Vol 38 No 6 | KENYA Langata landmark 14th March 1997 A rare victory for the opposition may present a serious challenge to KANU Raila Odinga's defeat of the ruling Kenya African National Union's Fred Amayo in the Langata by-election on 11 March offers a rare glimmer of hope to the opposition....
Vol 38 No 5 | SUDAN Garang manoeuvres 28th February 1997 The SPLA is fighting in the North for 'national unity' but what about the South? The National Democratic Alliance's military gains in the north (AC Vol 38 No 3) have distracted attention from the continuing problems of Southern politics. While some opposition leaders...
Vol 38 No 5 | SUDAN Malaysian money II 28th February 1997 Sudan is not going to be expelled from the International Monetary Fund just yet – thanks to Malaysia, we hear. Kuala Lumpur paid instalments on Sudan's US$1.7 billion...
Vol 38 No 4 | SOMALIA The green line 14th February 1997 Italian shuttle diplomacy across the 'Green Line' dividing Mogadishu has persuaded Hussein Mohamed Farah 'Aydeed' and Ali Mahdi Mohamed to resurrect the October 1996 peace deal, brokered by...
Vol 38 No 4 | ETHIOPIA Route to the sea 14th February 1997 The government is getting nervous about Afars: their territory covers its main route to the sea and Eritrea's port of Assab. Military action in 1996 failed to break...
Vol 38 No 3 | SUDAN The countdown begins 31st January 1997 Northern and Southern oppositionists have seized territory from the government and look capable of staying on the offensive The battle for Sudan has begun (AC Vol 37 No 8). The opposition strategy is to follow military successes with a civilian uprising; against this is the National...
Vol 38 No 3 | SUDAN Shuttling to Arabia 31st January 1997 Arab governments'reactions to the Sudanese opposition's offensives have less to do with Sudan than with Israel and the United States. Many governments and newspapers echoed Khartoum's line: an...
Vol 38 No 3 | KENYA Old Nick's back 31st January 1997 President Moi's old friend rejoins the cabinet to mastermind politics and the succession Nicholas Kipyator Biwott is back. He has stayed close to power in the five years since Western donors successfully pressed for his dismissal as Minister of Energy. Now...
Vol 38 No 2 | SOMALIA The Sodere spirit 17th January 1997 Politicians have begun the year with a peace accord – but Hussein Aydeed stays outside A new year, a new faction agreement. On 3 January, after six weeks of pool-side discussions at the Ethiopian hot-spring resort of Sodere (AC Vol 37 No 25),...
Vol 38 No 2 | SOMALIA Itahad international 17th January 1997 Al Itahad al Islami, Somalia's main Islamist organisation, says that it intends to become a political party, to the unease of the National Executive Council. NEC members have...