Vol 41 No 24 | ERITREAETHIOPIA Peace at last 8th December 2000 Suspicion and mutual recriminations persist but a peace treaty is to be signed on 12 December.
Vol 41 No 23 | TANZANIA A tale of two elections 24th November 2000 A triumph on the mainland but an enormous mess in Zanzibar It was the best of times and the worst of times. In mainland Tanzania, peaceful, well run elections on 29 October gave a thumping majority to President Benjamin...
Vol 41 No 23 | TANZANIA Nice guy finishes first 24th November 2000 Mainland Tanzania came out of the elections glowing. President Ben Mkapa won a convincing 71.7 per cent (compared to 61.8 per cent in 1995) and his Chama cha...
Vol 41 No 22 | TANZANIA Wind in the rigging 10th November 2000 Zanzibar's parliamentary and presidential elections were a grim farce. By 7 November, the ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) - which also holds power in mainland Tanzania - had...
Vol 41 No 21 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Conditional offers 27th October 2000 Fresh peace initiatives for the Democratic Republic of Congo look pointless, as government, rebels and their respective sponsors gear up for more fighting. The last regional summit on...
Vol 41 No 20 | SUDAN No room at the Security Council 13th October 2000 The NIF regime fails to shed its pariah status after its bruising battle to win support at the United Nations As we went to press, Sudanese were still celebrating Khartoum's failure to get elected to the United Nations Security Council on 10 October. This is the same Council...
Vol 41 No 20 | SUDAN Duel in Khartoum 13th October 2000 The National Islamic Front still gets foreign mileage from the much hyped dispute between President Omer el Beshir and chief ideologue Hassan el Turabi. At home, the quarrel...
Vol 41 No 19 | TANZANIA Bad timing 29th September 2000 A verdict is expected in the notorious treason trial before the parliamentary elections due on 29 October. The case, having aroused an international scandal, is now forcing the...
Vol 41 No 18 | KENYA A soldier's story 15th September 2000 Political risk and ethnic balance weigh heavily as President Moi decides whether the army chief should go His close friends wouldn't claim that Lieutenant General Daudi Tonje is a popular head of the armed forces but they insist he's a good one. Few in the...
Vol 41 No 18 | KENYA Breakfast at the bank 15th September 2000 The Moi government had to beg and now cannot choose The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund wanted to keep secret their breakfast meeting with President Daniel arap Moi on 7 September in New York. It was...