Long before 'Mganga kutoka Pemba' signposts were a common feature on our walls and lampposts, we had Sheikh Yahya Hussein. This man was a household name in East Africa back in the 60s and 70s. He was ...

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Hussein al-Sheikh has been named vice president of the Palestine Liberation Organization, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people. The ...

On August 11th an unemployed 42-year-old grabbed his shotgun and a large jerry can of petrol. Dressed in a T-shirt and flip-flops, Bassam al-Sheikh Hussein walked into a Beirut branch of the Federal ...