Vol 46 No 25 | SUDAN Another front, another deal 16th December 2005 As anger grows in the east, rebel groups are due to talk to the Khartoum regime next month On 15 January, Libya is to host talks between Khartoum's Islamist government and rebels grouped in the Eastern Front organisation. Last month, the Front attended a workshop at... Vol 46 No 25 | KENYA Mwai's muddle 16th December 2005 President Kibaki's authority hangs by a thread after a botched government reshuffle Facing total disaster after a reshuffle fiasco last week in which a third of the new ministers turned down their appointments, President Mwai Kibaki has managed to entice... Vol 46 No 25 | UGANDA Mr and Mrs 16th December 2005 Not content with being the Mother of the Nation and the leading pro-abstinence and anti-condom campaigner, Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni is penetrating the political arena. Mama Janet,... Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Smashing the fruit bowl 2nd December 2005 The people's rejection of the president's draft constitution has killed the Rainbow coalition To make sense of his defeat in the constitutional referendum on 21 November, President Mwai Kibaki must choose between crushing his opponents or coopting them. The referendum campaign... Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Oranges up, bananas down 2nd December 2005 The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head. Their 2002 alliance to oust... Vol 46 No 24 | TANZANIAAFRICAWATER Privatisation flood 2nd December 2005 The ideology that has taken over Western utilities spreads in Africa In Africa, as across the world, water is a hot topic. The hottest current debate is about whether its supply should be organised by private companies or, as... Vol 46 No 23 | ETHIOPIA Transition starts here 18th November 2005 Disputed elections, the shooting of oppositionists and donor worries hasten political change The ruling party is on the defensive. Its brutal response to opposition protests at election irregularities and the criticism which that has aroused, may mark its transformation. At... Vol 46 No 23 | UGANDA Tears, fears and a martyr 18th November 2005 The arrest of the strongest opposition candidate for the presidency left everyone weeping Diplomats coughed and wiped their eyes as they left the Chief Magistrate's Court. An ill wind had blown tear-gas past the Court, where the strongest opposition leader, Colonel... Vol 46 No 23 | KENYA Corruption poll 18th November 2005 The government now looks likely to lose the 21 November constitutional referendum, barring a last-minute swing of voter sentiment. Some 42 per cent of Kenyans polled by the... Vol 46 No 22 | UGANDA Homecomings 4th November 2005 A corpse and an ambitious politician return to upset President Museveni's re-election plans President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's two big political rivals have returned from exile and sparked major new challenges to the President and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). First... Displaying 1841-1850 out of 2408 results. Previous...185186187188189190...Next
Vol 46 No 25 | KENYA Mwai's muddle 16th December 2005 President Kibaki's authority hangs by a thread after a botched government reshuffle Facing total disaster after a reshuffle fiasco last week in which a third of the new ministers turned down their appointments, President Mwai Kibaki has managed to entice...
Vol 46 No 25 | UGANDA Mr and Mrs 16th December 2005 Not content with being the Mother of the Nation and the leading pro-abstinence and anti-condom campaigner, Uganda's First Lady Janet Museveni is penetrating the political arena. Mama Janet,...
Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Smashing the fruit bowl 2nd December 2005 The people's rejection of the president's draft constitution has killed the Rainbow coalition To make sense of his defeat in the constitutional referendum on 21 November, President Mwai Kibaki must choose between crushing his opponents or coopting them. The referendum campaign...
Vol 46 No 24 | KENYA Oranges up, bananas down 2nd December 2005 The referendum has relaunched or unmade several political careers: Raila Odinga: The referendum brought his rivalry with President Mwai Kibaki to a head. Their 2002 alliance to oust...
Vol 46 No 24 | TANZANIAAFRICAWATER Privatisation flood 2nd December 2005 The ideology that has taken over Western utilities spreads in Africa In Africa, as across the world, water is a hot topic. The hottest current debate is about whether its supply should be organised by private companies or, as...
Vol 46 No 23 | ETHIOPIA Transition starts here 18th November 2005 Disputed elections, the shooting of oppositionists and donor worries hasten political change The ruling party is on the defensive. Its brutal response to opposition protests at election irregularities and the criticism which that has aroused, may mark its transformation. At...
Vol 46 No 23 | UGANDA Tears, fears and a martyr 18th November 2005 The arrest of the strongest opposition candidate for the presidency left everyone weeping Diplomats coughed and wiped their eyes as they left the Chief Magistrate's Court. An ill wind had blown tear-gas past the Court, where the strongest opposition leader, Colonel...
Vol 46 No 23 | KENYA Corruption poll 18th November 2005 The government now looks likely to lose the 21 November constitutional referendum, barring a last-minute swing of voter sentiment. Some 42 per cent of Kenyans polled by the...
Vol 46 No 22 | UGANDA Homecomings 4th November 2005 A corpse and an ambitious politician return to upset President Museveni's re-election plans President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's two big political rivals have returned from exile and sparked major new challenges to the President and the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM). First...