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The ongoing debate about the tolling of Gauteng’s intra-provincial highways has highlighted the urgent need for South Africa to invest in its public transportation system, Nobel-winning economist...
Thus far in 2011, the continent of Africa has been marked by demonstrations that have ultimately led to the fall of autocratic regimes. Africans have provoked the emergence of a new political...
Hosni Mubarak stepped down as president of Egypt on Friday after 30 years of rule, handing power to the army and bowing to relentless pressure from a popular uprising after his military support...
Egypt's powerful army stepped in on Friday to guarantee the lifting of 30-year-old emergency laws and free and fair elections in a bid to end a popular uprising as hundreds of thousands gathered in...
The Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) said that at least 400 000 people registered to vote on the first voter registration weekend held ahead of the 2011 local government elections, The United...
Egypt will send intelligence chief Omar Suleiman to Israel after upcoming Israeli holidays for talks on a truce deal Cairo hopes to seal between Israel and Palestinian militants, President Hosni...
Israel dismissed on Friday a Hamas proposal for a six-month Gaza Strip truce during which an embargo on the territory would be lifted, saying the Palestinian Islamists wanted to prepare for more...
Israel and the Palestinians may resume peace talks this week, Israeli media reported on Thursday, but progress looked set to hinge on stemming bloodshed in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.
The two...
Hamas is ready to observe a truce if Israel stops its "aggression"
against the Palestinians and if the deal is backed by international
guarantees, a leader of the radical group was quoted yesterday...
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak's top adviser made an impromptu
visit to Ramallah yesterday for talks with Palestinian officials
aimed at crafting a new truce by militant groups, official sources...