Vol 43 No 11 | ETHIOPIA A war unwon 31st May 2002 Prime Minister Meles is more admired abroad than in his own country Premier Meles Zenawi looks distinctly fragile. Things were going pretty well after he last year successfully faced down his critics in his own Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF)...
Vol 43 No 11 | ETHIOPIA Friends and neighbours 31st May 2002 Up to 200 people reportedly died in April, when fighting broke out in eastern Ethiopia along the road to Djibouti, causing fears that fuel might run short in...
Vol 43 No 10 | SUDAN The fire does not cease 17th May 2002 The opposition complains that a US-brokered ceasefire helps the Khartoum government Over halfway through the six-month 'humanitarian ceasefire' brokered by the United States for the Nuba Mountains, the National Islamic Front (aka National Congress) government has gained more than...
Vol 43 No 10 | SOMALIA Separate & sovereign 17th May 2002 The unrecognised Republic of Somaliland proved its durability on 3 May, with the peaceful succession to President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.
Vol 43 No 9 | SUDANUGANDA The Carlos card 3rd May 2002 The odd agreement between Khartoum and Kampala allowing Ugandan troops into Sudan to attack the Lord's Resistance Army was renewed last week till mid-May. For both sides this...
Vol 43 No 8 | TANZANIA Decision time in Dar 19th April 2002 The government faces a crisis of confidence amid mounting allegations of corruption, gem smuggling and covert operations Suddenly alarm bells are ringing about Tanzania. The fast-growing model pupil of International Monetary Fund economic theology and recipient of hundreds of millions of dollars of mining house...
Vol 43 No 8 | TANZANIA Wanaharakati and kuffar 19th April 2002 Slowly and with some success, Muslim extremists are trying to seize control of Dar es Salaam region's 487 mosques. Islamists claim to have taken over more than 30...
Vol 43 No 8 | RWANDA Anti-Kagame alliance 19th April 2002 President Paul Kagame's Front Patriotique Rwandais faces its first broad opposition since seizing power in July 1994 (AC Vol 42 No 25). Launched in Brussels on 5 April,...
Vol 43 No 8 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Missing Badme 19th April 2002 As promised, both countries have accepted the (carefully crafted) ruling by the Eritrea-Ethiopian Boundary Commission, published last weekend. Both sides want peace but the propaganda war still rages...
Vol 43 No 8 | SUDAN Asian interests 19th April 2002 India's state-owned ONGC Videsh Ltd. (OVL) and Indian Oil Corporation are in talks to buy Talisman Energy's Sudan operations. Canada's Talisman is under pressure because of the National...