Sudan: Will Flames of Protest Spread?

The self-immolation of Tunisia's Muhammad Bouazizi last month inspired the street protests that led to the downfall of longtime ruler Zine el Abidine ben Ali.  The unemployed… Read more »

Africa: How Political Risks Dampen Investment in Continent

Excerpts from "African Markets Revealed", published by the Standard Bank: Read more »

North Africa: Egypt, Sudan and Tunisia - Online Media, Al Jazeera, Lead Crisis Coverage

Fast-moving events across northern Africa have shaken long-lasting regimes - and the news organizations struggling to provide timely coverage. But new media - plus the youngest… Read more »

Sudan: Major Development Challenges Ahead for South

Results from South Sudan's referendum on independence earlier this month show overwhelming support for secession. But with the creation of a new country comes the responsibility of… Read more »

Sudan: Satellite Images Confirm Govt Troop Buildup - Report

A satellite mapping project launched by human rights activists says images captured during South Sudan’s independence referendum this month confirm reports that Sudanese… Read more »

Sudan: South Chooses Independence by Landslide - Report

Southern Sudanese voters have opted for independence from Khartoum by a landslide, according to preliminary figures collected by the news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP). Read more »

Sudan: 'Lost Boy' Returns Home to Make a Difference

Wol Akujang was among the more than 20,000 "Lost Boys" who were displaced or orphaned during Sudan's civil war. He left his village of Pap at the age of six and spent time in… Read more »

Sudan: Abyei, Citizenship Remain Flashpoints - Deng Alor, Southern Official

Just before Christmas, in the dusty, impoverished capital of Southern Sudan, AllAfrica's Reed Kramer and Tami Hultman sat down with Deng Alor Kuol, minister of regional… Read more »

Sudan: George Clooney and Friends Fund Eye-in-the-Sky to Avert War

A human rights project using satellite imagery that the general public can access is being launched tomorrow to help deter a resumption of war between north and south Sudan… Read more »

Sudan: Obama Pursues 'Aggressive Diplomacy' to Promote Successful Referendum

U.S. President Barack Obama has written to African leaders to reiterate that Sudan is a foreign policy priority for his administration, both during the lead-up to the January 9… Read more »

Kenya: Top Politicians Accused of Crimes Against Humanity

International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has named six people as major perpetrators of ethnic-based “crimes against humanity,” including rape,… Read more »

Sudan: U.S. Holocaust Museum Official Says Genocide Can Be Averted

On 9 January, 2011, southern Sudanese are due to vote in a referendum on whether to remain part of Sudan, Africa''s largest country, or to become… Read more »

Sudan: Church Leaders Urge International Action to Avert War

As the impoverished people of oil-rich southern Sudan prepare to vote on their future in a 9 January referendum, fears are rising that the expected vote for independence will not… Read more »

Sudan: Independence Ballot Will Begin Challenging Era

Five years ago last October, an agreement between Sudan's mostly Muslim north and largely Christian south formally ended a 22-year civil war that killed an estimated two million… Read more »

Sudan: Church Envoy Pushes Peace in African, World Capitals

The Rev. Dr. Samuel Kobia of Kenya, immediate past General Secretary of the Geneva-based World Council of Churches, has been relentlessly urging African and world leaders… Read more »

Sudan: Churches Pursue Peace through Global Diplomacy, Local Action

See update dated corrected version: Church Envoy Pushes Sudan Peace in African, World Capitals Read more »

Ethiopia: WikiLeaks Reveals Details of U.S. Dialogue With Meles

Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi told top visiting American officials before elections in May this year that he would “crush… with our full force”… Read more »

Madagascar: Deposed President 'Recruited Mercenaries' - Diplomatic Cable

The American embassy in Paris reported to Washington three months after Malagasy president Marc Ravalomanana was deposed in 2009 that he was recruiting mercenaries in France,… Read more »

Sudan: Obstacles Beyond the Referendum

Last Friday the South Sudan Referendum Commission extended by one week the time which southerners, both inside Sudan and abroad, have to register for the poll. It is scheduled to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Sought Personal Details of Great Lakes, Sahel Leaders

A secret diplomatic cable sent to American diplomatic missions in the name of Secretary of State Hilary Clinton last April sought personal details – including fingerprints,… Read more »

Africa: Scientists Will Power Next Generation of Development

Ten years into the Millennium Development Goals, everyone is eager to pinpoint what will do most to power African progress. Read more »

Madagascar: U.S. Calls for Return to Democratic Rule

A senior United States diplomat told the Malagasy people this week that the political structures and processes created by their de facto government were “insufficiently… Read more »

Sudan: Obama Renews Sanctions Against Khartoum

President Barack Obama has renewed sanctions agains the Sudanese government in Khartoum. Read more »

Kenya: Gibraltar MP Contests Report on Nairobi Meeting

Gibraltar Member of Parliament Steven Linares, in a letter to AllAfrica, has contested the accuracy of a recent report on a meeting in Nairobi in which he was quoted on the issues… Read more »

Sudan: Remarks to "The Sudan Referendum - Dangers and Possibilities" at The Brookings Institution

Let me thank the Brookings Institution and Rich Williamson – Nonresident Senior Fellow and Former U.S. Special Envoy to Sudan -- for inviting me to speak at this event… Read more »