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The fire does not cease

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...


Separate & sovereign

The unrecognised Republic of Somaliland proved its durability on 3 May, with the peaceful succession to President Mohamed Ibrahim Egal.


The Carlos card

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...


Decision time in Dar

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...


Wanaharakati and kuffar

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...


Anti-Kagame alliance

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,...


Missing Badme

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...


Asian interests

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...


Chairman Moi

New KANU moves the country back to the one-party state

The dynamic duo, President Daniel arap Moi and his Trade Minister, Nicholas Kipyator Biwott, dominate Kenyan politics more completely than they have for a decade (AC Vol 43...


Politics before economics

After consolidating his power, President Issayas will turn to the anaemic economy

The six-week delay, until 13 April, in the United Nations' verdict on the border dispute with Ethiopia may have further damaged the economy but by keeping the country...


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