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Lack of principled African leadership, action in Sudan

What began in April 2023 as a power struggle between the leaders of the SAF and RSF has evolved into widespread abuses, generating the world’s largest humanitarian crisis, with…

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar hold the nation’s fate in their hands. Again. (X)

In South Sudan, the same two old men beat the same old war drums

Salva Kiir and Riek Machar hold the nation’s fate in their hands. Again

Members of the Amhara Special Forces seat on the top of a truck in the city of Alamata, Ethiopia, on December 11, 2020. (Photo by EDUARDO SOTERAS / AFP)

Open Letter: Ethiopia needs a political — not a military — solution to end the devastating civil war

Retributive justice merely leads to generational cycles of violence. And the civilians continue to be subjected to rape, torture, death and illegal detentions

South Sudan’s rebels with weapons travel in a truck in a rebel-controlled territory in Jonglei State. (Reuters/Goran Tomasevic)

South Sudan rivals meet in bid to salvage stalled peace deal

An August 2015 peace deal collapsed almost a year after it was signed and the conflict spread, drawing in more groups around the country

Envoy hopes for Somalia peace progress at summit

Somali politicians attending a summit in Kenya next week have a great chance to push forward a peace process intended to stem 18 years of conflict.

Zimbabwe invites 47 teams to observe election

Zimbabwe has invited 47 regional and sub-regional organisations as well as countries from Africa, Asia, the Americas and one European country — Russia — to observe this month’s…

Do away with the violence, Kenya told

An East African peacemaking body on Friday called for an end to Kenya’s post-election violence and expressed support for mediation talks led by former United Nations chief Kofi…

Annan brokers deal in Kenya

Kenya’s government and opposition struck an agreement on Friday to take immediate steps to try to end tribal bloodshed in a five-week-old political stand-off in which about 850…