Critics allege country's government has created a buffer state in eastern Congo led by its allies

Defence chief commands rebels guilty of huge human rights abuses, says dossier

Judges of controversial Mo Ibrahim award can't find worthy winner for third time in six years

President faces fresh controversy as public foots bill for a helipad, playground and bunker

Kenya's president has vetoed an attempt by MPs in the country to award themselves a pay-off worth £16m after it prompted furious public protests.

There was widespread anger in the economically troubled East African nation after a secretive move to amend a finance bill to include a lucrative golden handshake of £69,000 each for MPs whose term ends in January.

There was widespread anger and disbelief in the Kenyan capital yesterday after a grenade was thrown into a Sunday school, leaving one child dead and several injured.

Militants with the Islamist group Al-Shabaab were fighting a losing battle yesterday to hold on to their last bastion in Somalia after Kenyan forces launched an amphibious assault on the port city.

Sick of their living conditions, Nairobi's poorest are suing their plutocrat landlords for the right to their land

Four years ago Ahmed Jama returned to Mogadishu to follow his dream. Not even suicide attacks can deter him