Ex-Finance Minister Donald Kaberuka's victory in the 21 July African Development Bank presidential election (AC Vol 46 No 11) is the latest success for Kigali's increasingly effective diplomatic...

The death of the man who led Southern Sudan in its war with the Khartoum government for 22 years has stunned the country. Three weeks previously as part...

A little girl runs along a path, pulling a monkey on a length of twine, a gift from one of her uncles. The girl is Atong, aged eight,...

Many opposition members of parliament are likely to take their seats after signs of progress from the first round of talks between government and opposition parties to discuss...

The bizarre pas de deux between President Mwai Kibaki and cabinet dissident Raila Odinga raises doubts as to whether the President can win the national referendum on the...

Everyone claimed victory in the referendum of 28 July (AC Vol 46 No 15). The National Resistance Movement has been strengthened because it won the 'Yes' vote it...

Concern is mounting about the fate of army Spokesman and former Director of External Intelligence Colonel Patrick Karegeya, embroiled in a power struggle within the ruling Front Patriotique...

As a million and a half cheering people rushed to see John Garang de Mabior's triumphant return to Khartoum after 22 years at war, the National Islamic Front...

Forced to accept a non-Muslim, Southern rebel as First Vice-President and a draft constitution that promises the democracy it cannot risk, the Islamist government is under unprecedented pressure....

In the referendum on 28 July, voters will be asked to choose between two symbols: a tree for changing to multiparty politics, a house for continuing the 'no-party'...