Tag: president

South African army personnel sit on vehicle outside strife-torn Lonmin mine where around 2,000 striking workers demonstrate in Marikana AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER JOE

South African mines reopen but unrest continues

Global platinum price rises in response to strikes that have seen 45…

Hend Kortam September 17, 2012

Mali’s interim president Dioncounda Traore AFP PHOTO / HABIBOU KOUYATE

Mali and Guinea Bissau discussed at West Africa economic summit

Economic Community of West African States seeking UN approval for intervention

Luiz Sanchez September 17, 2012

Yemeni Protestor chant slogans during a demonstration against terrorism and assassinations in the capital Sanaa AFP PHOTO/MOHAMMED HUWAIS

Politics Region

Yemeni security reshuffle

President sacks security officials loyal to ousted Saleh

Rana Muhammad Taha September 12, 2012

Man wearing a t-shirt with a picture of newly elected Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud on it, waves a Somali flag as he celebrates in southern Mogadishu AFP PHOTO / ABDURASHID ABDULLE ABIKAR

Somalia selects new president

Hassan Sheikh Mohamed faces massive obstacles as Somalia’s new president

Basil El-Dabh September 11, 2012

US flag stands at memorial of the north tower during observances on the eleventh anniversary of the attacks on the World Trade Center in New York AFP PHOTO/CHRIS PEDOTA / POOL

US Presidential candidates lay politics aside to remember 9/11

Presidential campaigns taking a break on the memorial of 9/11

Basil El-Dabh September 11, 2012

Ahead of elections, African Union peace keeping forces and Transitional Federal Government soldiers participate in operations to take over the former Eel Ma’an seaport, 30Kms north east of Mogadishu, on 4 September AFP PHOTO / MOHAMED ABDIWAHAB

Return of the king?

Somalis around the world await the naming of their next president

Connor Molloy September 9, 2012

Conflicting reports about air stewards’ strike

Though supposedly on hold, air stewards’ strike is still impacting Cairo International…

Rana Muhammad Taha September 8, 2012

One of the defendants on trial for attacking Mory’s car speaks to the media before acquittal by the judge for a lack of evidence Mohamed Omar

Acquittal for Morsy car attackers

Defendants acquitted due to lack of evidence

Daily News Egypt September 8, 2012

Amr Hamzawi talks to the Daily News Egypt Hassan Ibrahim/ DNE

Interviews Politics

Hamzawi: “Morsy’s talk about being a president for all Egyptians is politically romantic”

Hamzawi asserts the importance of "unifying" liberal powers in the upcoming elections,…

Daily News Egypt November 14, 2012

President Yanukovych speaks during a political rally (File photo) AFP PHOTO / Sergei Supinsky

Journalists in Ukraine protest media crackdown

Protesters disrupt Ukrainian president’s speech on press freedom

Luiz Sanchez September 4, 2012