Vol 37 No 12 | ERITREA On the border 7th June 1996 Eight major-generals, 22 brigadiers and 3 full colonels were appointed by President Isayas Aferworki. The Defence Minister, Sibhat Ephrem, gave the rank of lieutenant-colonel to several officers in...
Vol 37 No 11 | UGANDA Museveni's party 24th May 1996 Museveni now has a mandate to tackle the economy – as long as the army is kept happy Kaguta has won and the man better known as Yoweri Museveni is Uganda's first elected President, with 72.4 per cent of the vote. Museveni chose to run with...
Vol 37 No 11 | UGANDA War in the north 24th May 1996 Museveni swept to victory everywhere except in the north, where fighting continues President Yoweri Museveni's victory may have given him over 74.2 per cent of the vote but it has not given him what many thought he needed most: a...
Vol 37 No 11 | KENYA Sisters and brothers 24th May 1996 The powerful women's movement is busy with the same agenda as male politicians 'KANU is out to protect women and children', declared President Daniel arap Moi at a 19 May rally at Molo. From whom or what the ruling Kenyan African...
Vol 37 No 10 | SUDAN Bucks and trucks 10th May 1996 A bizarre deal involving China, Israel and Sudanese oil is being put together two weeks after the United Nations imposed diplomatic sanctions on Khartoum for its involvement in...
Vol 37 No 10 | UGANDA Past and present 10th May 1996 The spectres of past elections and battles haunted the Presidential poll to be held on 9 May. Parliamentary elections are due in June. President Yoweri Museveni was relying...
Vol 37 No 9 | TANZANIA Oil on its own 26th April 1996 Separatist-minded Zanzibar has declared independence from the mainland over oil procurement. Ending purchases from the state- owned Tanzania Development Company, Zanzibar President Salmin Amour's government has issued its...
Vol 37 No 8 | SUDAN Talk in New York, war in the Horn 12th April 1996 Khartoum has fought a rearguard action against UN sanctions but cannot escape a military confrontation with the opposition The United Nations Security Council's long-awaited vote on sanctions against the Sudan government will disappoint an opposition which had hoped for a decisive moral and practical stand from...
Vol 37 No 8 | TANZANIA Offshore, offside 12th April 1996 President Ben Mkapa is doing well on the mainland but struggling with Zanzibar The President insists that he does not want to be called Mtukufu (Your Excellency) or have his picture on banknotes and does not want to hear his name...
Vol 37 No 8 | KENYA Donors defeated 12th April 1996 KANU has outplayed foreign attempts to censure corruption and political repression When donors meeting in Paris on 22 March decided to disburse US$730 million to Kenya, it marked the end of any serious effort to get President Daniel arap...