Vol 50 No 25 | SUDAN North and South protest against the NCP election plan 18th December 2009 Demonstrators demand political reforms before the 2010 elections Anti-regime demonstrators from both North and South Sudan first joined forces on the streets of Khartoum on 7 December to demand sweeping reforms before the elections scheduled for...
Vol 50 No 25 | SOMALIA Operation Atalanta in Pirate Alley 18th December 2009 Just a year ago, the European Union launched its first-ever patrol mission in foreign seas to combat piracy in the Gulf of Aden (AC Vol 50 No 21)....
Vol 50 No 25 | KENYA Rough ride 18th December 2009 New constitutional proposals would take powers from the presidency and give more to the regions but would not end the arguments A draft constitution bill has at last been published by a committee of experts chaired by Nzamba Kitonga. Its main aims are to limit the power of Kenya’s...
Vol 50 No 25 | TANZANIA Tarnished halo 18th December 2009 This once-favoured destination for aid and investment is now struggling with financial scandals and budget shortfalls The sheen is wearing off Tanzania's image as the friendliest East African country for investors and foreign aid agencies. Politics in the lead up to next year's legislative...
Vol 50 No 25 | TANZANIA Banking on it 18th December 2009 The credibility of the Tanzanian government's reform drive depends mostly on the Governor of the Bank of Tanzania, Benno Ndulu. The country is suffering both from a financial...
Vol 50 No 24 | RWANDA A botched prosecution 4th December 2009 Protais Zigiranyirazo, brother-in-law of late Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana, was acquitted on appeal by the Arusha-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda on 17 November (AC Vol 50 No...
Vol 50 No 23 | SUDAN UN investigators challenge Khartoum 20th November 2009 A UN report says the Darfur war is far from over and Khartoum is the main protagonist and procurer of arms The opening sentence of the 27 October Report by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan, released last week, demolishes the notion that the Darfur war is...
Vol 50 No 23 | KENYA Mr Moreno-Ocampo goes to Nairobi 20th November 2009 The President and the Premier are ambivalent about the ICC's plan to prosecute some of the political violence cases To the alarm of many in Nairobi's political elite, the International Criminal Court Prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, is determined to investigate and prosecute those involved in the outbreak of...
Vol 50 No 23 | ERITREASOMALIA Al Shabaab targets Eritrea 20th November 2009 Al Shabaab, Somalia's main Islamist insurgent movement, has a new country in its sights. Its Spokesperson, Suldan Mohammed Aala Mohammed, has announced the addition of Eritrea to the...
Vol 50 No 21 | SUDAN Washington unveils its new policy as tension rises throughout Sudan 23rd October 2009 Amid a spreading feeling at home and abroad that Sudan may be at a crossroads, the United States announced its long-postponed policy. This departs from the usual cautious diplomacy of interested governments by leaving the National Congress Party in no doubt that it will be held responsible for most of the country's political woes. The only sanction that the NCP really fears is military action: this is included in a confidential annex. As elections and referenda draw near, the Khartoum regime pursues its own military action west and south and perhaps soon again in the east. When Secretary of State Hillary Clinton unveiled the new United States' policy on Sudan on 19 October, press reports focussed on 'engagement', a concept beloved of President Barack...