Daniel Wallis

The United States has sent warning letters to 15 prominent Kenyans it says are blocking reform in East Africa’s biggest economy.

Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki sacked his police chief on Tuesday and sent him to run the post office.

The number of people needing humanitarian aid in Somalia has leapt 17,5% in a year to 3,76-million, an authoritative study showed on Tuesday.

DRC guerrillas and government negotiators must agree a ceasefire before a planned heads of state summit this month, a mediator said on Wednesday.

Somali pirates have hijacked a Yemen cargo ship in the Gulf of Aden, a regional maritime official said on Tuesday.

Kenyans in Obama’s homeland sang and danced with joy on Wednesday as the Illinois senator they see as one of their own became the US president.

Ethiopia’s Ogaden rebels on Friday demanded that the United Nations Security Council secure an aid corridor to their homeland.

Somali pirates are demanding a ransom of ,2-million to free two Malaysian tankers and a Japanese-managed bulk carrier, a maritime official says.

Rapidly spreading lawlessness as Somalia collapses in the worst fighting for two nearly decades is fuelling a wave of piracy.

An explosion of piracy this month off Somalia is funding an insurgency onshore as the hijackers funnel ransom payments to Islamist rebels.

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.