South Sudan army battles rebels for key oil town
Bentiu fell into rebel hands last month, and opposition forces were accused…
Spring Festival off to a good start in Cairo
The festival features a diverse line-up of diverse international artists, with a…
A world free of wartime rape is within our reach
By Zainab Hawa Bangura Conflict-related sexual violence is a war crime mired…
Accountability in South Sudan – the African Union steps up
By Adama Dieng Images of Charles Taylor being arrested and indicted in…
Philips illuminates founder of Heliopolis’ mansion
Philips donated a new lighting scheme for the mansion but the site…
Breaking the glass ceiling: Women agricultural scientists
African Women in Agriculture Research and Development (AWARD) is turning things around…
IMF no longer forces ‘structural adjustment’: Lagarde
The crisis lender is sensitive to charges it dictates socially and economically…
Foreign minister presses AU panel to reconsider membership freeze
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Fahmy urged the African Union’s Peace and…
