Tarek Osman In December 2013, at a makeshift cultural center in downtown Cairo, a young Sudanese recited poems from The Papers of Room No. Eight, a collection written by the Egyptian poet Amal Donkol weeks before his death in 1983. He finished his recitation with the poignant “Do not dream …

The story of infrastructure in Africa is simply depressing. That may be about to change now but the final push is hanging in the balance of its leaders’ resolve   Addis Standard’s exclusive with:  v Donald Kaberuka – President of the AfDB  v Ibrahim Mayaki – CEO of the NEPAD …

Amidst recent security setbacks in the continent of Africa, one forum attempts to find homemade solutions Selahadin Eshetu In connection with the celebration of the first anniversary of the building of the Grand Millennium Dam over the Blue Nile, Ethiopians were given a rare opportunity to phone in and ask …