Somalia’s government has formally signed a peace deal with some opposition figures, United Nations officials said on Tuesday.
Kenya on Thursday commemorated the 10th anniversary of explosions that tore through Washington’s missions in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam.
Uganda President Yoweri Museveni already looks set to win re-election in 2011, ensuring stability for the fast-growing economy.
Uganda rebels accused the Ugandan army on Wednesday of attacking its guerrilla hideouts in the DRC and threatening efforts to resurrect peace talks.
Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe arrived on Monday at an African Union summit in Egypt where he will confront his critics.
African states have been urged unite to reduce the impact of soaring food prices that have hit their citizens harder than the rest of the world.
Kenyan troops fighting rebels in a remote area are killing and torturing civilians, a medical charity said on Tuesday.
Kenya’s opposition suspended talks with President Mwai Kibaki’s party on Tuesday and police fired tear gas to scatter opposition supporters protesting at deepening deadlock over a power-sharing Cabinet. Kibaki and rival Raila Odinga delayed naming the new Cabinet on Monday after disagreeing over how to share out ministries.
Villagers in Barack Obama’s ancestral Kenyan home expressed disappointment on Wednesday as his rival, Hillary Clinton, won key votes to revive her campaign for the White House. Victories for Clinton in Ohio and Texas snapped Obama’s winning streak and kept alive the New York senator’s campaign to win the Democratic Party nomination.
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/ 29 February 2008
Kenyans moved to put one of their country’s darkest chapters behind them on Friday after the president and opposition leader agreed to power-sharing aimed at ending a bloody post-election political crisis. President Mwai Kibaki and his rival Raila Odinga signed the deal setting up a coalition government on Thursday.