South Sudan is already dealing with its own political ... such as summary killings and systematic rape, earning them the name the “Janjaweed”, meaning “Devils on Horseback” in Sudanese ...

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

Debating Ideas reflects the values and editorial ethos of the African Arguments book series, publishing engaged, often radical, scholarship, original and activist writing from within the African ...

The persistent threat of terrorism, Kenya’s security chiefs say, is one of the factors that has influenced diplomatic actions ...

These stories, alarming as they may be, are just a glimpse into the upheaval triggered by USAID’s sweeping freeze on funding.

With warnings of South Sudan teetering on the brink of civil war ... As Uganda's high court rules that names of landmarks and roads in the capital should be 'decolonised'- one lawyer begs to ...

South Sudan's First Vice President Riek Machar, the long-time rival to President Salva Kiir, was arrested on Wednesday -- a move described by the UN as leaving the country on the brink of ...

Recent clashes between forces loyal to President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek Machar have raised fears that South Sudan is on the brink of renewed war.

African Union mediators arrived in South Sudan's capital Juba on Wednesday for talks aimed at averting a new civil war after ...

Tensions are rising in the oil-rich east African nation of South Sudan after Riek Machar who serves as a vice president was ...

Amid rising tensions in Africa’s youngest country and reports that the country’s first vice president was arrested, Bishop ...