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Khartoum, capital of Sudan was considered one of the safest African capital cities but the recent spurt of Islamic terrorism is threatening to interrupt its law and order scenario. The growing resentment among the Muslim youths of the country over the western countries, especially U.S.A. and Britain over the strife in Iraq and Afghanistan, the [...]

Turkey might just loose it’s EU membership to a woman’s head scarf. Turkey’s top court will be hearing a case within the week to shut down the ruling Justice and Development (AK) party for allegedly promoting Islamic activites. The EU has expressed concerns regarding the stability of the party which had won 47 percent of [...]

Millions of Columbian demonstrators all over the world took to streets on Sunday demanding the release of nearly 3,000 hostages held over many years by Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela had also called for rebels to lay down weapons and stop fighting. The immediate response of the largest left [...]

Even after national elections, there seems to be no end in sight to the terror rule of Mugabe in Zimbabwe. With speculations doing rounds that Movement for Democratic change has won the elections, the youth gang of Mugabe’s ZANU-PF have unleashed worst round of terror on opposition supporters and workers. The injured, abused and battered [...]

Algeria is in an interesting phase. It is re-inventing itself by distancing educational institutes from Islamic influence and embracing western standards. But this has left Algerian youth confused. Brought up by Islamic controlled learning in schools in Arabic, now they are forced to switch to English and French. It is not just about languages it [...]

Insurgent groups within Algeria and parts of North Africa have become a franchise of Al-Qaeda, according to the US Intelligence reports. American military officials have evidence that a small insurgent group within Algeria has shifted tactics and it operates on the line of terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan. The recent spate of attacks on tourists, [...]

Democracy has taken few steps backwards in Africa. The glorious years were in the 1990s when many nations on the continent went democratic. But in the last few years there seems to be a regression. Kenya, Zimbabwe and Nigeria come to mind. The biggest shock was the post election Lou-Kikuyu clashes in Kenya that tore [...]

It has been five long, bloody years in Darfur and people continue to live an existence dominated by war, terror, militia and AK-47s. Initially, it was a terror campaign run by the government against the civilians and now, the condition seems to have worsened off; Its a free for all situation, with anyone having a [...]

Ever since march, when first polling was held in Zimbabwe, Mugabe and his party ZanuPF has targeted opposition party leaders and its workers all over rural Zimbabwe in worst ever post-poll violence. Now with eyes on presidential run-off scheduled on 27th June ZanuPF is targetting opposition MDC supporters in and around capital Harare as well. [...]

It can’t get any worse. Zimbabwe votes for second round Presidential run-off where 84-year old Robert Mugabe is the only candidate. Opposition MDC has totally withdrawn from the polls. Tsvangirai, leader of the MDC has issued a message to the voters- ‘Vote Mugabe to stay Alive’. And this is for their own safety. Voters have [...]