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...
Vol 51 No 22 | SUDAN Khartoum’s new export trade 5th November 2010 The prospect of losing most of its oil income if the South becomes independent next year has galvanised the National Congress Party. As the Sudanese pound hurtles downwards...
Vol 51 No 22 | SOMALIA UN rejects AU blockade plea 5th November 2010 More troops for Amisom, perhaps, but no air or naval blockade for Somalia as the African Union tries to link Al Shabaab and piracy The African Union has made a bold attempt to yoke the issue of Somali piracy to the Shabaab problem in the hope of getting United Nations Security Council...
Vol 51 No 22 | UGANDA The bout begins 5th November 2010 The shadow-boxing is at an end. Uganda has its eight candidates for the 18 February presidential election after two fraught days of nominations at Namboole Stadium in Kampala...