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Displaying 5 results from 2008 (out of 69 total).

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

The tenth anniversary of the East African embassy bombings, when 206 Kenyans, 11 Tanzanians and 12 Americans died and over 5,000 were injured, was marked by sombre...


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...


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

Among Africa’s regional organisations, the East African Community has become one of the most successful and coherent entities. East Africa’s budgets – all read on 12 June...


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.

Financial projections for East Africa have been turned on their head. Kenya's election crisis has damaged all the members of the East African Community and the contagion has...


Election shockwaves spread

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

Kenya’s political crisis will cast a long shadow over neighbouring states this year as prospects for its speedy resolution recede (see Box). The confrontation between rival presidential candidates...


Displaying 5 results from 2008 (out of 69 total).