Vol 60 No 6 | TANZANIA Farming gamble fails 22nd March 2019 Ambitions for venture capital in agriculture – once the Next Big Thing – are foundering The Southern Agricultural Growth Corridor of Tanzania (SAGCOT), one of ex-President Jakaya Kikwete's favourite projects, touted globally as a radical policy to support smallholders while promoting foreign venture... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 6 | RWANDAUGANDA Sibling rivalry turns ugly 22nd March 2019 A mixture of real fears and deep paranoia on both sides lies behind the current crisis, stirring memories of a vicious clash nearly 20 years ago Ten days after Rwanda closed its main border post with Uganda on 28 February, forcing trucks and buses from Uganda into days-long delays at the customs post of...
Vol 60 No 6 | TANZANIA Is it an olive branch? 22nd March 2019 President John Magufuli's Foreign Minister, Augustine Mahiga, took Brussels aback last month when he announced that talks would re-open on the stalled Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the...
Vol 60 No 5 | SUDAN El Beshir mulls the endgame 8th March 2019 A state of emergency, appointing military governors and disowning his political allies has done nothing to halt demands for the President's exit As demonstrators across the country win growing support in their call for his exit, President Omer el Beshir's choices are diminishing quickly and regional developments are moving against... READ FOR FREE
Vol 60 No 5 | ETHIOPIA Abiy dining dangerously 8th March 2019 Personal prestige projects threaten to divert the Prime Minister’s attentions from his reform agenda As the latest controversy over Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, crackled and sizzled, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's thoughts turned to dinner. A fundraising banquet to be more precise, with...
Vol 60 No 5 | BURUNDISOMALIA The cost of war 8th March 2019 After a furious but well-hidden row, Burundi is set to withdraw 1,000 soldiers from the African Union Mission in Somalia (Amisom) force immediately; 4,532 Burundian troops will remain.
Vol 60 No 5 | RWANDAUGANDA Border tension grows 8th March 2019 Relations between Rwanda and Uganda have been steadily declining and reached a new low after Kigali briefly closed the busiest border crossing at Gatuna and reportedly deployed defensively...
Vol 60 No 4 | SOMALIA Shabaab fight in high gear 22nd February 2019 The Nairobi attack has sparked an intense new round of action by all the combatants in Somalia The Al Shabaab conflict has reached a new level of intensity and bloodshed following the attack in Nairobi on 15 January in which 25 people, including four attackers,...
Vol 60 No 4 | SOUTH SUDAN Bumps on the road to peace 22nd February 2019 The government army loyal to President Salva Kiir Mayardit (now known as the South Sudan People's Defence Force – SSPDF) has made common cause with Riek Machar's SPLA-In...
Vol 60 No 4 | SUDAN Pushing Beshir towards the exit 20th February 2019 As protesters keep up the pressure, diplomats are mulling an immunity from prosecution deal for Omer el Beshir to persuade him to quit After over two months of demonstrations across the country and over 50 civilians killed by security forces, the resilience of the opposition is persuading some foreign governments to...