Findings from two new studies on river blindness in Sudan and Uganda offer public health officials evidence to shape strategies to fight the debilitating parasitic disease. Read more »

A report by the US-based Enough Project has accused the government of sponsoring violence in the war-torn western region in order to control North Darfur's gold mines. Read more »

The Inter-governmental Authority on Development has visited officials in Mogadishu and Kismayu over Jubbaland's controversial elections that left two men claiming the presidency. Read more »

Sudan has accused South Sudan of supporting rebels from the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF) who are responsible for multiple attacks in several states across the country. Read more »

At least 17 people have died and scores were injured during clashes in the disputed border area of Abyei. Among the dead is a top tribal chief and a UN peacekeeper. Read more »

From Ethiopia, to Nigeria, Somalia and South Africa, press freedom has suffered a number of setbacks in Africa. Read more »

The chief of staff of the Sudan Revolutionary Front, Abdel Aziz Adam El-Hilu, has denied reports that he was killed in North Kordofan state. Read more »

There have been fresh attacks on security forces and civilians in the Kordofan region of Sudan in an apparent attempt by anti-government forces to "topple the government". Read more »

The African Union Chairperson Dr Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma has welcomed the adoption of Sudan and South Sudan's internal rules of procedure, critical for citizens of each state to ... Read more »

According to a new report, Sudan has renewed support of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebels from October 2009 to at least February of 2013. Read more »