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A letter from Tora prison

“How do you accurately and fairly report on Egypt’s ongoing political struggle without talking to everyone involved?”

‘A chilling warning to others’

Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste writes second letter from Egypt’s Tora Prison, where he is being held without charge.

Kenyatta’s promise

As Kenya celebrates 50 years of independence, has the country has live up to the promises of its founding father?

Thinking outside the ethnic box in S Sudan

Interpreting conflict as merely ethnic is not only superficial but also dangerous if it drives policy and peace deals.

Abyei’s symbolic referendum

In a symbolic referendum, 99.9 percent of voters in the disputed region of Abyei favour joining South Sudan over Sudan.

Kenya’s shambolic response to Westgate siege

Footage seen a month after the deadly mall siege suggests al-Shabab achieved a lot more than what it had aimed for.

Al-Shabab 2.0

Kenya and Somalia face challenge of figuring out how to defeat an organisation in “an intelligence war”.

Shabab: Dying or resurgent?

There is a growing view from Nairobi that al-Shabab’s Westgate Mall attack was an act of desperation

Rwanda’s big democratic experiment

Country revamped its political systems after the 1994 genocide. While not perfect, the changes are worth watching.

Searching for ghosts in South Sudan

Violence stemming from rivalry between Murle and Lou Nuer tribes has sent at least 100,000 people fleeing their homes.