Vol 46 No 13 | SOMALIA Diverted flight 24th June 2005 After more delays and disputes, some of the would-be government heads home When the new Transitional Federal Government (TFG) made its grand departure from Nairobi, representatives of the international community lined up to wish President Abdullahi Yusuf Ahmed well and...
Vol 46 No 13 | SOMALIA The clans line up 24th June 2005 The idea of the Transitional Federal Government was to share senior appointments proportionally: four for the big clans (Darod, Rahenweyn, Dir, Hawiye) and one-half for others, such as...
Vol 46 No 13 | BURUNDI Under new management 24th June 2005 The local government elections bring change and hope for a calmer future Burundi's politics have been transformed by the local government elections on 3 June. Firstly, they passed off peacefully, except in five communes of Bujumbura Rural Province, where the...
Vol 46 No 13 | ETHIOPIA Post-election massacre 24th June 2005 The power struggle has worsened in the ruling party following the surprise success of opposition parties in May's elections (AC Vol 46 No 11). Hardliners in the Ethiopian...
Vol 46 No 13 | KENYA More ships ahoy! 24th June 2005 A week after being left off the Group of Eight finance ministers' list of African states eligible for debt relief on 11 June, President Mwai Kibaki's government has...
Vol 46 No 12 | TANZANIABRITAIN Watergate, the sequel 10th June 2005 A controversial US$143.5 million project to commercialise Tanzania's water and sewage system has ended in acrimony and political embarrassment for the World Bank and the British government which...
Vol 46 No 11 | ETHIOPIA The big upset 27th May 2005 No one expected the ruling party to do so badly but it still holds power at the centre, facing a revitalised opposition It was a stunning setback for the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front. When the polls closed on 15 May, the opposition Coalition for Unity and Democracy (CUD)...
Vol 46 No 11 | ETHIOPIA The ethnic factor 27th May 2005 The Coalition for Unity and Democracy appeals to Amhara nationalism, which the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front calls chauvinism. The CUD wants to get rid of the...
Vol 46 No 11 | COMOROS Three into one 27th May 2005 Once again, the islands quarrel and South Africa tries to reconcile them Rival leaders seemed to have found a way out of years of coups and secessionist crises when they adopted a new power-sharing constitution in 2001. Now, tensions over...
Vol 46 No 11 | COMOROS A man from Anjouan 27th May 2005 It is Anjouan island's turn to fill the Union presidency after elections in April 2006. Leading candidates include: