Vol 39 No 3 | ETHIOPIAUNITED STATES No frills 6th February 1998 p>General Anthony Zenny paid his first visit to Ethiopia as Commander, United States Central Command (which includes Ethiopia), on 22 January. A marine who served with US forces...
Vol 39 No 2 | ETHIOPIA Cautious but determined 23rd January 1998 Economics interrupt the honeymoon with Eritrea but the balancing act goes on Premier Meles Zenawi maintains his personal friendship with Eritrean President Issayas Aferworki and recently told television viewers that bilateral relations remained 'strong and satisfactory'. Yet he also said...
Vol 39 No 1 | KENYA Close shave 9th January 1998 After the elections shambles, President Moi and KANU are still in power - just It is clear that if the presidential and parliamentary elections had been free, fair and properly organised and if the opposition had not been chronically divided (AC Vol...
Vol 39 No 1 | SUDAN 'Next year in Kadugli' 9th January 1998 The Nuba are caught in the middle but no one has asked them what they want All eyes are on the south and east in expectation of major fighting between the National Islamic Front government and the opposition National Democratic Alliance. Yet also crucial...
Vol 39 No 1 | SUDAN Grassroots 9th January 1998 The first Nuba Advisory Council was convened by Sudan People's Liberation Army Commander Yousif Kuwa in 1992 after 400 of his troops died trying to bring ammunition into...
Vol 39 No 1 | SOMALIA Cairo's round 9th January 1998 Somali faction leaders have been meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, this week to try to salvage the agreement reached in Cairo on 22 December. Signatories to the Egyptian-...
Vol 39 No 1 | SUDANLANDMINES Undermined 9th January 1998 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,...
Vol 38 No 25 | TANZANIA Back to the party 19th December 1997 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...
Vol 38 No 25 | SUDAN Cairo competes 19th December 1997 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...
Vol 38 No 25 | ETHIOPIA Rights and wrongs 19th December 1997 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'...