After months of argument, culminating in President Salmin Amour's threat last month that he was about to 'drop a bombshell', the Zanzibar saga appears to be over, at...

The National Islamic Front government is quietly preparing a second pipeline from the south, with pumps again supplied by Britain's Weir Pumps. The NIF has said it wants...

The National Islamic Front is trying harder than ever to woo foreigners and the opposition, following the noisy quarrel between the NIF founder and leader, Hassan Abdullah el...

Lieutenant General Omer Hassan el Beshir has for the first time named a 'presidential assistant', plus four presidential advisors, 25 ministers, 19 state (junior) ministers and 25 governors...

The United Nations may soon start flying aid to Nuba civilians in areas held by the Sudan People's Liberation Army. A UN-SPLA meeting on 31 January in Nairobi...

The ruling National Resistance Movement says it's not a political party, that political parties are unnecessary, divisive and promote ethnic separatism. It proposes a referendum, to be held...

Five years of promises from President Daniel arap Moi have brought little progress on constitutional reform and he is due to retire after the 2001 election. Until then,...

In their first joint mission, Egypt's and Libya's foreign ministers, Amr Moussa and Omer el Muntasser, were in Sudan on 4 January to boost President Omer el Beshir...

Kenya is almost broke. And the International Monetary Fund, which has been expertly teased with promises of reform by President Daniel arap Moi's government several times before, is...

To enliven Kenya's official anti-corruption campaign comes the bizarre saga of the cellular telephone licences. The licence to operate a second cellular system was awarded last month to...