The double suicide-bomb attack in Kampala on 16 November was the fourth terrorist explosion in Uganda in two months. Security services in the region are focused on what...

With less than ten months before the presidential elections next year, the two leading contenders are almost certain to be veteran oppositionist Raila Odinga, now 'handshake' partner to...

The call by Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni for a summit on Ethiopia's deepening crisis reveals growing alarm among regional leaders and the problems their organisations face in resolving...

A week after General Abdel Fattah al Burhan's coup and bid to disband the transitional government, military and civilian rivals are locked in negotiations in the face...

Increasingly strident statements in Addis Ababa and reports of federal government losses in the Amhara and Oromo regions show how rapidly the national security crisis is escalating.

A spate of attacks in Uganda is raising questions about the government's grip on security. It follows a wave of murders by machete-wielding assailants.

President Mohammed Abdullah Mohammed 'Farmajo' and his ally, the President of Federal Member State of Galmudug, Ahmed Abdi Kariye 'Qoor Qoor', face accusations they are boosting Al Shabaab...

New energy minister, January Makamba, has long been tipped as a future president of the united republic, so his bold plans for the energy sector are winning political...

Army officers led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan overthrew the transitional government on 25 October and put Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok under house arrest despite hundreds of...

When he addressed the UN Security Council on 12 October President Uhuru Kenyatta joined other speakers to argue that mismanagement of ethnic diversity often caused political violence within...