Half a million Kenyans and Ethiopians face conflict, hunger due to dam - report
The Gibe III hydropower dam, due for completion in 2014 on the Omo River in southern Ethiopia, will reduce the flow of water to farmers and pastoralists living downstream, including those 600 kilometres to the south in Kenya
Sudan's Bashir pledges peace in first S.Sudan visit since split
"We won't go back to war," Sudanese president says
Some 50,000 flee Sudan into Chad after Darfur clashes
"People are arriving wounded and telling us their houses are destroyed and their villages completely burned down, with many people killed" - UN
Sudan's Bashir in first South Sudan visit since split
Bashir orders Sudan's borders with South Sudan to be opened for traffic
Sudan's Bashir, in Juba, says will normalise ties with South Sudan
"This visit shows the start of cooperation based on a normalisation of relations between the two countries" - Bashir
Sudan's Bashir visits South Sudan for first time since split
Bashir and Kiir will discuss the oil and security deals, border trade as well as remaining territorial conflicts
Somalia strives to shake off "failed state" tag
Western powers are in early talks on writing off Somalia's debt
Displaced in South Sudan suffers from aftermath of LRA violence
A new report conducted by DRC/DDG in South Sudan shows that the population is still suffering from widespread and enduring social trauma as a result of Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) violence, even though the militant group has disappeared from the country.