Until this month, Raila Amolo Odinga's presidential plans were progressing well. As a workaholic activist, Odinga believed he had the public profile and national base to emerge as...

More than most countries, Kenya's politics is about winning over ethnic constituencies and building powerful coalitions. Recently, Kenyans have heard warnings about the dangers of ethnic violence ahead...

The Darfur rebel commanders' conference may have taken weeks to become reality but it is increasingly seen as a necessary stage if peace is to return to the...

Adam Bakhit: a Zaghawa of the Wogi clan, he stood against Minni Arkou Minnawi for the Sudan Liberation Movement leadership during the 2005 Haskanita conference. He returned to...

At the end of the AU summit in Addis Ababa on 30 January, its new Chairman, Ghana's President John Kufuor, announced that four countries had pledged troops: Uganda...

A British project, reportedly costing £100,000 (US$195,000) to help turn Minni Arkou Minnawi's rebels into a political party has been postponed after his men again went on the...

African Union leaders will meet in Addis Ababa on 22-24 January to discuss sending 8,000 peacekeepers to Somalia. Somali Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi said that an AU...

Ethiopia was always confident of an easy victory over the Supreme Islamic Courts Council, despite the SICC's support from international Islamist volunteers and Eritrea. Addis Ababa had planned...

The United Nations-African Union 'hybrid force' consists of two 'packages' - one 'light', one 'heavy' - and is in three phases. Through the UN Mission in Sudan, which...

Khartoum puts much energy into fragmenting the opposition groups and rebel forces, using military pressure and cash to worsen political and ethnic schisms. Significantly, African Union officials are...