Nairobi-Khartoum - A member of the joint United Nations- African Union peackeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID) was abducted and assaulted by a mounted militia, UNAMID said in a statement.
Nairobi - Shares in Kenyan mobile telecommunications firm Safaricom rose by 50 per cent on their first day of trading Monday months after Kenya's biggest public offering.
Nairobi - The Sudanese government and former rebels from the south have agreed to use international arbiters to resolve a dispute over the oil-rich town of Abyei, which observers fear could reigni
Nairobi/N'Djamena - Chad closed its border with Sudan overnight and cut off all economic ties with its neighbouring country amid accusations of aggression from Khartoum, news reports said Tuesday.