The United Nations and African Union envoys spearheading efforts to bring durable peace to war-wracked Darfur are in Sudan this week for consultations with Government officials as they try to introduce new momentum to the stalled political process.

The redeployment of United Nations peacekeepers to the far east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where critical steps are being taken to resolve long-standing conflict and instability, risks creating security vacuums and increased tensions in other parts

The Chief mediator in the Kony peace talks, Dr Riek Machar said yesterday he had received assurances from the rebel negotiators that Joseph Kony will sign his part of the agreement on Thursday.

Landmine survivors in Pader district have appealed to the President to build them houses and educate their children.

Though the House of Representatives probe panel on the power sector exposed several sordid deals involving former President Olusegun Obasanjo, former police affairs minister, Alaowei Broderick Bozimo, yesterday opened another pandora box in denying his involvement in the sharing of

THE POLITICAL PROBLEMS caused by the General Elections has led to a flurry of calls for addressing historical injustices.

The police have asked the Mt Elgon MP to record a statement over the Sabaot Land Defence Force.

A BAND of thugs yesterday invaded the Delta State House of Assembly ostensibly to prevent alleged move to impeach the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Funkekeme Solomon.

The Mt Elgon Pastors' Forum has appealed to the Government to resettle people displaced by the Sabaot Land Defence Force (SLDF).

The governments of Zambia and South Africa have reiterated their commitment to providing peace and stability in the region and the African continent.

Zimbabwean refugees in Cape Town have appealed to the international community and President Thabo Mbeki to immediately deploy peacekeeping forces to their country amid fears that Robert Mugabe is set to unleash a reign of terror on civilians who voted

The latest stalemate over the formation of grand coalition Cabinet is fuelling speculation on what might happen if the deal brokered by former UN secretary-general Kofi Annan grinds to a halt.

Joint Special Representative of the UN/AU Mission in Darfur, Rodolphe Adada, held a series of high-level talks with Sudanese officials, in the course of the last two days, to coordinate activities and maintain the momentum of processes that aim at

While many African countries are still grappling with negative ethnicity and its bloody consequences, Botswana seems to have successfully cooled and bottled the tribal hot-potato for now. This has been exemplified once again by the country's third peaceful power transition

Kenya's opposition party suspended talks with the government Tuesday and hundreds of angry young opposition backers set fires to protest delays in reaching a power-sharing deal.

Chaos broke out at Olympic in Kibera slum as youths demanded a speedy naming of the grand coalition Cabinet.

Thousands of residents here have been rendered homeless following a 30-day eviction by the government in February and March, a human rights organization said.

A resurgence of hostility between the Awori and the Owu in Sango Ota, Ogun State, may have led to the death of more than six persons yesterday following a demonstration by Aworis against what they perceived as injustice by the