Peter Martell

Sudan and South Sudan leaders have met as pressure grows to end long-running disputes that have brought the foes to the brink of renewed conflict.

Kenyan security forces are scoureing border regions with war-torn Somalia in the hunt for armed kidnappers who seized four aid workers from Dadaab.

Funky dancing in a seaside bar, Vespa scooters on broad boulevards: the images of a lost Somalia are at odds with a place better known for war.

Uhuru Kenyatta has resigned as Kenya’s finance minister after the International Criminal Court ruled he should stand trial for post-election violence.

Armed Lou Nuer youths have marched on Pibor, home to the rival Murle people, who they blame for cattle raiding and have vowed to exterminate.

Beneath the soaring arches of the bombed out ruins of a cathedral, families fleeing extreme drought build huts of rag and plastic for shelter.

The WFP’s first delivery of aid to Somalia was delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles in Kenya — slowing relief efforts for millions hit by drought.

Militiamen backed by the Sudanese government are heading south to the flashpoint town of Abyei, the United Nations says.

Satellite images indicate evidence of "war crimes" committed by Sudan’s northern army in the contested Abyei region, a monitoring group has said.

Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei has been set ablaze by gunmen on a looting rampage after its capture by northern troops.

Sudan’s flashpoint town of Abyei was ablaze on Monday with gunmen looting properties after its capture by northern troops, the UN has said.

The UN has demanded Khartoum withdraw its troops from Abyei after warnings that Sudan is "close to the precipice" of renewed civil war.

Northern troops seized control of Abyei on Sudan’s north-south border on Sunday, Khartoum said as the south accused it of an "illegal invasion".

The South Sudanese say things are bad when people stop blaming violence on former civil war enemies in the north and start accusing each other.

The marathon task of counting the ballot in South Sudan’s independence referendum was under way on Sunday after a week-long poll.