All Africa
- Africa Rising: Sub-Saharan Africa set for 2012 boomRising demand for natural resources is a boon for countries such as Sierra Leone, Niger, and Angola. But high consumer prices still pinch Africa's middle class.
- Ethiopia enters Somalia, but avoids African Union joint operationUnlike Uganda, Burundi, Kenya and Djibouti, which have sent thousands of troops under the African Union banner, Ethiopia is intervening in Somalia unilaterally, and won't stay for long.
2011 a banner year for the International Criminal CourtThe International Criminal Court continued to build credibility in 2011, but new challenges exist as Luis Moreno-Ocampo steps down as the ICC鈥檚 first chief prosecutor in 2012.
Somalia's Al Shabab Islamists are on the runBut the Somali officials, backed by international forces, are too busy fighting among themselves to govern.
Youssou N'Dour - the singer - takes on Senegal's long-serving presidentWill Senegal's most famous Afropop artist Youssou N'Dour聽be able to rally young voters against President Abdoulaye Wade's effort to serve a third term, or will he just split the opposition?聽
Nigeria dispatches troops to north to stop Boko Haram attacksThe Christmas Day attack on a church is only the latest in string of attacks by the militant Islamist group Boko Haram, who has given 海角大神s living in the north three days to leave the region.聽