[The United Nations has dispatched a record number of peacekeepers in Africa in recent years, deploying soldiers to trouble spots such as the Central African Republic and South Sudan. Yet the “blue helmets” and thousands of other soldiers sent by African regional…

[The body of Rwanda’s former spy chief has been found, possibly strangled, in a hotel in South Africa, police said Thursday. Rwandan dissidents accused President Paul Kagame of ordering his assassination. The suspicious death of Patrick Karegeya, a former Kagame ally who…

[U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for an immediate end to violence in the Central African Republic, where clashes this week left “dozens” of people dead including six African Union peace-keepers. A mass grave containing at least 20 bodies was discovered…

[The International Criminal Court prosecutor called for a delay in the Kenyan president’s trial, saying there is no longer sufficient evidence to charge him with crimes against humanity. The trial against President Uhuru Kenyatta was scheduled to start in February. Kenyatta is…

[De nouveaux échanges de tirs ont été entendus tôt mardi dans la capitale du Soudan du sud, au lendemain de l’annonce par le président qu’un coup d’Etat avait été déjoué dans la toute jeune nation, a constaté un journaliste de l’AFP. Des…

[Le gouvernement de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) et les rebelles du M23 sont parvenus à un accord de paix, jeudi, à Nairobi selon les présidences ougandaise et kenyane. Les rebelles avaient déjà déposé les armes début novembre. Fin des hostilités…

[Effective 2015, citizens of Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi and Rwanda will be traveling using a new generation East African Passport, a modern regional traveling document likely to replace their national ones. A communique from the Heads of States Summit, that took place…

[National leaders and ordinary citizens around the world joined Thursday in mourning Nelson Mandela, who spent 27 years as a prisoner in South Africa for opposing apartheid, then emerged to become his country’s first black president, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize…

[The Democratic Republic of Congo’s president, Joseph Kabila, flew into Uganda on Monday for talks aimed at reviving a peace deal between his government and rebel fighters. Kinshasa and the M23 rebels failed to seal a deal last month after wrangling over…

[LAST week, some international media organisations reported that the southern African country of Angola has banned Islam. Condemnation ensued as the world poured criticism on this seemingly incredible decision by the government of Angola. How could a country ban an established religion,…