Vol 44 No 23 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Surrender! 21st November 2003 Rwandan intelligence scores full marks for orchestrating the surrender of Hutu rebel leader Paul Rwarakabije on 16 November and wrongfooting both the United Nations and President Joseph Kabila's...
Vol 44 No 22 | KENYA The best money can buy 7th November 2003 Kibaki's reformers are purging the judges – to much applause 'Why hire a lawyer when you can buy a judge?' runs a well-worn Kenyan joke. It's a joke that reformers in President Mwai Kibaki's government want to make...
Vol 44 No 22 | SOMALIA New hopes, new dangers 7th November 2003 Politicians try to fill the expanding power vacuum as faction alliances collapse Somalia's peace process is close to collapse, according to regional leaders meeting in Kampala, Uganda, on 25 October. After the signing of the ceasefire a year ago in...
Vol 44 No 22 | SOMALIA Al Qaida warning 7th November 2003 Usama bin Laden's Al Qaida network could be preparing to attack Western targets in Africa for a third time, a panel of experts warned the United Nations Security...
Vol 44 No 21 | SUDAN Peace in our time 24th October 2003 Two very different visions of what peace means holds up Washington's planned announcement Colin Powell was disappointed. The expected signing of a partial Sudan peace agreement during the United States Secretary of State's trip to Kenya was replaced by the two...
Vol 44 No 21 | SUDAN Another Addis agreement? 24th October 2003 Conflicting visions reign of what is really going on in the Machakos negotiations, with a large gap between Sudanese participants and many of the foreigners involved. Sudanese remember...
Vol 44 No 21 | SUDAN Back-door deals 24th October 2003 A final peace deal would be followed, eventually, by the lifting of United States' sanctions and an international aid package. Meanwhile, say banking sources, the Khartoum government is...
Vol 44 No 21 | SUDAN Monitoring minefield 24th October 2003 A Joint Military Commission (JMC) of government and rebel forces supervises the ceasefire in the Nuba Mountains (AC Vol 43 No 10). On 10 October, the government contingent...
Vol 44 No 20 | RWANDA Bedding down 10th October 2003 President Paul Kagame claimed more than 95 per cent of the presidential poll in July, so it was hardly surprising that the coalition led by his Front Patriotique...
Vol 44 No 19 | KENYA Murder most foul, again 26th September 2003 The battle for constitutional reform has become murderous and the fall-out could split the Kibaki government The killing of university don Crispin Odhiambo Mbai on 14 September has thrown President Mwai Kibaki's government into crisis. Kibaki's nine-month honeymoon is over as Mbai joins the...