Vol 42 No 18 | KENYA Moi versus the economy 14th September 2001 Galloping inflation, sinking export prices and corruption are bigger problems for the President than the opposition President Daniel arap Moi has run out of promises. The Board of the International Monetary Fund refuses to unblock further loans - in particular, a hoped for quick...
Vol 42 No 18 | KENYA Mixed Marriage 14th September 2001 The wedding of the Kenya African National Union and the National Democratic Party was consummated in a carnival atmosphere at the Moi International Sports Complex outside Nairobi on...
Vol 42 No 18 | SEYCHELLES By a whisker 14th September 2001 President René's narrow victory showed that change is in the air Three thousand more votes for the priest and it would have been curtains for 'the Boss'. Yet after 24 years of paternalistic socialism, plus lucrative capitalism for some,...
Vol 42 No 18 | SEYCHELLES Of tuna and tourists 14th September 2001 When supermarkets run out of imported toilet paper and shoppers fight for the last disposable nappies, there's a problem - in Seychelles, if not in most African countries....
Vol 42 No 18 | TANZANIA Bulyanhulu 14th September 2001 Allegations about the brutal eviction of miners are being tested again Environmental activists are demanding an international investigation into allegations that over 50 people were killed when Tanzanian police cleared the area surrounding the Bulyanhulu gold mine in 1996....
Vol 42 No 17 | BURUNDI A sort of peace 31st August 2001 The Mandela peace deal is better than none but its far from final Regional peacemakers are now embroiled in the minutiae of the Arusha Accords on ending Burundi's eight-year civil war, amid general scepticism that the power-sharing agreement brokered by Nelson...
Vol 42 No 16 | SUDAN Delusions of peace 10th August 2001 Egypt and Libya intervene to block southern and northern opposition hopes while the NIF plays off everyone against each other 'Egypt possesses cards it has not yet used for preventing the separation of southern Sudan'. Thus spake Cairo's Ambassador to Khartoum, Mohamed Asim Ibrahim, in June 2000. Egypt...
Vol 42 No 16 | SUDAN Keeping them talking 10th August 2001 Ever since it seized power on 30 June 1989, the National Islamic Front has been declaring its desire for peace while accelerating the war. The first speech by...
Vol 42 No 16 | SUDAN Possession in nine points 10th August 2001 On 26 June, the international Arab press began speculating about a new Egyptian-Libyan Initiative. Ten days later, the nine points emerged and became headline news. Some are reminiscent...
Vol 42 No 16 | KENYA Après Moi, maybe 10th August 2001 The President is on his way out – in his own time and on his own terms The fin de siècle has been delayed. Among party hacks, journalists, and commission agents, the gossip is dominated by Daniel arap Moi's exit from the all-powerful presidency after...