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World
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Region
12/19/2021 12:19:29 PM
Opposition activists in Sudan were set for new protests Sunday to mark the third anniversary of mass demonstrations that ended the dictatorship of president Omar al-Bashir as fears mount for the democratic transition.
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World
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Africa
12/19/2021 12:18:32 PM
The Democratic Republic of Congo army and its Ugandan allies said Sunday they had destroyed rebel "strongholds" in the country's restive east this week, in a campaign launched last month against ADF rebels.
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Arts & Culture
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Stage & Street
12/16/2021 11:42:50 AM
The United Nations' cultural agency UNESCO on Tuesday added the Congolese rumba dance to its intangible cultural heritage list, sparking delight in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Congo-Brazzaville.
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World
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International
12/9/2021 5:34:04 PM
President Joe Biden on Thursday opened the first White House Summit for Democracy by sounding an alarm about a global slide for democratic institutions and called for world leaders to ‘lock arms’ and demonstrate democracies can deliver.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/30/2021 10:14:31 PM
Democratic aspirations have stalled across the Arab world, drawing attention to the principles that must be in place before they can succeed, writes Hussein Haridy
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
11/29/2021 5:52:02 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned on Monday a brutal attack conducted by armed militants on a refugee camp in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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World
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Africa
11/28/2021 10:19:46 PM
A new attack on the Ivo displaced people's camp in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday claimed the lives of 22 civilians, an aid worker said.
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World
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International
11/24/2021 12:35:43 PM
Sweden's parliament on Wednesday approved Magdalena Andersson as the country's first female prime minister, tapping the finance minister who recently became the new leader of the Social Democratic party.
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World
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Region
11/13/2021 11:02:39 AM
The United States, Britain, and the European Union on Friday slammed the Sudan leader's latest move to tighten the military's grip on power as a unilateral decision that undermines efforts to restore the process of democratic transition.
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World
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Africa
11/5/2021 12:30:45 AM
South Africa entered new political territory on Thursday as most voters turned against the ruling African National Congress for the first time in the democratic era.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Opinion
11/4/2021 4:18:00 PM
The sooner the status quo ante is restored in Sudan, the better it will be for the security and stability of the country and for its democratic transition.
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World
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Region
10/30/2021 2:28:29 PM
Thousands of Sudanese protesters took to the streets on Saturday to support the country's democratic transition which a political crisis derailed.
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World
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International
10/30/2021 12:22:00 PM
Dozens of relatives and dignitaries gathered in South Korea's capital on Saturday to pay their final respects to former President Roh Tae-woo, a key participant in a 1979 military coup who later won a landmark democratic election before his political career ended with imprisonment for corruption and treason.
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Opinion
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10/29/2021 6:21:00 PM
The Eastern Development Corridor, a collective and comprehensive regional development project, could be a way of solving the conflict over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam
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World
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International
10/27/2021 10:08:46 AM
China insisted Wednesday that Taiwan had no right to join the United Nations, after the United States ratcheted up tensions with a call for the democratic island to have greater involvement in the world body.
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World
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International
10/26/2021 12:59:21 PM
Former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo, a major player in a 1979 coup who later became president in a landmark democratic election before ending his tumultuous political career in prison, died on Tuesday. He was 88.
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World
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International
10/19/2021 10:10:37 PM
President Joe Biden held intensive talks with competing factions of his Democratic party Tuesday in an attempt to save his agenda in Congress before time runs out.
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World
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Africa
10/9/2021 6:59:13 PM
Over 100 people are dead or missing after nine interlocked canoes sank this week in the Democratic Republic of Congo, officials said Saturday.
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World
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International
10/9/2021 4:53:05 PM
China's President Xi Jinping said on Saturday that "peaceful reunification" with Taiwan "will be and can be realised", as tensions between Beijing and Taipei soared days after record numbers of Chinese warplanes crossed into the democratic island's air defence zone.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
10/8/2021 6:03:00 PM
Next week’s parliamentary poll in Iraq will determine not only the government of the country, but whether Iraq has a viable future as a state.
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