Why has the Arab Spring so far failed to spread south of the Sahara – and should some African leaders be looking...

We should not deny Ugandans the chance to bring a man who has committed horrific crimes to justice. However we must...

Supporters of the Kony 2012 campaign have posed two questions to critics: 'what would you do?', and 'what's the...

In the backlash against Kony 2012 a real discussion of what the international community can and should do has been...

What is Kony2012? The apologists for Invisible Children call it “raising awareness.” Alex de Waal calls it peddling...

Ending the violence and insecurity perpetrated by the Lord's Resistance Army is more about empowering civil society...

A topsy-turvy year full of dramatic reversals left sub-Saharan Africa still in search of of the balance that would...

The presidents of Vietnam and Myanmar visit New Delhi to strengthen cooperation with India. Kenya launches military...

Military campaign against central African rebel group intensifies. Yemen goes on the offensive against al-Qaeda. New...

Pakistan condemns US drone use in north-west as Pak-US relations hit new low. Attack on British Embassy in Yemen...

Grenade attack rocks Kigali just two days after Kagame re-elected as president, while opposition groups urge...

Somalian insurgents suspected of bombing Ugandan capital. Israel prepares for further attempts to break the Gaza...

UN launches inquiry as Israel intercepts second peace flotilla. US identified as world’s greatest user of targeted...

Egypt and Sudan state opposition to Ugandan-Rwandan-Kenyan-Ethiopian deal on Nile waterway management. South Korea...

LRA rebel group denies any involvement in mass killings in Congo. Burmese opposition decides to boycott election....