Vol 64 No 18 | KENYACLIMATE CHANGE Nairobi vies for green capital status 7th September 2023 William Ruto advances his own, and Kenya's interests, but fails to pull in much climate finance from industrial economies Having spent much of the first year of his presidency staking out the ground as one of Africa's leading voices on climate change and energy policy, Kenya's William Ruto was the nat...
Vol 64 No 17 | ETHIOPIAUNITED STATES Abiy looks west 24th August 2023 Pushing ahead with a pro-market reform programme as it tries to restructure its foreign debts and secure a loan from the IMF, Abiy Ahmed's government is fighting on many fronts. Co...
Vol 64 No 17 | ETHIOPIA The avalanche catches up with Abiy Ahmed 23rd August 2023 The rebellion in Amhara region and the government's heavy response is testing the federal system to the limit Initially, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed won plaudits for recasting the system inherited from his predecessor Meles Zenawi who dominated Ethiopian politics from 1991 until his death in... READ FOR FREE
Vol 64 No 16 | KENYAHAITI Kenyan cops vs Haitian gangs 3rd August 2023 Kenya's offer to send 1,000 police to help train and assist the Haitian National Police in the Caribbean state's battle against criminal gangs has been warmly welcomed by the inter...
Vol 64 No 16 | ETHIOPIA Abiy ploughs on as economy staggers 27th July 2023 Multiple insurgencies and the bitter aftermath of the Tigray war weigh heavily on growth and jobs The harsh realities of most people's living conditions in the country contradict Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's resolute optimism that within two years the economy will be 'free from ...
Vol 64 No 16 | SOMALIA President launches anti-graft campaign 26th July 2023 Mogadishu's first big corruption trial in years is in full flow, but suspicions of scores being settled while business goes on as usual are casting a shadow Four civil servants face heavy penalties if they are convicted of stealing public funds in the first corruption trial in living memory. President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's government...
Vol 64 No 15 | KENYA The street takes on State House 20th July 2023 Bolstered by another billion from the IMF, President Ruto reckons he can face down a militant but uncoordinated opposition Austerity economics and street protests are dominating William Ruto's first term in the presidency after he rejected restructuring Kenya's debts in favour of two years of fiscal be...
Vol 64 No 15 | SUDAN Hemeti's grand plan is stalemated 20th July 2023 After his putsch failed, the paramilitary leader has relaunched an ethnic war in Darfur as supply lines tighten When the war of the generals broke out on 15 April, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo 'Hemeti', the commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), had clear objectives: to thwart the pla...
Vol 64 No 14 | CHADSUDAN Reliving Darfur's tragic history 20 years on 6th July 2023 The floundering attempts at a ceasefire around Khartoum are ignoring the growing threat of regional conflagration in the west As international attention flickered on the failing talks in Jeddah mediated by officials from Saudi Arabia and the United States, the war between Sudan's military factions has bee...
Vol 64 No 14 | KENYA A man for all summits 6th July 2023 With economic woes at home, President Ruto is pitching himself as a foreign policy player – from climate finance to reform of the African Union Few expected William Ruto to devote much time to foreign policy when he claimed the presidency after narrowly defeating Raila Odinga in last August's elections. After running an in...
