Sacked from the cabinet and accused of involvement in the 2007 election violence, William Ruto comes out fighting
The point of William Ruto's voluntary mission to the Hague to meet investigators at the International Criminal Court
on 4-6 November became clear when he returned to Nairobi. Throngs
of...
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....
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...
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...
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">Kizza Besigye, presidential...
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 |
- SUDAN
- CHINA
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 |
- TANZANIA
- ZAMBIA
- CHINA
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,...
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...
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...