Africa

Somalia executes two MP assassins

Two suspected members of the Islamist group al-Shabab have been executed by firing squad in the Somali capital. A military court in Mogadishu found them guilty of killing five people, including four members of parliament. One of the MPs was the popular female singer, Saado Ali Warsame, who was killed […]

Al Jazeera plays a dangerous game in Egypt : Mohamed Fahmy’s theme at his press conference will be that “journalism is not political activism”

By Robert Fisk, The Independent In a few hours’ time, in Cairo, Mohamed Fahmy will hold a press conference which every reporter will want to observe. The Al Jazeera journalist, who spent 411 days in Egypt’s gruesome Tora prison on trumped-up state charges of “terrorism”, refused, even after a long […]

Amr Darrag: Ex-Muslim Brotherhood minister in exile still believes Egypt's military regime can be replaced with 'moderate' Islamic rule

‘This is the battle of young Egypt for the future of Egypt,’ the US-educated professor of engineering tells Robert Fisk in Istanbul ROBERT FISK ISTANBUL Tuesday 05 May 2015 Amr Darrag’s message is both gloomy and optimistic, a little cynical for a former Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian Minister of Planning perhaps, […]

Amr Darrag: Ex-Muslim Brotherhood minister in exile still believes Egypt’s military regime can be replaced with ‘moderate’ Islamic rule

‘This is the battle of young Egypt for the future of Egypt,’ the US-educated professor of engineering tells Robert Fisk in Istanbul ROBERT FISK ISTANBUL Tuesday 05 May 2015 Amr Darrag’s message is both gloomy and optimistic, a little cynical for a former Muslim Brotherhood Egyptian Minister of Planning perhaps, […]

IMEMC Report: The Plight of Africa’s Exiles in Israel

Friday May 01, 2015 15:50 by IMEMC News & Agencies Hundreds of Ethiopian Jews protested Thursday evening [April 30, 2015], near Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s residence in Jerusalem, against racism, discrimination and continuous violence suffered at the hands of Israeli police. PNN file photo The ongoing anger of the […]