Rights Groups Criticize New Zimbabwean Law That Curbs Civic SpaceLocal and international rights groups, including Human Rights Watch, are concerned about the signing into law of a new legislation that ...

Kenya’s democracy, while flawed in many respects, still outperforms Uganda’s and Tanzania’s by far. Data from Freedom House ...

The top United Nations official in South Sudan is urging the U.N. Security Council to use its clout to prevent the world’s ...

President Yoweri Museveni dashed to South Sudan in early April for a quick meeting with his South Sudan counterpart, Salva Kiir, due to mounting fears of an escalation that could plunge the fragile ...

Here’s a look at South Sudan, whose people had been granted temporary protected status by the U.S. because of insecurity at ...

Western partners as well as the regional bloc Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad) have demanded for his release ...

Ugandan leader Yoweri Museveni arrived in Juba on Wednesday for a working visit he said was aimed at strengthening his ...

The UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) has called on all parties to exercise restraint and uphold the peace agreement as violence escalate ...

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

South Sudan president Salva Kiir expressed displeasure by remarks made by former prime minister Raila Odinga regarding the ongoing crisis in his country.