Vol 51 No 24 | SUDAN Abyei's protocol problems 3rd December 2010 Abyei is still waiting, while Southerners register for their own referendum The National Congress Party (NCP) carried its brinkmanship beyond the 30 November deadline set by Abyei's Dinka Ngok leaders – and the requisite Referendum Commission had still not been set up....
Vol 51 No 23 | SUDAN Abyei waits 19th November 2010 Khartoum fights its corner over the Abyei referendum and outflanks the SPLM and the United States The devastated foundations of former buildings and burnt out lorries dot the town of Abyei, a haunting reminder to residents of the May 2008 attack which razed it...
Vol 51 No 23 | UGANDA Oil to play for 19th November 2010 More than a billion barrels of oil under Lake Albert may help transform the country’s economy but will not determine outcome of the 2011 elections The tussle between the government and the oil companies wanting to exploit Lake Albert’s oil fields has hit deadlock over US$404 million which the government says is owed...
Vol 51 No 23 | UGANDA Opposition at sea over oil 19th November 2010 The political stakes in the oil issue are high, not least because President Yoweri Museveni is facing his most serious electoral challenge. However, Colonel Kizza Besigye, presidential...
Vol 51 No 23 | TANZANIA Bye-bye Mr Speaker 19th November 2010 The election puts corruption centre-stage Only 42% of eligible voters went to the polls. Many are taking it as a sign that the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi government needs to tackle corruption or...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | SUDANCHINA Bullets over Darfur 18th November 2010 China has breached the United Nations arms embargo on Darfur by failing to ‘take the necessary measures to prevent the supply of arms and related materiel of all...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 1 | TANZANIAZAMBIACHINA TAZARA troubles 18th November 2010 China’s flagship African railroad project continues to lose money, and Chinese management may be brought in to avoid throwing more good money after bad. Built in the 1970s,...
Vol 51 No 22 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Kagame’s troops return to Congo 5th November 2010 Chaos in the Kivus has given Kigali a pretext to send its soldiers back across the border in pursuit of political and economic objectives The Rwandan Defence Force is back in Congo-Kinshasa but trying to keep a low profile. Presidents Joseph Kabila and Paul Kagame agreed on the move at a 6...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN The boom in Juba and its consequences 5th November 2010 Talk of war might be in the air but Juba is booming. Building sites are around every corner of South Sudan’s capital and so are foreign delegations and contract-wielding business people. Expecting independence next year, the South is marketing itself as a virgin land rich in oil, minerals and fertile soil. As one of the last remaining markets to open up to a world economy battling for natural resources, commercial and diplomatic interest is growing fast in the new state. The National Congress Party regime in Khartoum wants to delay January’s referenda on the status of the South and Abyei. Discussions about oil revenue and borders are unresolved...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN Jarch Capital has friends in the South 5th November 2010 Last year, in Africa’s biggest land deal, Jarch Capital leased 400,000 hectares in Mayom County, Unity State, from one-time warlord Paulino Matiep Nhial’s family (AC Vol 50 No...