[MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hassan Sheik Mohamud, a moderate political activist and academic, took on one of the world’s most challenging political posts on Monday after members of Somalia’s newly created Parliament elected him the country’s next president.Mr. Mohamud’s election, held in a…

  [Four African countries have been tasked by regional governments in the Great Lakes region to form a force of 4,000 troops to fight the M23 rebel group in DR Congo. Kenya, Tanzania, Angola and DR Congo will deploy the force under…

[The election victory was no landslide but the lack of foreign criticism gives Dos Santos enough space to organise a succession on his own terms.The Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola won the general elections with 72% of the vote after spending…