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Edmund Sanders, Bureau Chief
Edmund Sanders became Nairobi Bureau Chief in May 2005, responsible for covering East and Central Africa. His current focus includes Somalia, Darfur and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Previously he worked as Baghdad correspondent from 2003 to 2005. Before joining the Foreign staff he was posted in Washington D.C., where he covered entertainment policy, privacy and the anthrax attacks. EMAILFighting begins after more than 70 government vehicles surround the sprawling refugee camp known as Kalma. The U.N. says the troops arrived amid allegations of weapons in the camp.
U.S. counter-terrorism efforts have alienated many Somalis, and a leader of the hard-line Islamic group Shabab says it is ready to unite with Bin Laden's organization.
Along with sadness, victims plan to voice anger over a lack of better compensation after the 1998 terrorist attack.
Between a drought and the global rise in food prices, starvation threatens many in the Horn of Africa nation. The government says the emergency is occurring even as agriculture flourishes.
Many adults blame the incidents of arson and rioting on spoiled youths. But some observers cite lingering effects of postelection mayhem.
After a surge of reform in the 1990s, many countries have suffered setbacks, with 'pseudo-democracies' and incumbents who refuse to cede power.
Officials say at least 7 are killed and 22 are wounded in Sudan in an attack by dozens of men in SUVs. The troops were investigating the killings of civilians.
Its leaders are papering over social and economic problems exposed by the postelection violence and reverting to patterns of payoffs and short-term fixes, critics say.
The U.N.'s World Food Program is struggling as costs of food and fuel skyrocket while the numbers of people needing help surge across the globe. Millions are in danger.
U.S. and African diplomats leave after talks to settle the election dispute fail. A new round of negotiations is planned, to be led by Kofi Annan.
A border war with Ethiopia intensified distrust of outsiders.
President vows his African nation won't be "enslaved." But some of his people think he's lost his way.
The humanitarian crisis brought on by the fighting in western Sudan is depleting already-scarce natural resources.