Vol 52 No 17 | SUDAN Changing times 26th August 2011 The ruling National Congress Party warmly congratulated Libyans on ‘their victory against their long-term ruler’, recognising the Transitional National Council on 23 August. Yet, as South Sudan struggles,...
Vol 52 No 16 | ERITREASOMALIA Politics and posturing 5th August 2011 People starve, aid is inadequate, relief agencies are spurned and the region’s insecurities fester The Horn of Africa’s worst drought in six decades has prompted the United Nations to take the rare step of declaring a famine in two regions of Somalia...
Vol 52 No 15 | KENYA Succession not reform 22nd July 2011 Bold plans to address political conflict and vote-rigging have been sidelined as the battle to succeed President Kibaki heats up The groundbreaking programme for political reform set out in the new constitution is at risk as members of parliament and party activists position themselves for the presidential succession...
Vol 52 No 15 | KENYAUNITED STATES Nairobi needs its fix 22nd July 2011 Politicians and police show no signs of investigating two people named as ‘drugs kingpins’ by the US government Although the United States named John Harun Mwau and Naima Mohamed Nyakiniywa ‘drugs kingpins’ and froze their assets in the USA on 1 June, Mwau is conducting a...
Vol 52 No 15 | SOUTH SUDAN From autonomy to sovereignty 22nd July 2011 South Sudanese have made history; now they have to make a future Tens of thousands of jubilant and weeping people cheered South Sudan’s new flag at the John Garang Mausoleum in Juba on Independence Day, 9 July. Then, instead of...
Vol 52 No 15 | SOUTH SUDAN How the South moves north 22nd July 2011 As Ethiopian peacekeepers deploy in the contested Abyei Area, Khartoum’s strategy to keep it in the North grows starker. Northern opposition to the ruling National Congress Party is...
Vol 52 No 15 | TANZANIABRITAIN The radar scandal is back 22nd July 2011 After Westminster MPs lambast BAE over the radar saga, questions about the accountability of Tanzanian officials remain Hearings in the British parliament over the £29.5 million (US$47 mn.) BAE Systems must pay Tanzania over the radar affair have revived questions about whether any Tanzanians, especially...
Vol 52 No 14 | SOUTH SUDAN The clock strikes zero 8th July 2011 After the celebrations, the Juba government will battle to meet its people’s dreams and handle relations with Khartoum History is made in Sudan this week. Dignitaries from across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas flew into Juba, the makeshift capital of the new Republic of South...
Vol 52 No 14 | SUDAN Abyei in limbo 8th July 2011 Ethiopia’s peacekeepers will face heavy scrutiny as Khartoum and Juba differ over Abyei and the still undemarcated border The Abyei Agreement signed by the Khartoum regime and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM) in Addis Ababa on 20 June offers no respite for the more than...
Vol 52 No 14 | SUDANSOUTH SUDAN Opposition hits the Embassy 8th July 2011 Southern Independence is already affecting Northern Sudan. In an unprecedented scuffle with oppositionists inside the London Embassy, Presidential Assistant Nafi’e Ali Nafi’e was hit on the head by...