Sudan: Obama Team Launches 'Calibrated' Policy to Tackle Dual Conflicts

After protracted debate, the Obama administration last week rolled out a policy blueprint for Sudan, Africa's largest country in land area. The policy is designed to address the… Read more »

Algeria: Security Clampdown Conflicts With Bouteflika's Aims

The clashes between police and young people protesting poor housing conditions in Algiers earlier this week reflect growing efforts in recent weeks to stem public demonstrations by… Read more »

Sudan: Face of a Nation on the Brink

Today, Sudan stands on a precipice - of partition, and perhaps a return to all-out war. The next 18 months will determine not only the future of Sudan, but also what the coming… Read more »

Africa: 'AU Effectively Tackling Economic, Political Problems'

The African Union has a mandate that spans political, economic and financial, cultural and technological matters affecting its 53 members, which include all nations on the African… Read more »

Guinea: 'Another Strategy' Required to Deal with the Deteriorating Situation - Challenor

An international observer group on Guinea has recommended setting up an international commission of inquiry into last month's crackdown that news reports say claimed more than 150… Read more »

Madagascar: Ravalomanana Attacks International Mediators

Deposed Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana has accused an international contact group trying to mediate an end to the country's constitutional crisis of failing to respect a… Read more »

Africa: Obama Wins Nobel Prize - Full Text of Announcement

President Barack Obama was named winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize on Friday, boosting to eight the number of laureates of immediate African descent who have won the … Read more »

Guinea: Military Junta Must Go, Says Clinton

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has called for the ousting of Guinea's military junta in the wake of what she described as the indiscriminate murder and rape… Read more »

Guinea: African Union, Ecowas Must Help End Human Rights Abuses

The victims of 60 years of human rights violations in Guinea deserve to be heard, and West Africa and the African Union should join calls for an international inquiry into the… Read more »

Africa: Continent's Best, Worst-Governed Nations

Southern Africa is the continent's best-governed and Central Africa its worst-governed region, according to a new ranking of Africa's quality of governance published today. Read more »

Africa: Viable Nations Depend on Integrating Economies, Says Business Leader

Ahead of Monday's announcement of the 2009 Ibrahim Index of Governance, the survey which ranks the quality of Africa's governments, Mo Ibrahim, the Sudanese-born cellphone pioneer… Read more »

South Africa: Al-Qaeda Threatened U.S. Offices - Report

United States government offices in South Africa are expected to reopen on Friday after being closed for two days, reportedly after a threat from an al-Qaeda splinter group. Read more »

South Africa: Security Threat Closes U.S. Diplomatic Offices

All United States government facilities, including embassy premises and consulates throughout South Africa, remained closed for a second day Wednesday as a result of unspecified… Read more »

Sudan: Scores Die in Attack in Fragile South

Scores of people have been killed in a militia attack on a town in southern Sudan, focusing new attention on warnings that peace in the region remains fragile in spite of the 2005… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: End Resource War, Urge Congolese Activists

One hundred years ago, a global outrage surrounding the death of an estimated ten million Congolese resulted in the end the rule of King Leopold II of Belgium over the Congo.… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Peace Campaigners Turn up Heat on Apple, Intel Over Conflict Minerals

The Enough Project, a leading Washington, DC-based advocacy group focusing on genocide and crimes against humanity, is stepping up efforts to end conflict in the Democratic… Read more »

Somalia: U.S. Conducted Raid on Militants, Say Reports

Monday's raid on Al Shabaab militants in Somalia was carried out by United States Special Forces troops and killed a top al-Qaeda suspect, American newspapers reported Tuesday. Read more »

Sudan: Obama Envoy On The Road Again

President Barack Obama's special envoy to Sudan, Major-General Scott Gration, headed Wednesday for South Sudan, Darfur and Khartoum, where he will discuss issues ranging from… Read more »

Sudan: Panel to Back 'Home-Grown' Justice for Darfur?

The high-level African Union (AU) panel appointed to help end the Darfur conflict is reported to be advocating a South African-style "truth and reconciliation commission" and… Read more »

Sudan: U.S., Africa Step Up Darfur Peace Drive

Diplomatic efforts by both African and Western nations to bring peace to Darfur are intensifying as President Barack Obama's special envoy for Sudan comes under increasing domestic… Read more »

Somalia: Naval Patrol Seizes Weapons From Pirate Suspects

Naval patrols fired warning shots to stop suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden at the weekend, later seizing ladders, rifles and rocket-propelled grenades. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Military Holds War Games on Nigeria, Somalia

In May 2008, the United States Army War College in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, hosted "Unified Quest 2008," the army's annual war games to test the American military's ability to deal… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa: Clinton Set on Ending Sexual Violence

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, travelled to the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Tuesday, determined to press "very hard" for an end to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Military Command Aims to Help Africans Help Themselves - General

Soon after General William E. (Kip) Ward became the first commander of the United States Africa Command, known as Africom, in October 2007, he summed up his vision for his new… Read more »

Nigeria: Violence in North Is Not What It Seems

Nigeria's latest spate of violence -- which began with attacks on police stations in four northern states -- is not what it seems. Read more »