Vol 58 No 17 | KENYA A technical knock-out 25th August 2017 Political gambles and technological questions haunt the declaration of the presidential election result The general elections started well but went downhill fast. Early reports showed that the technology was working and that voters were enduring long queues and occasional organisational glitches...
Vol 58 No 17 | KENYA Hacks against facts 11th August 2017 As President Kenyatta heads for victory, the opposition claims skulduggery in the country’s high-tech election After preliminary results had given President Uhuru Kenyatta 54.2% of votes, 1.4 million more than challenger Raila Odinga on 44.9%, in the 8 August presidential election, final results...
Vol 58 No 16 | KENYA Murder most foul 4th August 2017 A horrifying assassination has set the country on edge just days before an already tense general election It was a political killing in the country's worst tradition. Musalia Mudavadi, a joint leader of the opposition, called it 'a dagger into the heart of Kenyan democracy'... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 16 | KENYA Battle of the opinion polls 4th August 2017 Two leading voter surveys disagree over the winner of the presidential election and a climate of fear is spreading More than most electorates, Kenyans take opinion polls seriously. That might have been a bigger problem if there were a consensus among pollsters about the winner. Opinion polls...
Vol 58 No 16 | RWANDASOUTH AFRICA Seek asylum elsewhere 4th August 2017 A Rwandan former general exiled in South Africa, Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa, has lost his official status as a refugee. Pretoria is using a May court ruling to improve...
Vol 58 No 16 | SOUTH SUDAN Military justice 4th August 2017 Juba has reacted angrily to Amnesty International's latest report, Do Not Remain Silent: Survivors of Sexual Violence in South Sudan Call for Justice and Reparations. The report condemns...
Vol 58 No 15 | RWANDA A landslide foretold 21st July 2017 President Kagame’s victory next month is assured. Of greater interest is how he will achieve it and his policies towards the regional flashpoints Lest there was any doubt about the outcome of the 4 August presidential election, President Paul Kagame dispelled it himself at a mass rally on 14 July, when... READ FOR FREE
Vol 58 No 15 | TANZANIA Magufuli's law 21st July 2017 Mining companies hold their breath as the government introduces a radical new legal regime for the industry Students at the Law School of Tanzania were presented with two case studies for their commercial law examination last month which illustrate how the government's dispute with mining...
Vol 58 No 15 | KENYA The high cost of fighting fraud 21st July 2017 As the parties enter the last two weeks of an increasingly tense race, accusations of rigging are multiplying As both the governing Jubilee Party and the opposition National Super Alliance (Nasa) race into the final straight before the general elections on 8 August, both are focusing...
Vol 58 No 15 | SUDANUNITED STATES Sanctions test for Trump 21st July 2017 The US delays its sanctions decision, handing Khartoum a political defeat and rights activists a moral victory. But for how long? Washington's deferral for three months of a decision on the 'permanent' lifting of trade sanctions on Sudan was as much about domestic politics and disarray in the White...