The country proved once again that they are the continent's cycling giants after winning the African Continental Cycling Championship for the third consecutive year. Read more »

An exiled opposition force has made fresh calls for a mass public uprising against President Isaias Afeworki's regime. Read more »

The national cycling team took top honours in a competition that saw 16 countries participating. Tunisia and Algeria took second and third place respectively. Read more »

Israel has prevented asylum seekers, most of them Eritreans, from crossing its newly constructed fence on the border with Egypt, several NGOs have said. Read more »

While the quality of governance on the continent has improved, key regional and strategic players have slipped in the Ibrahim Index of African Governance, and the Mo Ibrahim ... Read more »

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation reports on governance rankings for East Africa. Read more »

Police have claimed that the controversial Muslim cleric Aboud Rogo was killed by rivals to create animosity between Muslim and Christian groups and to spark pre-planned protests. Read more »

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, has died from an infection while being treated at a hospital in Europe for an undisclosed illness, according to state sources. His death ... Read more »

The two countries met in Khartoum to discuss means to boost cooperation between the two countries and between the Nile Basin upstream and downstream nations. Read more »

Advancements in technology is set to improve educational research networking among Southern African universities and institutions. Read more »