Fawzia Sheikh

As the international community steps up the pressure on President Robert Mugabe’s regime, American officials consider tougher sanctions.
While the US will not let the Hague war crimes court prosecute Americans, it is more positive about plans to charge Sudanese leaders.
Army leaders have been publicly discussing the potential benefits of a fully-fledged military command structure in Africa.
Khartoum knows it will not face punitive measures from the international community no matter how grievous its violations, say analysts.
The detention of the main challenger to Yoweri Museveni highlights the deteriorating international reputation of a leader once seen as a leading African reformer.
Campaigners fear US pressure for abstinence-only prevention programmes has prompted a strategy change.
Kampala military chiefs threaten hot pursuit of rebels into neighbouring Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
President Yoweri Museveni’s democracy project is in trouble as western governments begin withdrawing aid.
An Islamic guerrilla group previously thought to be a spent force is regrouping and rearming, according to Ugandan security officials.
The government hopes foreign visitors can forget Rwanda’s brutal past.