Vol 50 No 6 | SOMALIA Anti-pirate alliance 20th March 2009 Expensive naval alliances have formed to deter the sea raiders who prey on ships off the Horn Millions of dollars, hundreds of troops and over two dozen ships from around the world chase pirates off the Somali coast (AC Vol 49 No 24). Yet the...
Vol 50 No 6 | SOMALIA The piracy menace 20th March 2009 Ransom payments range from US$500,000 to $3 million. The total since January 2008 is about $50-80 mn. Legal fees for a typical case are around $300,000, plus $100,000...
Vol 50 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Trouble in Kinshasa 20th March 2009 President Joseph Kabila’s worsening rivalry with the Speaker of the National Assembly, Vital Kamerhe, is dividing the ruling Parti du Peuple pour la Reconstruction et le Développement (PPRD),...
Vol 50 No 5 | SUDAN Omer the outlaw 6th March 2009 The Islamist regime shows its true colours as the ICC issues the arrest warrant for President Omer el Beshir The arrest warrant for President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir, which the International Criminal Court issued on 4 March, is a landmark event (AC Vol 50 Nos 2...
Vol 50 No 5 | KENYA Pushing Wako 6th March 2009 Kenya’s long-serving Attorney General, Amos Shitswila Wako, has been targeted for special censure by United Nations Special Rapporteur on Extra-Judicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions Philip Alston, who has...
Vol 50 No 4 | KENYA A mutual security pact 20th February 2009 Tales of corruption deepen and the coalition partners seem to be protecting each other from the fallout The disgraced former Finance Minister, Amos Kimunya, is back in the cabinet, reinstated by President Mwai Kibaki in mid-January during a mini-reshuffle. His return went almost unnoticed amid...
Vol 50 No 4 | KENYA The briefcase tycoon is back 20th February 2009 The Triton saga highlights the resurfacing of the Daniel arap Moi-era briefcase tycoon - young, brash and politically protected. Kenyan politicians prefer to work with Asian-origin businessmen: the...
Vol 50 No 4 | SOMALIA The Sheik Sharif show 20th February 2009 Goodwill accompanies the new President but few people look at the small print The outsiders who drive Somalia's uncertain peace process do not always see things as Somalis see them. This became apparent with the election on 31 January of Sheikh...
Vol 50 No 4 | SOMALIA Where is Al Shabaab now? 20th February 2009 Al Shabaab looks weak and divided as the new regime takes hold in Mogadishu. This is only half true, though. The departure of Ethiopian troops is a strategic...
Vol 50 No 4 | SUDAN Nice enough 20th February 2009 Instead of going down in history as the man who prosecuted Slobodan Milosevic for genocide, Sir Geoffrey Nice may be remembered as the man who tried to save...