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There is some tentative evidence that the police crackdown on the feared Mungiki sect is having some effect on overall levels of crime. According to police statistics, there were... 2007-07-03

Losing presidential candidate and head of the main opposition Jeanne Pierre Bemba remains in Portugal. He flew there from the protection of the South African embassy in Kinshasa,... 2007-06-29

Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) leaders have declared that they have no intention of releasing child soldiers prior to the completion of peace negotiations. According to a recent report... 2007-06-29

The Somali government declared in June 2007 that it is offering an amnesty to fighters from the Islamic Courts Union (ICU), in an effort to encourage the group's leaders to attend... 2007-06-28

At the end of May the US ratcheted up sanctions against Sudan. The punitive actions included barring 31 Sudanese companies from doing business in the US. Moreover, economic sanctions... 2007-06-04

Toward the end of May the UN World Food Programme temporarily suspended aid to half a million people in the country's drought stricken north eastern Karamoja region after gunmen... 2007-06-04

One of many repercussions of the ongoing delays in the 2007 budget is that the government is relying on credits from the central bank to keep its operations ticking over. Effectively,... 2007-06-01

We see little political risk in Tanzania over the short-term, and the country enjoys one of the highest ratings in sub-Saharan Africa. Relations with the semi-autonomous Zanzibar... 2007-05-25

Former governor of the Central Bank of Kenya Andrew Mullei has been formerly acquitted of corruption by a Kenyan anti-graft court. On account of a lack of evidence, Mullei was cleared... 2007-05-24

France has increased its troop presence in CAR following the resumption of heavy fighting in the north of the country by rebel group Union of Democratic Forces for Reunification (Union... 2007-05-24