In Eritrea, youth frustrated by long service
By Jack Kimball
ASMARA (Reuters) – God surveys the world one day, seeing the mountains, valleys, seas and all there is.
Suddenly God stops and exclaims: “Why is Eritrea so green? I specifically made that country dry and yellow!”…
Uganda’s LRA rebels optimistic, nervous about peace
By Jack Kimball
OWINY-KI-BUL, Sudan, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Ugandan rebels with dreadlocks and AK-47s pour grain into twine sacks as others chat idly in a trading centre near the Sudan-Uganda border.
“Peace is coming soon,” a 36-year-old major in Uganda’s notorious Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) says with a broad smile, before trudging back to camps of plastic-covered tents…
Somali crisis complicates Ethiopia-Eritrea dispute
By Jack Kimball
ASMARA (Reuters) – Ethiopia and Eritrea’s entanglement in Somalia has added a dangerous new element to their already tense relationship and diminished hopes they may resolve a border dispute seen as vital for regional stability…
French judges politicising death probe – Djibouti
By Jack Kimball
DJIBOUTI (Reuters) – Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh accused French magistrates on Wednesday of politicising an investigation into the death of a French judge in the Red Sea state 12 years ago…
Ethnic unrest creeps from Rift towards Kenya capital
By Jack Kimball
NDERI, Kenya (Reuters) – Just 20 minutes outside Kenya’s capital Nairobi, wafts of smoke cloak the valley from fires lit by a mob looking for revenge.
Part of a wire fence lies on the ground where residents say the mob tried to break into the compound…
Riots rock Uganda capital for second day, 3 killed
By Jack Kimball
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Gunshots rang out in the Ugandan capital Kampala on Friday and at least three people were killed as security forces clashed with rioters for a second day.
The violence erupted over land and power disputes between President Yoweri Museveni’s government and leaders from Buganda, one of the east African country’s four ancient kingdoms…
Kenya artist paints peace messages in Nairobi
By Jack Kimball
NAIROBI (Reuters) – It’s a long, thick stroke. The white paint is still wet.
Solomon Muhandi dips his brush again into a small cup, his hands dotted with irregular white spots…
Rebel disorganisation delays east Sudan peace deal
By Jack Kimball
ASMARA (Reuters) – Squabbling among east Sudanese rebels and disorganisation in their ranks are hampering implementation of a deal that ended a decade long insurgency, a former rebel leader said on Monday…
Burundi clubbers party after curfew ends
By Jack Kimball
BUJUMBURA (Reuters) – “Drink, drink, drink for today is a happy day,” the ancient Kirundi wedding song says.
Mixed with new beats, the tune now thumps out as revelers gyrate on the dance floor at Bujumbura’s La Rochelle nightclub…
Kenyan wildlife park bush fire rages for second day
Kenya torture victims call for compensation
By Jack Kimball
NAIROBI (Reuters) – James Kariuki squeezes past the Land Rover blocking the entrance to the place where he says he was tortured for 44 days by Kenyan security forces…
Nations launch offensive against Uganda LRA rebels
By Jack Kimball
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and southern Sudan launched a joint military offensive on Sunday against Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels in a remote northeast corner of Congo, their armies said…
Uganda c.bank plans more interventions in money market
By Jack Kimball
KAMPALA (Reuters) – Uganda’s central bank plans “frequent” interventions mainly with repos from September to help stabilise short term money market rates, its director of financial markets said on Thursday…
Militant Somali Islamist at Eritrea talks
By Jack Kimball
ASMARA (Reuters) – Militant Somali Islamist leader Sheikh Hassan Dahir Aweys, in hiding since a war drove his sharia courts movement out of south Somalia at the end of 2006, appeared on Thursday at an opposition conference in Eritrea…
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