Jenny Vaughan
AFP Vietnam bureau chief based in Hanoi, via Hong Kong, Washington, Ethiopia, Ghana and Uganda.
Trump ‘walks’ as North Korea talks end abruptly without deal
The much-anticipated second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore
Kim arrives in Hanoi for nuclear summit with Trump
The normally sleepy Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang spruced itself up for Kim's arrival after the leader's 4 000km odyssey through China
Suu Kyi defends court decision to jail Reuters reporters
Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were each imprisoned for seven years last week for breaching the country's hardline Official Secrets Act
Thai football team get diving lessons, 4 month’s of food after days underground
The Thai military said it is providing months' worth of food and diving lessons to the boys, discovered in the Tham Luang network of caves
North Carolina shootings related to parking dispute
The preliminary police investigation into the killing of three Muslim students indicates a dispute over condominium parking motivated the shootings.
Eritrean cyclists pedal on to world stage
Natnael Berhane is one of several Eritrean cyclists making their mark on the sport.
Ethiopian diaspora moves back home to boost economy
When Tadiwos Belete moved to Ethiopia from the United States a decade ago to open a luxury spa, his relatives thought he was crazy.
Africa Day: Extravagant celebration of 50 years of unity
African leaders have opened celebrations for the 50th jubilee of the continental bloc with Africa's problems set aside for a day to mark progress.
Ethiopians mourn at Zenawi’s funeral
Tens of thousands of Ethiopians mourned the late strongman Meles Zenawi, in the first state funeral staged for a leader in more than 80 years.
Ethiopia’s late leader Zenawi returns home
Thousands of mourning Ethiopians turned out as the late prime minister Meles Zenawi's body arrived at Addis Ababa airport.
Swedish journalists jailed for 11 years in Ethiopia
An Ethiopian court has sentenced two Swedish journalists to 11 years in jail for supporting terrorism and entering the country illegally.
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