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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. EMAILThe contest between President Omar Hassan Ahmed Bashir and former rebel Salva Kiir could split the country.
A spokesman aboard a hijacked Ukrainian ship says the pirates want $20 million. He calls it a tax on foreigners using Somalia's waters.
The cargo vessel carries 21 crew members, along with tanks and weapons headed for Kenya.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack in Islamabad, but officials suspect so-called Pakistani Taliban militants based in the lawless Waziristan region.
Fighting 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.
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.