Donald Payne will be missed not only in his New Jersey district, but by his other "constituents " -- the dispossessed in Africa and around the world. Our thoughts are with his friends and family at this time.
Growing tensions and violent protests have gripped Senegal ahead of the presidential election. Sunday will be a critical day for Senegalese democracy, as voters head to the polls for a very contentious vote.
One year after the presidential election that caused the country to descend into chaos, Côte d'Ivoire held its first parliamentary election since 2000 yesterday, Sunday December 11, amid an opposition boycott of the vote. While the turnout was low, no major incidents were reported.
I am guest hosting Al Jazeera's social media and global news program The Stream later today. Most of the show will be devoted to the uprisings in Swaziland.
Next week, Liberians head to the polls for the first presidential election since Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf assumed office in 2006 at the end of a nearly two decade-long destructive civil war.
