Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is for the first time scheduled to visit Somalia's restive capital Mogadishu where he is expected to hold talks with his Somali counterpart and inspect the peacekeeping operation of African Union troops.

The trial for former Liberian president Charles Taylor took an early adjournment today when immediately after the mid-morning break, one of the judges reportedly fell ill. Prior to the court's adjournment, the accused former Liberian president denied allegations that he

Somalia's Islamist Al-Shabab militia group has taken control of the southern town of Afmadow, 620km south of the capital Mogadishu, causing hundreds of families to flee in fear of violence.

All hell broke loose at Odumaase, in the Lower Manya Krobo District of the Eastern Region, during the wee hours of last Friday, when members of the Pierngua Clan, resorted to the exchange of gunfire to address their long-drawn-out chieftaincy

At least 11 people have been killed and 18 others injured in heavy fighting between Somali government forces and fighters loyal to insurgent Hizbul Islam group, Radio Garowe reports on Monday.

Ethiopian officials have reportedly crossed the border to neighbouring Somalia to hold secret talks with former administrators of Somalia's southern region of Bakool in the southwestern border village of Yeed, sources reported.

The trial against two former Congolese rebel leaders for crimes allegedly committed by their militias in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in 2003 is set to begin tomorrow in The Hague at the International Criminal Court.

Over 150 ex-combatants who once fought for armed militia in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region participated today in a United Nations-backed demobilization and reintegration programme which aims to ease the return of former soldiers to their communities.

Voter registration and the election date in Sudan have been extended slightly to accommodate delays incurred in the process in some areas of the vast country, the National Elections Commission said.

At least 10 people have been killed and more others wounded after heavy fighting between the transitional government forces backing by the AU troops (AMISOM) and the Islamist fighters broke out in the north of the Somali capital Mogadishu, official

The Islamic clerics of Ahlu Sunna Waljama'a have explained more on big explosions targeted to the centre of Galmudug administration in central Somalia, just as some of key clerics meeting there in north, officials told shabelle Radio on Tuesday.

The army yesterday paraded 10 former fighters of the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) who surrendered last week to government soldiers.

About 26 ex-militants at rehabilitation center located at the Social Development Institute (SDI) in Okeyi, Etche Local Government Area of Rivers State yesterday held a staff of the institute hostage over what they described as unfair treatment by their host.

Increased threats to international staff in Darfur, including "extremely alarming" kidnappings, ongoing military action by Chad, Sudan and rebels, and Government limits on peacekeepers' movements continue to hamper efforts to stabilize the Sudanese area torn apart by nearly seven years

As part of a three-day visit to Sudan, a delegation of the African Union (AU) Peace and Security Council is expected to meet officials of the AU-UN Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) at its El Fasher headquarters tomorrow, Tuesday 24 November.

Both locals and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Somalia's central town of Beletweyne are experiencing increased hardship with several changes in the town's administration, residents say.

Nearly two years ago the world witnessed horrific images of murder and arson on a horrendous scale. We saw pictures of grim-looking, matchete-wielding young men roaming the dusty streets of shanty towns of South Africa hunting for foreign-looking Africans to

The government of Somalia's Puntland state has strongly rejected a recent statement issued from the office of US Congressman Donald M. Payne who is the Chairman of the House Sub-Committee on Africa and Global Health under the aegis of the

Has anyone really been raped? How many and by who? Conflicting reports emanate from everywhere. Will we ever really know what happened? As always, the truth is a scarce commodity in Nigeria.

Issues and contentions which arose from the launch of a book by elder statesman and legal practitioner, Sir Olaniwun Ajayi last week, will linger for so long, as the book succeeded in revisiting and rekindling the ethnic rivalry which has