Vol 47 No 4 | SUDAN Smooth operator 17th February 2006 Just as Western governments begin to note the regime's lack of financial transparency, the ruling National Islamic Front-National Congress has another bonanza. On 6 February, Kuwait-based Mobile Telecommunications...
Vol 47 No 4 | UGANDA Judges and generals 17th February 2006 The election campaign of Forum for Democratic Change leader Kizza Besigye has been seriously disrupted by spurious charges of treason and terrorism, both in the High Court and...
Vol 47 No 3 | KENYA Going down with the ship 3rd February 2006 Finance Minister David Mwiraria is the first domino to fall as the government faces a growing anti-corruption backlash The momentum behind the anti-corruption drive, sparked by press reports of a dossier of investigations into more than US$1 billion of fraudulent government procurement deals, now looks unstoppable....
Vol 47 No 3 | KENYA The anti-corruption czar, the businessman and his lawyer 3rd February 2006 Why did the lawyers of Cyprus-based businessman Anura Perera try to arrange a private meeting with anti-corruption czar John Githongo in a London hotel in late 2004? This...
Vol 47 No 3 | UGANDA Losers can win too 3rd February 2006 President Museveni is surprised to face the strongest challenge yet to his 20-year rule The cheering was almost as loud as the jets of two MiG-21 fighters that flew low over Kampala on 26 January. The flypast crowned a military display to...
Vol 47 No 3 | UGANDA Making the President nervous 3rd February 2006 Only President Yoweri Museveni's die-hard supporters expect him to win many votes in northern Uganda, where he is blamed for failing to end the 18-year insurgency by the...
Vol 47 No 2 | SUDAN 'Beyond that now' 20th January 2006 The UN is to test last September's anti-war crimes resolution in Darfur As the plight of civilians in Darfur worsens, United Nations' troops may take over from those of the African Union later this year. Yet will they have the...
Vol 47 No 2 | RWANDABELGIUM Death in the canal 20th January 2006 On 17 December, a naked and mutilated corpse turned up in a Brussels canal. Five days later, after DNA tests, it was identified as that of Juvénal Uwingiliyimana,...
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... Displaying 1841-1850 out of 2416 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...