East Africa

KENYA: The stand-off over the new constitution between President Mwai Kibaki's supporters and those of Raila Odinga will dominate politics. The best prospect for the government would be...

Kenya will star again as the regional diplomatic centre this year, mediating in two sets of peace talks - Sudan and Somalia - as well as hosting hundreds...

Western pressure is on, led by the United States, for Sudan's National Islamic Front and the Sudan People's Liberation Army/Movement to sign a framework peace agreement this month....

Après Moi there was no deluge - just celebratory whooping as Kenyans marked the demise of the seemingly eternal Kenya African National Union, its chief patron and its...

An opposition landslide?... An effective and impartial electoral commission?... President Daniel arap Moi praises his opposition successor then leaves the stage quietly?... If such an outcome had been...

The summit of the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development, comprising Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, Sudan and Uganda took place this week. The fact that its host was Sudan's...

In Kenya, President Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union and Raila Odinga's National Development Party are set to consummate their alliance with a formal coalition to fight...

Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda start the year having just revived the East African Community. It is one of Africa's most viable economic groupings. Its ambitious goals are a...