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...
Vol 46 No 22 | UGANDA Museveni's military 4th November 2005 Too many observers think of the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) as an ill-disciplined bunch of ghost soldiers flying about in junk helicopters. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni hopes...
Vol 46 No 22 | TANZANIA Armed and dangerous 4th November 2005 Voting in Zanzibar was again rigged by the ruling party and its security forces The government could pay a heavy price for its decision to declare the victory in Zanzibar of incumbent President Amani Abeid Karume of the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi,...
Vol 46 No 22 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Breaking point, again 4th November 2005 There may be some diplomatic method in Asmara's apparent madness Indignant at what he calls blatant international bias against Eritrea in its border dispute with Ethiopia, President Issayas Afeworki is restricting the work of the United Nations Mission...
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Gunmen or soldiers? 21st October 2005 Two big threats hang over the new regional government of Southern Sudan The new administration in Southern Sudan is not receiving the promised oil money from the National Congress-dominated government in Khartoum. At the same time, the stability of the...
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDAN Fighting the battle of Jericho 21st October 2005 Khartoum is starving the South of its oil revenue. January's Comprehensive Peace Agreement allocated to the Government of South Sudan half of the revenue from oil produced in...
Vol 46 No 21 | SUDANUGANDA Khartoum's game 21st October 2005 Despite energetic denials, Khartoum continues to help Kony and the LRA In the early hours of 11 October, an Antonov flew over Western Equatoria, Southern Sudan, an unmistakable sound for civilians used to government bombing. Twice last month an...
Vol 46 No 21 | KENYA A proxy election 21st October 2005 Orange Revolutionarie smell victory over Banana Republicans in the constitution campaign National elections are not due until December 2007 but Kenya is the middle of a bizarre election contest between two factions of the same cabinet. On paper, the...
Vol 46 No 21 | TANZANIA Island story 21st October 2005 Support is growing for the opposition Civic United Front (CUF) in Zanzibar ahead of the 30 October national elections, amidst a growing military presence on the islands with...