The model for Somalia is Switzerland. Don't laugh! Political power in Switzerland lies in the cantons - the 26 proud self-governing communities. The state, such as it is, deals with international matters and national law. Who cares - or even knows - who the president of Switzerland is. The way...

You might think that comfortably re-elected recently and in his 26th year as ruler of Uganda, President Yoweri Museveni might begin to sit back and relish his achievements. But despite his 67 years and looking tired, he appears to have lost none of his ambition, stubborn determination or instinct for...

Guest Post from Peter Gill - author of 'Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia since Live Aid' - Richard Dowden is in Uganda and South Sudan and will be blogging again soon.

'Also tonight,' said Kirsty Wark in the opening link to Newsnight on BBC2 on August 4,...

"Here we go again". These words should have been heard in November last year. Not since. That's when the drought early warning lights flashed in Eastern Africa. No one should be saying it now. But now we are seeing pictures of starving Somali babies - pictures that we were promised...