Xan Rice

Somali Islamist rebels warned they would bring the "flames of war" to Nairobi after Kenyan forces mounted a cross-border land and air assault.

Two Swedish journalists charged with terrorism in Ethiopia after being arrested in a battle between state troops and rebels will go on trial today.

Kenya isn’t a lush country. Rain falls steadily and often heavily in Mombasa, Nairobi and Kisumu, the three main cities and the best known to tourists

Locals call them pimps or snitches. They wear plain clothes, drive unmarked cars and are as numerous as scorpions in the Libyan desert.

The residents of Misrata in Libya have been under siege from government forces for seven weeks.

Ugandan police have arrested the country’s two main opposition leaders after they attempted to lead a protest over rising prices.

While a call goes out for all fighters to lay down their arms and the UN flies in aid, analysts warn that peace will be difficult to secure.

A million Chinese people, from engineers to chefs, are leading a trade boom in Africa. <b>Xan Rice</b> hears how their lives changed after they moved.

Ugandan police say the killing of activist David Kato was not related to his campaign for gay rights.

Nearly 99% of Southern Sudanese voters chose secession in last month’s independence referendum, clearing the way for Sudan to split in two.

Gabriel Nderitu’s collapsible two-seater propeller plane has been built using instructions downloaded from Wikipedia.

The referendum was put on the table only at the end of a two-decade civil war, in which an estimated two million people lost their lives.

Ivorian after troops loyal to President Laurent Gbagbo sealed off the routes around a hotel housing his foe, Alassane Ouattara.

The Vatican’s view of issues such as abortion, homosexuality and female priests looks increasingly at odds with modern secular realities.

The UN has accused Rwanda of wholesale war crimes, including possibly genocide, during years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The Rwandan Patriotic Front has won much credit for rebuilding the country after the 1994 genocide, but political violence and suppression continue.

One is 78 years old and desperately trying to salvage his legacy. The other is 85 and past caring:Kenya’s president, Mwai Kibaki, and his predecessor.

Ugandan police have discovered a suicide vest and explosives laced with ball bearings in a discotheque in the capital, Kampala.

Observers say landslide victory by ruling party was achieved by threats, writes <b>Xan Rice</b>.

Many Ethiopians agree that political prisoner Birtukan Mideksa’s treatment has cast a shadow over elections due in May.