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Sudan
South Sudan has claimed that Sudan has seized US$815mn worth of crude that was being transported its northern neighbour's pipeline. South Sudan seceded from the north in July but the...
2012-01-26Tanzania
Following meetings with leaders of opposition Chadema party, President Jakaya Kikwete announced that the government would submit a bill to the National Assembly which will amend the...
2012-01-26Kenya
Kenya's High Court ruled on January 13 that elections will take place in March 2013 instead of August 2012 unless the coalition government collapses before then. The high court had...
2012-01-26Uganda
Former presidential candidate Kizza Besigye was arrested late in January, as he and others opposing the rule of President Yoweri Museveni, allegedly planned to stage anti-government...
2012-01-26Sudan
Sudanese police used teargas and batons to disperse a crowd of students who had gathered in late December to protest in support of villagers displaced by the Merowe Dam project on the...
2011-12-30Congo, Dem. Rep.
In the wake of the disputed presidential election on November 28, Congolese security services prevented opposition leader Etienne Tshisekedi from holding a rival swearing-in ceremony...
2011-12-30Tanzania
There is broad acknowledgement in Tanzania that the current constitution, which has been the country's legal foundation since 1977, needs to be rewritten. The existing set of laws originally...
2011-12-30Kenya
Doctors and dentists in Kenya ended a 10-day strike on December 14 stating they will return to work within 24 hours, after the government submitted to some of their salary demands....
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