The release of Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste from an Egyptian jail may have been meant to deflect criticism on the Egyptian government. But there's no getting around the Sisi regime's poor record on human rights and the law.
Peter Greste, Mohamed Fahmy and Baher Mohamed of Al Jazeera English were arrested a month ago, caught up in the political turmoil that has been going on in Egypt for three years.
Kenya may soon have a new constitution, which would reduce the powers of the Kenyan president, give citizens a new bill of rights and pave the way for land reform. East Africa correspondent for the BBC, Peter Greste, has the details.
On Wednesday, a suicide bomber killed eight American civilians in Afghanistan, according to U.S. officials. With the latest is Marvin Weinbaum, former State Department analyst, and Peter Greste, BBC correspondent in Afghanistan.
The FDLR is a militia group made up of former Rwandan Hutus who fled to the neighboring DR Congo after the 1994 genocide. The BBC's Peter Greste reports on the connection between some of the ongoing violence in Congo and an FDLR leader based in Germany.
One of the worst droughts in living memory is taking its toll on both people and wildlife in Kenya. Clashes over land and water lead to the deaths of 32 people and 24 elephants. The BBC's Peter Greste has the story.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's 11-day trip to Africa begins with a focus on Somalia, though she won't actually be visiting the war-ravaged nation. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with the BBC's East Africa correspondent Peter Greste in Nairobi.
Rwandan authorities have arrested renegade Congolese general, Laurent Nkunda. He's the leader of a Tutsi rebel force in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Anchor Marco Werman gets the story from the BBC's Peter Greste.