Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Africa's first woman president, has announced she will run for re-election next year, despite previously promising to serve only one term. "I now announce to you, and to the thousands of supporters in radio land and abroad, that I will be a candidate," she said during her annual address to parliament on Monday, which ...

Qatari-hosted talks between the Sudanese government and Darfur rebels due to begin on Monday in Doha have again been postponed, a mediator said on Sunday, amid a lingering split in rebel ranks. Instead, civil society members, including representatives of the diaspora, will meet in Doha for "consultations" on how to clinch a peace deal between Khartoum and the rebels, he ...

A US official says the Peace Corps will return to Sierra Leone after 16 years' absence. Peace Corps Acting Regional Director for Africa Lynn Foden said Monday that 50 volunteers will arrive next June to work on secondary education projects. She says the number of volunteers ...