Vol 49 No 3 | KENYA Military options 1st February 2008 At the height of this week’s violence in the Rift Valley, senior Kenyan politicians on both sides of the divide began discussing the possibility of a military intervention. Yet it ...
Vol 49 No 2 | KENYA Handshakes at dusk 16th January 2008 Much hard work lies ahead if the awkward meeting between Odinga is to lead to a resolution of the worsening crisis Such is the depth of despair about the intractability of the post-election crisis that many saw the meeting of Mwai Kibaki and Raila Odinga, arranged by former United Nations Secre...
Vol 49 No 2 | KENYA The heart of the matter 16th January 2008 Pastor Robert Kipchoge Birgen of the African Inland Church in Chepsiria is an Oskar Schindler of the North Rift, a man who saved the lives of people hunted because of their ethnici...
Vol 49 No 1 | KENYA Kenya moves closer to the edge 11th January 2008 Both sides in Kenya’s election stand-off are looking into the abyss and a few politicians are preparing to jump. Without serious efforts now to resolve the impasse between Mwai Kib...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 11 | KENYAJAPAN More competition for Tokyo 3rd November 2008 Tokyo promises to keep up its Africa momentum but is losing big contracts to China Japan would honour its promises to increase aid and investment in Africa despite the departure of Prime Miniter Yasuo Fukuda, said Foreign Minister Shintaro Ito during a trip to ...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 10 | KENYALIBYAINDIA Three is a crowd 3rd November 2008 Efforts by Kenya to push a compromise over a refineries contract between companies from Libya and India over oil are proving messy Kenya finally has succeeded in bringing together rival suitors for an oil refinery rehabilitation contract - but failed to secure an agreement. The acting Finance Minister, John Mi...
Vol 1 (AAC) No 3 | KENYAASIA Quiet on the eastern front 24th October 2008 A diplomatic silence from across the Indian Ocean is helping the Kibaki government play down the election crisis As Western governments consider placing sanctions on Kenyan leader Mwai Kibaki and his ministers for refusing to negotiate over the disputed elections, Asian states have maintained...
Vol 48 No 25 | KENYA Closer and closer 14th December 2007 In this watershed election, a new generation of politicians is challenging an establishment that dates back to the Independence years With general elections coming up on 27 December, the opinion polls give a slim lead to Raila Amolo Odinga of the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM). The incumbent President, Emilio M...
Vol 48 No 25 | KENYA Raila and Team Tinga 14th December 2007 Odinga's oranges rally round Raila Odinga's political organisation is much better coordinated and more focused than Mwai Kibaki's divided house. This is surprising given the disparate origins of Odinga's suppo...
Vol 48 No 25 | KENYA From the Muthaiga Club to the hustings 14th December 2007 Who's who in the Kibaki campaign In President Mwai Kibaki's campaign, the following groups compete for influence:
