Apathy, malnutrition and illiteracy conspired to make this April's Sudanese Presidential Election a non-event in the autonomous south. The ballot on independence, scheduled for January, may be less so - provided the result, however it turns out, does not lead to a resumption of war
In Niger's desert north almost fifty soldiers have been killed since February 2007 yet, according to President Mamadou Tandja's twitchy government, there is no rebellion. It
After fourteen years of civil war, hopes are riding on the scarred west African countrys truth and reconciliation commission. But it needs international support, writes Tristan McConnell.
There are
The Lord's Resistance Army's twenty-year war in northern Uganda may be ending. Will the cost of peace be impunity for its horrendous crimes? Tristan McConnell reports.
Three hours late, the results in the Democratic Republic of Congo's first proper elections in forty-five years came through on the evening of Sunday 20 August. It was
Congolese will go to the polls this weekend in an election that is as unusual as it is important. It is unusual because, despite its name, the Democratic Republic of
To no one's surprise President Yoweri Museveni has won again. The incumbent Ugandan leader achieved 59% of the vote in the Thursday 24 February election, thus avoiding a
