KENYA
Once more, President Daniel arap Moi has confounded his critics and surprised everyone else. On 23 July, he appointed his political adversary, palaeontologist and wildlife enthusiast Richard Leakey, to head the Civil Service. Leakey's appointment follows, we hear, direct discussions between Moi and World Bank President James Wolfensohn. Moi was told that the only way to end the stand-off with donors and the country's economic free-fall was to appoint a credible economic and civil service reform team.