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  • Vol 49 No 17
  • 22/08/2008

In the dock for the bombings

A US lawsuit claims that the Sudanese and Iranian regimes plotted the bombing of two East African US embassies in 1998

  • Vol 49 No 17
  • 22/08/2008

The grounds for complaint

Below are key quotes from the 5 August complaint filed in a US civil court against the Sudanese and Iranian governments: 'The Defendant, the Republic of the Sudan, acting through the Defendant, the Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of the Sud...

  • Vol 49 No 13
  • 20/06/2008

The region grows – despite politics and prices

The leading regional economies have rebounded from the effects of Kenya's post-election crisis only to face another dangerous mix of rising food and oil prices

  • Vol 49 No 3
  • 01/02/2008

Economic crisis without borders

Kenya's post-election crisis has exploded several myths about the strength of its financial institutions, its economy and the force of political and economic integration under the revived East African Community.

  • Vol 49 No 1
  • 11/01/2008

Election shockwaves spread

The farce and fiasco that marred Kenya’s election will prove costly and damaging to the whole region

  • Vol 48 No 15
  • 20/07/2007

UNITY ON A SMALLER SCALE

The newly enlarged East African Community contains just under Nigeria's population, with only half of its GDP.

  • Vol 48 No 1
  • 12/01/2007

The new frontlines

The regional powers are being drawn into the maelstrom in Somalia as United States' forces go hunting for Al Qaida

  • Vol 47 No 21
  • 20/10/2006

No EASSY rider

Kenya and South Africa are in heated dispute over the control and cost of a crucial African development project - a fibre-optic cable to surround the continent and link it to the world by 2008. One of its main components, the East African Submarine Sy...

  • Vol 47 No 17
  • 25/08/2006

A political resurrection

A slew of by-election victories and a vigourous political roadshow have boosted President Kibaki's chances of success next year

  • Vol 47 No 13
  • 23/06/2006

Drying up growth

Drought is slowing down the region's economies, forcing some harsh policy changes

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