women defy the odds to run for president in Somalia

Anab Dahir (Left) and Fadumo Dayib (Right). Photo Credit: Africanews     Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader until recently when...

South Sudan ready for new U.N. force deployment

South Sudan's government has said it is ready to accept the deployment of a U.N. regional protection force at any time, after fighting in...

[Update] Scores dead in a car bomb blast near a market in Somali capital.

Security officers at the scene of the suicide car bomb, which hit a market in southern Mogadishu. Photo Credit: AP   A suspected car bomb on...

TV show dropped after rape comment

Miguna (L) alleges that he was filmed "secretly". Photo Credit: KTN Kenya's top political TV show hosted by former CNN journalist Jeff Koinange has been...

Somalia elections: ‘Huge corruption’

Massive cases of corruption and voter intimidation have marred the ongoing parliamentary elections in Somalia, the auditor general has told the BBC. Bribes of between...

Sudan security forces arrest opposition leaders

Authorities in Sudan on Wednesday arrested four opposition leaders including veteran politician Sadiq Youssef as part of a crackdown on protests, the country’s opposition...

Uganda’s President Museveni asserts US and EU had no business dislodging Gaddafi and Saddam

Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has said the United States (US) and European Union (EU) had no business invading Libya and Iraq. According to...

Ethiopia inmates charged over deadly fire

A TV station based outside Ethiopia broadcast footage of the fire.  Photo Credit: ESAT   At least 38 inmates have been charged in an Ethiopian court with...

Ethiopian women face new threat of human trafficking due to slow economic gains

Women in Ethiopia live under constant fear of violence, illness, hunger and poverty but they are now also facing a new threat - human...

Government and Rebel forces in South Sudan indicted for committing horrific atrocities against civilians

Women stand outside a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) site in Yei, in southern South Sudan. The formerly peaceful town of Yei was once a...

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