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High profile exiles of the ruling CNDD-FDD party intend to form a national transitional council in a new bid to unseat embattled President Pierre Nkurunziza. Burundi’s former second vice president…

As the world grapples to find the cash to end poverty and battle climate change, African leaders at a global development summit being held in Ethiopia are pushing for rich…

Rwandan lawmakers approved a measure Tuesday that would pave the way for President Paul Kagame to seek re-election when his second term ends in 2017. Both houses of parliament voted…

Three years ago this day the first signal of Goobjoog FM 88.5 hit the airwaves in Mogadishu with a pledge for dedicated service to public service journalism. With its motto,…

Somalia marked its 55th Independence anniversary on July 1, and I could imagine a satirist with a sense of history in Mogadishu being amused by the events around him. In…