JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Lam Akol, the sole challenger to south Sudan's incumbent president Salva Kiir, launched his campaign in the region's capital Saturday, promising an end to corruption if he wins April's election. "The (southern) government has failed," said Akol speaking in a local Arabic dialect in the south's capital Juba. "Corruption has defeated people in ...

Uganda's Lord's Resistance Army rebel chief Joseph Kony is believed to have fled into the troubled Sudanese region of Darfur, President Yoweri Museveni told reporters Friday. "About one month ago Kony himself disappeared. Our military said that the small group in which Kony was had disappeared into Darfur. That is what they told me," Museveni said. The fugitive ...

Defending champion Blanka Vlasic sailed through qualification of the women's high jump on the opening morning's competition of the IAAF World Indoor Championships on Friday. The Croatian nailed three jumps, the third at 1.92m, which was good enough for qualification but far from her personal indoor best of 2.05m. Vlasic, who is also world outdoor champion ...

A South African university is training Southern Sudan government leaders in international law, security and other affairs of state as the region prepares for a 2011 independence referendum, university officials said. The first 16 Southern Sudanese arrive Sunday to begin a two-month course specially designed for Southern ...