Vol 46 No 7 | TANZANIA Finding the new Mwalimu 1st April 2005 The real presidential contest is for nomination by the still ruling party, Chama cha Mapinduzi Next month, the ruling Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM), which has produced all four presidents since Independence in 1961, is due to announce its candidate in Tanzania's presidential elections...
Vol 46 No 7 | TANZANIA Presidential race 1st April 2005 There has never been such a fight for the presidential nomination since Tanzania opened up to multi-party politics in 1994 For the front-runners, the also-rans and late arrivals, read the article
Vol 46 No 7 | ERITREA Wrong numbers again 1st April 2005 The United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea already has big credibility problems because of Ethiopia's continuing failure to implement a boundary commission ruling on where the frontier...
Vol 46 No 5 | TANZANIABELGIUM Belgium's bullet points 4th March 2005 Tanzania is getting a new ammunition factory thanks to George Forrest International, a firm whose eponymous main shareholder has big interests in Congo-Kinshasa and has told United Nations...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN East of the border 18th February 2005 SLA fighters try to overthrow their leader while the NMRD demonstrates its affinity with Chad The Sudan Liberation Army appears to have a new leader. SLA members say that 'democratic consultations' are under way but the money is on the Chief of Staff,...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Who's who on Darfur? 18th February 2005 The United Nations International Commission of Inquiry's report into the atrocities in Darfur names 51 individuals it recommends for prosecution at the International Criminal Court. The file has...
Vol 46 No 4 | SUDAN Every single day 18th February 2005 As the killings continue, at last the UN considers sanctions, peacekeepers and prosecutions January's United Nations International Commission of Inquiry report on Darfur may not have concluded genocide was taking place but still may have shamed world decision-makers into action. Describing...
Vol 46 No 4 | KENYA Waterborne corruption 18th February 2005 Pressure mounts on President Mwai Kibaki to act against corruption after his anti-graft czar, John Githongo, resigned on 7 February. Opposition MPs and local campaigners are looking at...
Vol 46 No 4 | BURUNDI How can they vote? 18th February 2005 At last, Burundi's constitutional referendum is set for 28 February, or so says Paul Ngarambe, Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI). The big political obstacle faded...
Vol 46 No 3 | KENYA Rebellion under the rainbow 4th February 2005 Infighting in the ruling coalition over election rules and constitutional reform further undermines President Kibaki President Mwai Kibaki faces a new schism in the ranks of the unstable National Rainbow Coalition (Narc) over his ultimatum that all its parties must hold elections by...