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...
Vol 42 No 16 | UGANDA Banking blunders 10th August 2001 A political row looms after President Yoweri Museveni, his son Lieutenant Muhoozi Kainerugba and his brother Major General Salim Saleh were accused in court of being party to...
Vol 42 No 15 | KENYASUDAN Zero-rated 27th July 2001 Kenya's role as Chair of the principle Sudan peace forum is under threat after claims that it was negotiating to import oil from Sudan. Oil is at the...
Vol 42 No 15 | SOMALIA Transition to where? 27th July 2001 Though recognised by the Organisation of African Unity, Inter-Governmental Authority on Development and United Nations, the Transitional National Government (TNG, AC Vol 42 No 10) controls just a...
Vol 42 No 15 | ERITREA Nervy 27th July 2001 Nerves are jangling in Asmara after the resignation of the Ambassador to Sweden, Norway and Finland. Hebret Berhe boldly criticised the resistance to reform and democracy of the...