Soldiers from Uganda and Burundi are currently playing a vital security role by defending the presidential palace, the main seaport and airport from al-Shabab attacks.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Sudanese soldiers carried Jaafar Nimeiri's flag-draped body from the presidential palace in Khartoum to a cemetery in Omdurman, the capital's sister city across the Nile river.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

But there are signs of progress. In the massive tent city across the street from the ruined presidential palace, thousands of Haitians lined up on Tuesday for food distributions.

VOA: standard.2010.01.26