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Deputy Prime Minister Musalia Mudavadi has quit Prime Minister Raila Odinga's Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) after failing in his bid to claim the ODM presidential ticket. Mudavadi... 2012-04-27

The Tanzanian navy arrested five suspected Somali pirates near the country's Songo Songo gas field. Seven further suspects who were said to be manning a 'mother ship' were also picked... 2012-04-27

The possibility of a return to full-scale conflict with South Sudan risks stretching the Sudanese military to breaking point. The government is already dealing with armed insurgencies... 2012-04-27

The prevalence rates and deaths caused by malaria in Uganda have reduced quite substantially as compared to five years ago, according to local media, citing Myers Lugemwa, team leader... 2012-04-26

An arrest warrant has been issued against Sudanese Defence Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague. The court has charged Hussein... 2012-03-26

The National Electoral Commission (NEC) sent letters to the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi and opposition Chadema parties warning them over a breach of election regulations and ethics during... 2012-03-26

Ugandan police temporarily arrested opposition leader Kizza Besigye over the death of a police officer during a violent protest in Kampala on March 21. He was later released on bond... 2012-03-26

A Kenyan court has convicted the former senior education official Enos Magwa to three years imprisonment and fined him KES3.6mn (US$42,850) for stealing funds and false accounting,... 2012-03-26

An bill that would hand down a death sentence to homosexuals who are 'repeat offenders' in Uganda was reintroduced in parliament on February 7. David Bahati, a legislator with the ruling... 2012-02-27

The governments of Sudan and South Sudan are aiming to demarcate their border within three months, Yahya al-Hussein, a senior government official and member of Sudan's negotiating team,... 2012-02-27