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As international anger grows over reports of mass carnage at the hands of the Syrian regime, a U.N. Security Council draft resolution condemning Syria failed to be adopted Saturday after veto-wielding members Russia and China voted against it. Earlier,...

The progress that sub-Saharan Africa has achieved in building democracy over the past generation is coming undone. After two decades of significant gains, the continent has experienced a steady decline in democracy over the last several years. In 1972,...

ON a good day Abdenaceur Hammoudi takes home 15 dinar ($10) from selling fruit in the Tunisian coastal town of Tabarka. Since the overthrow of president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali last January, municipal inspectors no longer demand a three-dinar-a-day bribe....

«Une brise est un vent léger qui secoue les feuilles des arbres, mais elle ne devient jamais un ouragan.» C'est ce que le président sénégalais Abdoulaye Wade, défiant, a déclaré hier. Il faisait référence au mouvement de contestation contre sa candidature...

The famine is over in Somalia thanks to good rains, a bumper harvest and donor aid, but the next 90 days will be critical to ensure the country does not slip back into extreme hunger, United Nations officials have said. "There is still a crisis in Somalia...

Selon l'organisation de défense des droits de l'homme Human Rights Watch (HRW), des enfants ayant à peine 13 ans font l'objet de tortures de la part de l'armée et des forces de sécurité en Syrie où le régime réprime dans le sang une révolte populaire....

Au Koweït, l'opposition, dominée par les islamistes, remporte une majorité de sièges au Parlement. Des élections législatives anticipées avaient lieu hier, jeudi 2 février, et les Koweïtiens, qui ont participé massivement au vote, ont sanctionné les candidats...

Hundreds of Malians set up barricades and burned tyres in the streets of Bamako on Thursday, shutting down the capital in the latest protests against a rebellion that has seized several northern towns, and the government's handling of it. The protest...

Over the last decade, West Africa has made encouraging progress. Violent conflicts that had blighted the region for many years have been ended. There have been real advances in development, health and education. Economic growth is accelerating. Democratic...

Le Conseil national syrien (CNS) a appelé la Syrie à tenir une « journée de deuil et de colère » mardi en réponse aux « massacres » qui ont fait plus d'une centaine de morts dans la seule journée de lundi, selon les militants des droits de l'homme. Le...

On his first day as a member of parliament, Ziad el-Eleimy is standing on Tahrir Square, where it all began. He is wearing a baggy corduroy jacket with the parliamentarian sticker on his lapel, and he is carrying a plastic bag. He slept on the square...

Angola's president has moved the head of state oil firm Sonangol into the government to coordinate economic policy, state news agency Angop reported, a move likely to fuel speculation that Manuel Vicente has been selected to succeed Eduardo dos Santos....

African Union leaders gathered on Sunday for a two-day summit in Addis Ababa selected Benin's President Thomas Boni Yayi to be the body's next chairman. The AU's top post rotates among member states and is held for one year. African Union leaders chose...

THE banners at the entrance to the Bank of Greece museum in Athens promise a “fascinating journey through Greece’s modern economic and monetary history”. How could any passer-by resist? Inside the museum ranks of glass cases enclose an array of coins...

Le nombre d'étudiants britanniques qui se sont inscrits à l'université pour septembre 2012 affiche un recul de 8,7%, après la hausse des droits d'inscription qui vont doubler, voire tripler à la rentrée jusqu'à 9000 livres en Angleterre, selon les chiffres...