Vol 53 No 22 | SUDAN Khartoum’s military-industrial complex 2nd November 2012 Africa Confidential has identified five operational military factories in or near the Three Towns capital of Khartoum, Omdurman and Khartoum North (Bahri).
Vol 53 No 22 | RWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Uganda accused 2nd November 2012 A new UN report accuses both Uganda and Rwanda are running the M23 rebellion: foreign support for Kampala could soon be suspended The United Nations Group of Experts on eastern Congo-Kinshasa has indicted the Ugandan government as co-sponsor of the Mouvement du 23 mars (M23) rebellion in Kivu alongside Rwanda....
Vol 53 No 22 | SOMALIA Not yet spring in Mogadishu 2nd November 2012 Disputes over politics and money, especially income from Kismayo and Mogadishu ports, threaten the new President’s new order Political rivals, warlords and some regional officials are already testing the mettle of President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, just over a month after his election. Relatively untarnished by the...
Vol 53 No 22 | SOUTH SUDAN Juba jitters 2nd November 2012 Security is still being tightened after coup rumours, along with discontent triggered by the 27 September agreements with Sudan. The arrest of a senior Sudan People’s Liberation Army...
Vol 53 No 22 | ETHIOPIA Addis on a caution 2nd November 2012 A packed court in Addis Ababa saw 29 protestors face charges of ‘terrorist acts’ on 29 October. Ethiopian law defines ‘terrorism’ as including serious damage to property and...
Vol 6 (AAC) No 1 | ETHIOPIA Lee Jang-Gyu 30th October 2012 President, Adama Science and Technology University, Ethiopia Following an invitation from the late Premier Meles Zenawi, Lee Jang-gyu went to Ethiopia to take the reins of Adama Science and Technology University in...
Vol 53 No 21 | RWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA M23’s other parent 19th October 2012 Indirect talks between the M23 rebels in North Kivu and the Kinshasa government are finally taking place in Uganda, sources in Kampala have told Africa Confidential. Yet this...
Vol 53 No 21 | SUDAN Abyei arrangement 19th October 2012 Khartoum’s National Congress Party regime wants to use the diplomatic plaudits following its compromises on the oil-sharing deal on 17 September with South Sudan to win...
Vol 53 No 20 | SOUTH SUDANANALYSIS The grand corruption trap 5th October 2012 The nine agreements signed between the Khartoum and Juba governments on 27 September will throw the focus back on to the appalling living conditions in both states. The agreements include a deal on resuming oil production in South Sudan. Economic conditions in both countries worsened sharply after Juba halted oil production in January in protest at what it said was massive cheating by the Khartoum regime on arrangements to share oil revenue and the charges that Juba paid to export its oil via Port Sudan Expectations are high that restarting oil production in South Sudan will provide an economic boost to both Sudans. How much of a boost depends on how far governance...
Vol 53 No 20 | SOUTH SUDAN First steps to stopping the stealing 5th October 2012 A serious campaign to stem corruption will require a regulatory framework. In December 2009, the Government of the Republic of South Sudan (GRSS) published the Southern Sudan Anti-Corruption...