Andrew Simmons, a senior Africa correspondent, has more than 20 years of experience in high-profile television news, and is an experienced war correspondent.
He has covered Chechnya, the Bosnian conflict and the first Gulf War, during which he spent more than one week in captivity in Basra. More recently, he reported on the revolution in Egypt and the war in Libya. His laurels include two Royal Television Society (RTS) awards.
A father and son who always supported Greece's main socialist party are now divided in their allegiances ahead of Sunday's general election.
Greek tourism has been hit hard by Europe’s financial crisis, and on the island of Agistri there is anxiety beneath the veneer of a usually warm welcome.
Watching Francois Hollande moving around the rural market of Tulle in central France, one can see how the president-elect has won over Middle France.
Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons reflects on the political heavyweight bout between Francois Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy
<p>The International Criminal Court’s Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo announced before leaving Kenya on Saturday that he had a “strong case” against key suspects in the violence that followed the 2007 Presidential elections.</p>
