Hopes mount for deal as Sudan, S Sudan meet
Sudan and South Sudan leaders have met as pressure grows to end long-running disputes that have brought the foes to the brink of renewed conflict.
Peter Martell
Search for kidnapped aid workers in Somalia intensifies
Kenyan security forces are scoureing border regions with war-torn Somalia in the hunt for armed kidnappers who seized four aid workers from Dadaab.
Seeing the majesty in Somalia’s history
Funky dancing in a seaside bar, Vespa scooters on broad boulevards: the images of a lost Somalia are at odds with a place better known for war.
Kenya’s Kenyatta quits as finance minister over ICC charges
Uhuru Kenyatta has resigned as Kenya’s finance minister after the International Criminal Court ruled he should stand trial for post-election violence.
South Sudan tribe vows to ‘exterminate’ rival group
Armed Lou Nuer youths have marched on Pibor, home to the rival Murle people, who they blame for cattle raiding and have vowed to exterminate.
Ruined cathedral offers refuge for drought-hit Somalis
Beneath the soaring arches of the bombed out ruins of a cathedral, families fleeing extreme drought build huts of rag and plastic for shelter.
Red tape delays UN relief to Horn of Africa
The WFP’s first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya — slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.
Khartoum militia heading south, UN says
Militiamen backed by the Sudanese government are heading south to the flashpoint town of Abyei, the United Nations says.
Sudan army accused of war crimes in Abyei
Satellite images indicate evidence of "war crimes" committed by Sudan’s northern army in the contested Abyei region, a monitoring group has said.
Sudan’s Abyei burns as north goes on looting spree
Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei has been set ablaze by gunmen on a looting rampage after its capture by northern troops.
UN condemns ‘burning, looting’ in Sudan’s Abyei
Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei was ablaze on Monday with gunmen looting properties after its capture by northern troops, the UN has said.
UN calls on Khartoum troops to quit Abyei
The UN has demanded Khartoum withdraw its troops from Abyei after warnings that Sudan is "close to the precipice" of renewed civil war.
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New conflict threatens to tip Sudan back into civil war
Northern troops seized control of Abyei on Sudan’s north-south border on Sunday, Khartoum said as the south accused it of an "illegal invasion".
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Rebels and rumours as Sudan separation looms
The South Sudanese say things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war enemies in the north and start accusing each other.
Count under way in South Sudan’s referendum
The marathon task of counting the ballot in South Sudan’s independence referendum was under way on Sunday after a week-long poll.
South Sudan rulers hail valid independence vote
South Sudan’s ruling party said on Wednesday a 60% turnout threshold required for an independence vote to be declared valid has been reached.
South Sudan chooses ‘freedom’ anthem
Excitement is rising as south Sudan prepares to vote on January 9 in an independence referendum that was the centrepiece of a 2005 peace deal.
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South Sudan faces humanitarian crisis
South Sudan must prepare for a "real crisis", whatever the outcome of an upcoming referendum on the potential partition of Africa’s largest country.
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Stamping out Guinea worm ‘dragons’ in Sudan
Scars on Severion Wayet’s arms reveal where the flesh-burrowing Guinea worms burst through her skin.
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‘They made me their slave’, says former LRA child soldier
The boys were fishing when the rebel fighters struck, dragging them off for a slave life in one of the world’s most notorious guerrilla armies.
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Motorbike ambulances a lifeline in south Sudan
South Sudan has a new tool in the fight against maternal mortality: motorbike ambulances, complete with sidecar and padded bed.
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‘The people of Darfur are already hungry’
Conditions are already tough in Darfur, but many warn things will get worse after Sudan expelled aid groups it accused of collaborating with the ICC.
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Feared Ugandan rebels emerge warily from bush
Just two steps into the tall grass and jungle at Ri-Kwangba, a remote border outpost, and the dreadlocked gunmen clad in worn camouflage merge into the leafy forest — invisible, protected and feared. For nearly 20 years, Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have relied on standard guerrilla techniques to wreak havoc and destruction across war-torn northern Uganda, staging quick and lethal raids before disappearing into the bush.
