Vol 43 No 23 | SUDAN Death in Darfur 22nd November 2002 Despite the Machakos peace talks, government atrocities continue in Darfur As the National Islamic Front government and Sudan People's Liberation Army reached a 'measure of understanding on the texts on Structures of Government and revenue sharing' at Machakos,...
Vol 43 No 22 | TANZANIA Multi-party, single party 8th November 2002 The next president is being picked by a party caucus, not by the people The next elections may be a long way off in 2005 but the campaign began last week in Dodoma. Manoeuvring began at the Congress of the governing Chama...
Vol 43 No 21 | RWANDAUGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Proxy wars and slaughter 25th October 2002 The confused killing in eastern Congo involves politics, tribalism and greed Rwanda and Uganda have pulled out their troops (AC Vol 43 No 19) but the proxy war continues in eastern Congo. On 15 August in Luanda, Uganda agreed...
Vol 43 No 21 | KENYA At the end of the Rainbow 25th October 2002 Ethnically and politically, the Rainbow alliance is multicoloured – but it could still break up As he heads into the sunset, President Daniel arap Moi has to face the fact that his handpicked successor, Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta (AC Vol 43 No 15), may...
Vol 43 No 19 | RWANDA Leaving the quagmire 27th September 2002 Kigali's withdrawal of troops from Congo creates problems for everyone According to a sympathetic diplomat, the Kigali government has 'achieved in eight years what has taken 50 in Israel the loss of the moral high ground after...
Vol 43 No 19 | KENYA KANU at war 27th September 2002 Self-declared politics professor President Daniel arap Moi is trying to bring his ruling Kenya African National Union to order before its 8 October conference at Kasarani to nominate...
Vol 43 No 18 | KENYA Over the rainbow 13th September 2002 The outgoing President Moi wants to pick his successor, despite the challenge from dissenters in the party's Rainbow Alliance 'There is no crisis in our country,' a stern-faced President Daniel arap Moi told a National Executive meeting of the ruling Kenya African National Union (KANU) on 9...
Vol 43 No 18 | BURUNDI Peace talk, but is it real? 13th September 2002 The main warring factions will meet, all of them split and militant The Burundian government is set to start negotiations with the two most formidable militias left out of the 2000 power sharing agreement government whose Tutsi president, General Pierre...
Vol 43 No 17 | SUDANUNITED STATES Not forgotten 30th August 2002 The anniversary of the 11 September attacks has brought a surprise for the National Islamic Front government: the demand by over 600 victims' relatives for more than US$1...
Vol 43 No 16 | UGANDA Don't praise the lord 9th August 2002 Kony's northern rebels expose the ruling army's faults but Operation Iron Fist fails to defeat them If it was the last kick of a dying horse, it was a powerful one. At daybreak on 5 August, a group of Lord's Resistance Army rebels led...