Duncan Miriri

The government and rebels have traded accusations of breaking the ceasefire deal intended to calm violence in South Sudan.

President Hery Rajaonarimampianina has taken over officially from coup leader Andry Rajoelina, pledging to create a climate conducive to investment.

President Salva Kiir’s government and the rebels backing Riek Machar have signed a ceasefire deal, a "critical first step" in peace negotiations.

The UN Security Council has approved the deployment of troops to almost double the number of peacekeepers in South Sudan.

US aircraft have come under fire while trying to evacuate Americans from the conflict in South Sudan.

African mediators said they held productive talks with South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, to prevent an ethnic civil war.

President Salva Kiir is willing to remove the army from the border with Sudan, signalling a possible compromise with his Sudanese counterpart.

Kenya’s central bank chief Njuguna Ndung’u has had a career dogged by persistent market chaos, drawing heavy criticism about his tenure.

The IMF predicts that even as rich countries face a slowdown, sub-Saharan African economies are expected to post nearly 6% average growth in 2012.

Somali pirates have freed the 18-man crew of a Maltese-flagged chemical tanker after the payment of a $4-million ransom,

Kenya will end its campaign against the al-Shabaab rebels in Somalia when it is satisfied it has stripped the group of its capacity to attack.

Kenyan police have arrested a man suspected of belonging to a terrorist group, after two blasts in Nairobi killed one person and injured more than 20.

Two grenade blasts killed one and wounded more than 20 in Nairobi, apparently in retaliation for Kenya’s hunt for al-Shabaab insurgents in Somalia.

Zain Kenya plans to invest more than 25-billion shillings in the next 18 months in a bid to gain market leadership.

Africa’s telecom sector will surpass the $55-billion promised by investors at a United Nations backed meeting in 2007.