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Undermined

Contrary to our article in AC Vol 38 No 25, Sudan is a signatory of the international treaty banning anti-personnel landmines (APMs) agreed in Ottawa in December. However,...


Back to the party

As in Kenya, the ruling party has strengthened its grip despite multi-partyism

The ruling parties in East Africa's former one-party states are thriving. As President Daniel arap Moi's Kenya African National Union looks forward to a thumping victory in presidential...


Cairo competes

Secret efforts by Egypt to get the National Democratic Alliance talking to the National Islamic Front government may be overtaken by the opposition's dry-season offensive.The Sudan People's Liberation...


Rights and wrongs

The government launched its long-promised human rights initiative to coincide with the 9 December visit by the United States Secretary of State. Madeleine Albright flattered the Ethiopian Peoples'...


The voting business

KANU is set to win this month's elections but at a high cost to the economy

Opposition hopes for the 29 December election rest on their ability to force President Daniel arap Moi to a second round of voting for the Presidency. To do...


The border war

The rebellion in the north damages President Museveni's reputation and his budget

In Africa, President Yoweri Museveni's stock runs high, some argue it's second only to Nelson Mandela's. Triumphantly and genuinely elected last year, Museveni's reputation is based on his...


A sudden conversion

Almost overnight, KANU’s top brass have discovered the value of political reform

Using whips and clubs and firing teargas canisters, police broke up another demonstration demanding constitutional reform, this time at Nyahururu on 19 October. It was the latest in...


Oromo talks

Talk of improved relations between the ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front and the main Oromo opposition party, the Oromo Liberation Front, looks overblown. On 8 October, the...


Not at ease

The government's reshuffle of top army posts is widely considered a bid to be seen to be doing something amid rising protest against the pressganging of teenagers for...


Legacy of war

Kigali's intervention in Zaïre helped to oust Mobutu but produced no victories at home

The transformation of old Zaïre in to the new Democratic Republic of Congo has also transformed the politics of the region around Lake Kivu. Yet insecurity remains endemic...


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