Aid agencies will launch an appeal for $550m to help survivors of the earthquake in Haiti, a UN spokeswoman said

Yemen is not everyone’s idea of an alluring investment opportunity, and yet it is for many

Plans to modernise Saudi Arabia’s legal system will take years due to a shortage of judges and lawyers

Angola, once one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, is expected to expand between 6.5 and 7.5 percent

Seven years after the US-led invasion ushered in democracy, Iraqis wonder if they should vote

Wael El Wadiah’s factories once employed 250 people. Today, denied access to the West Bank, he employs a few dozen

Talks commence to stop Yemen from joining club of failed states and becoming a regional command for al Qaeda

Thousands of Ivorian opposition supporters marched peacefully through Abidjan this week to protest against what they said was President Laurent Gbagbo’s stranglehold on the state media and election-delaying tactics

After decades of war fought for freedom from repression, south Sudan will vote in one year on independence, but analysts fear a choice to separate will bring long-simmering problems in the south to the boil.

The City of Tshwane is amongst the six biggest metropolitan cities in South Africa, namely Johannesburg, Cape Town, Tshwane, eThekwini, Nelson Mandela bay and Ekurhuleni

Crippling poverty and rising corruption are feeding a growing public frustration over West Africa

Far from being all bad news for Africa, the global financial crisis is a chance to wean the continent from aid that has only entrenched poverty, a former World Bank economist has said