Centuries on, memories of Imam Ahmad Gragn still haunt Ethiopia and Somalia, echoing the bloody history that still ripples across the Horn of Africa.
The International Criminal Court said on Saturday Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was in contact through intermediaries about surrendering for trial.
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The armed men wearing the colours of Libya’s new government are everywhere as they train guns on Tripoli’s most pro-Gaddafi neighbourhood.
Celebratory bursts of gunfire and fireworks have lit up the skies over Tripoli as word spreads that Muammar Gaddafi’s son Mo’tassim has been captured.
Parts of Africa are doomed to a never-ending cycle of ignored early warnings and emergency feeding — rather than a transition to self-sufficiency.
Ugandan opposition leader Kizza Besigye was dragged from his car by police on Thursday and thrown into a pick-up truck, witnesses said.
South Africa is a likely safe haven for Côte d’Ivoire’s besieged Laurent Gbagbo should he negotiate an exit from his country, AU sources say.
Veteran Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni, in power since 1986, edged closer on Sunday to a resounding victory in a presidential election.
An African Union summit in Uganda is this week being dominated by the Somali crisis.
African countries are divided about whether they should arrest Sudan’s president on suspicion of genocide, diplomats at a summit said on Sunday.
Ethiopia’s main opposition group on Tuesday filed a court case against the country’s electoral board for rejecting its demand to re-run elections.
Thousands of supporters streamed into a square in Ethiopia’s capital on Tuesday to celebrate a peaceful election win for Prime Minister Meles Zenawi.
US-funded broadcaster Voice of America’s local Amharic language service in Ethiopia will be blocked because it is destabilising the country.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said he is willing to meet Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki despite more than 10 years of bitter words.
The AU has imposed sanctions on Madagascar’s President, Andry Rajoelina, and 108 other people in the Indian Ocean island.