After Sudan caught a vulture with an Israeli GPS device attached, Khartoum media called it spying -- but ecologists called it science.
A failed proposal backed by Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and others at WCIT in Dubai this week might have curtailed Internet freedoms.
The dubious distinction of having the world's most corrupt government is shared by three countries this year.
A sudden outbreak of the Ebola virus in Uganda this week has sounded alarm bells in Central Africa.
Human rights abuses of foreign nationals in Libya have increased since the overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi, Amnesty International says.
Two Iranian warships docked in Sudan Monday less than a week after explosions destroyed an arms factory in the capital Khartoum, which the Sudanese government has blamed on Israel.
Khartoum also alleges that Israeli aircraft have targeted Sudan at least twice in recent years.
This is not the first time the Sudanese have blamed Israel for such military strikes.
As some countries like Saudi Arabia are clamping down, others like Tunisia are opening up: So how does Islam impact online censorship?
Saudi Arabia recently called for an international discussion to lay down new guidelines for Internet accessibility.
Sudan and South Sudan have reached a deal on border security and oil production that will let oil exports from South Sudan through Sudan to resume, spokesmen for both sides said
Under threat of UN sanctions, Sudan President Omar al-Bashir and South Sudan President Salva Kiir may finally come to an agreement on border disputes and the resumption of oil production.
Protests erupted in Kabul Thursday for the first time against the cartoons published Wednesday by a French weekly even as the protests against U.S. over an anti-Islamic video continued.
Protests in Indonesia over an alleged anti-Muslim movie made in the U.S. continued for the second day Tuesday, a day after demonstrations outside the U.S. Embassy turned violent, even as Google censored the video in the world's largest Muslim-majority nation to comply with the local law.
Hundreds of demonstrators attacked the security personnel and burned cars early Monday during protests in the Afghan capital against an anti-Islamic film that has been creating ripples in the Middle East, North Africa and some parts of Asia.
The protests, ignited over a low-budget American-produced video that denigrates the Prophet Muhammad, have spread across the world from France to Indonesia.
With American assets having been targeted during demonstrations sweeping the Middle East-North Africa region in recent days, the U.S. State Department issued travel warnings about Sudan and Tunisia on Saturday.
The violence and widespread protests that have plagued Cairo and sections of the Middle East spread into Sydney, Australia Saturday as police clashed with hundreds of angry demonstrators.
The actors who appeared in the Islamophobic movie that set off violent protests across the Middle East have maintained that they thought they were making a simple adventure movie set in Biblical times. Some entertainment law experts say the actors might have grounds to sue the filmmaker who duped them.
Protests in response at least in part to an anti-Islam film produced in the United States are continuing to pop up at embassies across the world on Friday.
Heavy rains and poor sanitation in parts of Africa have helped the spread of cholera, ebola, and hepatitis E is several vulnerable populations in South Sudan, DR Congo, and West Africa in general, the U.N. reported.
