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Before the signing of the peace deal between the Ugandan government and the Lord's Resistance Army on April 10, the authorities had stated that they would spend more than 30% of the... 2008-05-02

Tensions have been ignited by the onset of the national census in Sudan. The census is a key part of the peace deal signed in 2005. It finally began on April 22 2008 and is set to... 2008-05-02

Ethiopia's government is to sever relations with Qatar due to 'Qatar's attempts to destabilise the sub-region and its hostility towards Ethiopia itself', according to Ethiopia's foreign... 2008-05-02

The leader of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Joseph Kony, missed the April 1 deadline for signing a permanent peace agreement with the Ugandan government. In our view, the possible... 2008-04-09

A row that broke out on March 10 signals the less-than-smooth path that needs to be travelled in the formation of Kenya's new coalition government. A statement made on March 10 by... 2008-04-08

Investigations into the US$133mn

Former southern rebel group Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) ignited tensions in the oil-rich Abyei state in April by unilaterally appointing a governor for the region. AThis... 2008-04-08

The UN voted in March to extend its existing arms embargo on militias operating in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the end of the year, but is exempting the DRC government's... 2008-04-08

Despite the signing of a peace agreement on January 23 between the government of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and several rebel groups of the Kivu province, heavy fighting continued... 2008-03-04

We have slightly ticked down our short-term political risk rating for Tanzania on the back of rising inflation, which poses risk to social stability. The rise in inflation has mostly... 2008-03-04