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By Wang Zefei “No matter how the international situation changes, and whatever stage of development China reaches, China will always stand together with African and other developing countries, and be…

African leaders meet in Kigali to sign the continent’s free trade agreement. Paul Kagame/Flickr Prof. Landry Signé, Stanford University African leaders have just signed a framework establishing the African Continental…

By Hassan Mohamud Somalia’s strategic location and it’s natural resource enrichment has made the country an economic and geo-strategic gateway for the region as exemplified by the major presence of…

Protests are taking place in Ethiopia’s Amhara region an opposition stronghold. Zehabesha/Courtesy Yohannes Gedamu, Georgia Gwinnett College Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn sent shock waves through the region when…

Shipping vessels seen off the Djibouti port in the Gulf of Aden. EPA/Mazen Mahdi Brendon J. Cannon, Khalifa University and Ash Rossiter, Khalifa University When Eritrea gained its independence from…

By Abdikadir D. Askar Somaliland’s Government perceives it as an opportunity to gain recognition; Somalia’s Federal Government, on the other hand, envisages recognition as a process of tearing the ‘Somali Republic’…

“South Africa’s Zuma is out” was the Washington Post’s headline on Thursday morning. “Will things actually get better?” The question signifies more than journalistic skepticism. It points to a shift…

BY JAN WALLISER Taxation plays a fundamental role in effectively raising and allocating domestic resources for governments to deliver essential public services and achieve broader development goals. Recently, discussions about tax…

Move comes after forest guards kill member of community indigenous to forest involved in project. NAIROBI, Kenya The European Union on Wednesday suspended a €31 million ($37 million) conservation project…