Somalia: Somaliland Elections - Fifth Time Lucky?

Last week the citizens of Somaliland were due to have elected their president for the next five years. However, they did not get to the polls, since elections were postponed for… Read more »

Africa: Microfinance Innovator Jennifer Riria Challenges Marginalization of Women

Dr. Jennifer Riria was moved to tears – and not tears of joy – listening to the roundtable of African presidents at the annual U.S. Africa Business Summit, held this… Read more »

Africa: Four Presidents Address Regional Integration at U.S. Business Summit

As part of the U.S.-Africa Business Summit being hosted by the Corporate Council on Africa this week, four African heads of state, participated in a Presidential Roundtable on… Read more »

Sudan: Bashir Ends Pre-Publication Censorship

Sudan's government has replaced pre-publication censorship with "self-censorship," reports the Sudan Tribune from Khartoum. Read more »

Africa: U.S. Calls on Malagasy, Guinea Leaders to Step Down

The United States has called on the leaders of the "unconstitutional governments" of Madagascar and Guinea to step down and hold elections. 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 »

Africa: Continent's Leaders Hold Talks With Obama at UN

African issues will be in the spotlight Tuesday when President Barack Obama hosts a luncheon for some two dozen African heads of state and government at the United Nations on the… Read more »

Africa: Obama Administration Committed to Partnering with Africa - Johnnie Carson

A month after accompanying Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to seven African countries, Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson, in a major policy presentation… 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: Advocacy Groups Press Obama Administration for Tougher Approach

U.S. advocacy groups concerned about Sudan are calling on President Obama to reverse course on his administration's strategy for dealing with the crisis in the Darfur region and… 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 »

Africa: Rwanda Named World's Top Business Reformer

Rwanda was named today as the world's top business reformer, measured by the changes the country has made over the past year to make doing business there easier. And Mauritius… Read more »

Kenya: Breaking the Conspiracy of Silence on Inequality

Kenya recently completed a controversial census that enquired into, among other things, the ethnicity of its citizens. For Kenya's Human Rights Commission and other organisations,… Read more »

Ghana/Sudan: Black Stars Qualify for 2010 World Cup

Ghana's Black Stars became the first African soccer team to qualify for the 2010 World Cup when they beat Sudan at home in Accra by two goals to nil. 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 »

Somalia: Clinton Calls Eritrea's Interference 'Unacceptable'

United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has pledged strong support for Somalia's Transitional Federal Government (TFG), while vowing to take action against Eritrea's… Read more »

Madagascar: Rivals to Meet in Top-Level Summit

Preparations are on the way in Maputo, the capital of Mozambique, for a summit on Friday that will for the first time bring together all four previous heads of state of Madagascar… Read more »

Sudan: More Than 150 Die in Ethnic Violence in South

Gunmen have killed more than 160 people, mostly civilians, in a pre-dawn attack on a camp in South Sudan, news agencies are reporting. Read more »

Africa: Clinton Visits Seven Countries to Highlight Africa as Policy Priority

Hillary Clinton, making her first journey to Africa as U.S. Secretary of State, begins a seven-nation visit Monday with a stop in Kenya to take part in a forum on trade and… Read more »

Somalia: Clinton to Meet Transitional Govt President

The American Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, is to meet Sheikh Sharif Ahmed, the president of Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government  (TFG), during her visit to… Read more »

Africa: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to Visit Continent

The United States Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton, will begin a seven-nation trip next week during she will visit a range of key countries across sub-Saharan Africa. Read more »

Sudan: Tribunal Cuts Size of Disputed Abyei Region

An international tribunal has cut the size of the disputed Abyei region of Sudan, rejecting the formal claims of both north and south Sudan and slicing at least 18,000 square… Read more »