Xan rice biography of nancy

Xan Rice is a freelance writer based in Oxford. He was formerly the Guardian's East Africa correspondent

• Ugandan scientists grow GM banana as disease threatens country's staple food

• Kenyans summoned to international criminal court over 2007 violence

• Somali pirates kill four US hostages

• Omar al-Bashir will not stand for re-election in Sudan

• Ugandan leader wins presidential election rejected as fraudulent by opposition

• Uganda votes – but Yoweri Museveni's 25-year rule set to continue

• Ugandan girl, Phiona Mutesi leads chess revolution from the slums

• Pakalast: It means Yoweri Museveni wants to be Uganda's president for life

• China's economic invasion of Africa

• David Kato: man arrested over murder of Ugandan gay activist

• Somalia faces malnutrition crisis

• Nearly all southern Sudanese voted for secession

• Ugandan gay activist David Kato's funeral marred by angry scenes

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