As the country marks two years of war this week, the question that looms large is whether hope for a democratic future still lives or has it vanished amid the gunfire and violence of war?

Human rights groups decry international neglect as Sudan marks two years of civil war. Urgent call for action to end conflict ...

Al Shabaab fighters captured a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces had been using as a staging area ...

Al Shabaab fighters attacked a town in central Somalia on Wednesday that government forces have been using as a staging area ...

Fears are growing that a rebel militia is using violence to consolidate control in the famine-stricken region of Sudan.