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Kenya's Industrialisation Minister Henry Kosgey resigned on January 4 over corruption allegations. The Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission has alleged that Kosgey, who has denied any wrongdoing,... 2011-01-27

South Sudan's minister for regional cooperation said that the new country will consider joining the International Criminal Court (ICC) when it becomes independent. Official results... 2011-01-27

Relations between the Ugandan government and the United States are likely to deteriorate, after a Wikileaks cable quoted Tim O'Hanlon, US ambassador to Uganda, as saying that president... 2010-12-20

Senior members of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), Badru Wegulo and Henry Mayega, announced they were joining President Yoweri Museveni's ruling party, the National Resistance Movement... 2010-11-19

President Jakaya Kikwete reappointed Mizengo Pinda as prime minister in mid-November, a move that was endorsed by the Tanzanian parliament soon-thereafter. Pinda has occupied the role... 2010-11-19

Southern Sudanese began registering in November to vote in the much anticipated secession referendum scheduled for January 2011. The registration process is the first concrete step... 2010-11-19

Dr. Oscar Kashala, president of the Union pour la Reconstruction du Congo (UREC), announced mid-November 2010 that UREC had concluded a memorandum of understanding with the Alliance... 2010-11-19

Suspended higher education minister William Ruto travelled to The Hague in November to meet with officials from the International Criminal Court (ICC) in an attempt to clear his name... 2010-11-19

The DRC's dispute with UK-based oil major Tullow Oil took a new turn in October, when the company won a temporary injunction in a British Virgin Islands court against the development... 2010-10-25

The Lord's Resistance Army, a cult-like rebel group ostensibly intent on establishing a theocratic state, has reportedly killed around 2,000 people in a series of attacks in Uganda,... 2010-10-21