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The United Nations (UN) has revealed that the wanted leader of the Lord Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, is currently hiding in a small community in Western Bahr al-Ghazal State, South Sudan. According to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki… Read more ›

The former Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar, has agreed to meet with President Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa on Friday for discussions aimed at ending the ongoing insurgency that has led to the deaths of more than a… Read more ›

Opposition forces in South Sudan have reclaimed a key oil-rich city on Monday, less than 24-hours after the military announced they had wrestled control from the rebels. Spokesman for Riek Machar, James Gatdet Dak, told Sudan Tribune that the rebels… Read more ›

The President of South Sudan, Salva Kirr, has agreed to meet with his former deputy, now rebel-leader, Riek Machar, in Addis Ababa next week to find a solution to the four-month-long armed conflict in South Sudan. According to the U.S.… Read more ›

Representatives of President Salva Kiir and Riek Machar have reportedly made their way to the capital of Ethiopia ahead of the resumption of their negotiations today. The peace talks, being mediated by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), has been… Read more ›

Unknown gunmen linked to the Islamic militant group, al Shabab, have shot and killed a member of the federal parliament on Monday at Madina district. Abdiaziz Isaq Mursal was shot several times as he emerged from his home in Dherkenlay… Read more ›

Rebel forces loyal to Riek Machar have killed about 200 civilians and injured up to 400 this past week in a number of ethnically-driven attacks in the capital of Unity State. Reports indicate that the deadly raids occurred between the 15th… Read more ›

A group of Dinka youths have laid siege to a United Nations compound in Bor on Thursday, killing an unknown number of people and injuring many others, including two peacekeepers. Reports indicate that the group had embarked on a peaceful demonstration to… Read more ›

The Intergovernmental Authority for Development’s (IGAD) monitoring and verification teams have kicked off their operations in South Sudan. According to the Ethiopian Foreign Ministry, the teams will be supervised by a joint technical committee made up of the warring parties… Read more ›

The United States has appealed to the Burundian government to drop its planned constitutional amendments which has been the source of political tension in the deeply divided nation. On Tuesday, the United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Samantha Power,… Read more ›

A renowned radical Muslim cleric, Sheikh Abubakar Sharif, also known as ‘Makaburi’, was shot dead on Tuesday evening outside a court building some miles from Mombasa. Reports indicate that the cleric was waiting for a vehicle outside Shanzu court building… Read more ›

Representatives from both sides of the divide in South Sudan are set to resume negotiations to end the almost 3-month long insurrection in the world’s youngest nation on Tuesday, March 25th. According to a statement by the Inter-governmental Authority for… Read more ›

21 members of the Movement for Solidarity and Democracy (MSD) have been sentenced to lifelong incarceration after a court in Bujumbura found them guilty of armed revolt on Friday. The group of about 70 MSD members and supporters, who have… Read more ›

The defense ministers of Sudan and South Sudan on Wednesday agreed to resume joint patrol of their disputed 6-mile long border. According to a report by Daily Nation, the South Sudanese Defense Minister, Kuol Manyang, who was in Khartoum this… Read more ›

Eritrean officials have disclosed that the embattled country has no ties with the rebels behind the insurgency in South Sudan – headed by Riek Machar – contrary to the claims of numerous critics. A statement from the office of President… Read more ›

United Nations officials have charged the South Sudanese government of undermining the organization’s mandate through frequent “systematic and organized” harassment and violations of the rights of its staff. Herve Ladsous, the UN peacekeeping chief, told the Security Council in New… Read more ›

Gaston Sindimwo, the Secretary General of the Union for National Progress (UPRONA) – the main ally of the ruling National Council for the Defense of Democracy-Forces for the Defense of Democracy (CNDD-FDD) – has escaped a close call on his… Read more ›

Rebels in South Sudan have criticized the decision of the Intergovernmental Authority for Development (IGAD) to send troops to the deeply desolated nation. Last week, east African leaders met in Addis Ababa and voted to deploy a regional stabilisation and… Read more ›

The United Nations Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, has voiced his concerns over the strained state of the relationship between the Burundian government and opposition parties, which has resulted in several violent clashes this year. In a statement released by Mr.… Read more ›

A High Court in South Sudan, on Wednesday, ordered the repatriation of seven political detainees released to Kenya back to Juba to stand trial. According to a report by Eye Radio Juba, the ex-state employees were summoned after the head… Read more ›

An ambitious plan to build canals to store and transport water to farms in Lower Shabelle has led to an increase in food production and a resurgence in farming. Somalia is prone to cyclical droughts, but the effects of water… Read more ›

Residents of Juba were forced to stay indoors early Wednesday after fighting erupted in a renowned military barrack near Juba University in Giyada area. According to local reports, gun fire and heavy explosions rang in the barrack known as Geida,… Read more ›

Rwandan authorities and several officials from governmental and non-governmental agencies have marked the launch of the 20th anniversary remembrance of victims of the genocide in the east African nation in 1994. At the ceremony in New York on Thursday, Rwanda’s… Read more ›

Top ranking government officials from Tanzania and Kenya have confirmed reports that both nations are set to deploy troops to war-torn South Sudan. Tanzania’s Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Minister, Bernard Membe, told reporters on Thursday that the a single… Read more ›

A remotely detonated car bomb went off near a checkpoint at the entrance of the Aden Abdulle International Airport, killing at least 6 people and injuring up to 15, reports indicate. United Nations employees are reportedly among the injured, while… Read more ›

Cabinet secretaries from over 10 countries across the continent formed the African Cabinet Government Network last week in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. The network was reportedly “established to provide formal and informal opportunities for collaboration and mutual support between… Read more ›

The Minister of Information of South Sudan, Michael Makuei Lueth, has censured the Inter-governmental Agency for Development’s (IGAD) decision to dispatch an advance team of its Joint Technical Committee to the destabilised nation on Sunday. According to him, the team… Read more ›

The former deputy President of South Sudan, Reik Machar, and six other former employees of the government could be tried for treason for their role in the alleged coup d’etat which led to the outbreak of violence on December 15th,… Read more ›

For thousands of years, the Sengwer people have found home in the Embobut forest, western Kenya, tucked away in one of the country’s most important natural reserves, the Cherangani Hills. But in the past 7 years, the tribe who traditionally… Read more ›

South Sudanese authorities have confirmed that an Inter-governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) summit, scheduled for Juba today, has been cancelled. Mawien Makol, spokesperson for South Sudan’s Foreign Ministry told reporters that “The reason [the summit has been cancelled] is because… Read more ›

Officials from the South Sudanese Army announced on Monday that Malakal has been completely reclaimed from Machar’s rebels, who had been in control of parts of the oil-rich city since last week. Philip Aguer, spokesperson for South Sudan’s Army told… Read more ›

Eritrean officials have expressed support for the belligerent ruling government of South Sudan led by President Salva Kiir. Ali Karti, Eritrea’s Foreign Minister, in a meeting with reporters on Saturday, underscored the significance of peace in South Sudan to the… Read more ›

The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has signed an agreement with Ethiopian partners to host a regional office in Addis Ababa. The facility that will result from the agreement signed on Friday, January 10th, represents the first regional astronomy node to… Read more ›

South Sudanese government troops on Saturday commenced a campaign to recapture Bor, the last remaining rebel-held town, the army said, a day after wresting control of a key northern oil city. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon and the Security Council… Read more ›

The Ugandan parliament, last month, adopted a contentious anti-gay bill that plans to enact life-imprisonment for “offenders”, according to reports. This controversial bill recently has sparked an international outcry with the likes of Richard Branson, a business tycoon reportedly calling… Read more ›