By Jacey Fortin ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia– Members of this northeast African nation’s most prominent opposition party say they weren’t doing anything wrong one day in late September when police officers came along to stop, question and detain them. Several members of the group had gathered in Kazanches, a central neighborhood in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa, to hand out...

Mogadishu – Somalia’s parliament on Saturday approved as the new prime minister Abdiweli Sheikh Ahmed, a political newcomer and economist who faces tough challenges in the war-torn nation. All but three lawmakers in parliament voted to approve President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud’s nomination of the economist who has worked with several international organisations and banks. Three abstained from voting, and none...

By JENNY HOPE Children who are breast-fed for longer do better in school by the time they are five, new research claims. Assessments by teachers at the end of year one revealed that children who had been breast-fed for the longest reached the highest overall levels of achievement. Importantly, the teachers making the assessments were not aware whether the children had...

Control of the bureaucracy and armed forces is a matter of constant contention for different tribal groups and their leaders The Guardian Editorial South Sudan is a disparate collection of tribes that does not yet truly deserve the title of a state. Indeed, the state is at the root of the problems of South Sudan. Control of state organs, of the...