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...
Vol 37 No 8 | SOMALIA Licence to print 12th April 1996 General Mohamed Farah 'Aydeed', one of Somalia's self-proclaimed Presidents, is trying to bolster his legitimacy with banknotes. His son, Hussein Farah, has arrived in London to persuade security...
Vol 37 No 6 | KENYA Eyes right 15th March 1996 President Moi expects an easy election win as the opposition alliance breaks apart A chronically divided opposition, more acquiescent donors and some economic growth help explain President Daniel arap Moi's cheeriness. After a cataract operation in Israel in mid-February he told...
Vol 37 No 6 | RWANDA Lessons not learned 15th March 1996 A new report explaining why aid agencies fail in emergencies may still not help Burundi Reluctance to act on clear warning signs of a catastrophe in Rwanda and a lack of political will by United Nations members are to blame for international donors'...
Vol 37 No 6 | SUDAN British bail-out 15th March 1996 In its bid to resuscitate its Sudan oil project Canadian-based Arakis Energy is to be drip-fed US$56.9 million by little known British finance group Venture Guarantee Limited in...
Vol 37 No 5 | UGANDA Museveni's party piece 1st March 1996 Veteran candidate Ssemogerere may make the presidential election a close-run affair There is a growing feeling in Kampala that Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda and of the ruling National Resistance Movement, will win this year's election only by an...
Vol 37 No 5 | ETHIOPIAUNITED STATES Voice of Babel 1st March 1996 Washington's Voice of America is to broadcast in three languages – Oromo and Tigrinya as well as Amharic – to Ethiopia in response to growing criticism from Addis...
Vol 37 No 5 | TANZANIA Island mentality 1st March 1996 President Salmin Amour is living up to his opponents' expectations and they are living up to his. Immediately after the announcement of the (rigged) results of the last...
Vol 37 No 4 | SOMALIA Aydeed again 16th February 1996 With the biggest funds and armouries, Aydeed is back on the offensive By capturing Hoddur town in mid-January, General Mohamed Farah Hassan 'Aydeed' put himself back in the game. His forces now threaten Beled Weyne, which they lost in October...