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...
Vol 43 No 7 | KENYA Chairman Moi 5th April 2002 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...
Vol 43 No 7 | ERITREA Politics before economics 5th April 2002 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...