Vol 58 No 13 | SUDAN Split threatens food supplies 23rd June 2017 As the pre-harvest hunger gap begins and cholera spreads in Sudan and South Sudan, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North split threatens the sporadic food and medical supplies to...
Vol 58 No 12 | TANZANIA A test of wills over mining 9th June 2017 President Magufuli is accusing Acacia Mining of under-reporting production. Its mines could close if the row isn't settled In Africa's latest resource nationalism row, London-based Acacia Mining says it may halt operations at the Bulyanhulu Gold Mine if it can't reach a deal with Tanzania's government....
Vol 58 No 12 | KENYAELECTIONS Here come the data-miners 9th June 2017 Weak regulation is allowing data analytics companies to bring huge electoral advantages to political parties with deep pockets There is nothing new about the controversial practice of buying data sets and gathering social media information from Facebook and Twitter to target specific electors. United States former...
Vol 58 No 12 | KENYA Uhuru sweats as Raila rallies 9th June 2017 The opposition is eating into Jubilee's lead while ethnic tensions are worryingly persistent despite leaders' attempt to cool them President Uhuru Kenyatta and his Jubilee Party of Kenya can feel the breath of the serial presidential candidate, Raila Amolo Odinga, on the back of his neck. The...
Vol 58 No 12 | UGANDA Refining impurities 9th June 2017 One of President Yoweri Museveni's pet projects, the African Gold Refinery, has come under further scrutiny in an investigation published on 5 June by anti-corruption group Global Witness...
Vol 58 No 11 | SOMALIA A hopeful view in London… 26th May 2017 The London Conference on Somalia opened with exhortations and hope for the future. Promises abounded President Mohamed Abdullah Mohamed 'Farmajo' joined a host of dignitaries at the third London Somalia Conference on 11 May to endorse and applaud his highly ambitious 'New Partnership...
Vol 58 No 11 | SOMALIA …A harsher one in Mogadishu 26th May 2017 The future that the world laid out in London is already hitting obstacles in the Somali capital Many Somalis believe that whatever aid funds donors pledge during and after the London Somalia Conference on 11 May, first in the queue to receive them will be...
Vol 58 No 11 | SOUTH SUDAN The fall of 'King Paul' 26th May 2017 This year's 16 May celebrations of the anniversary of the founding of the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) in 1983 were more than usually subdued. There was concern...
Vol 58 No 10 | KENYA Uhuru spends, Raila promises 12th May 2017 Opposition and government are outbidding each other with their spending promises amid signs of electoral disillusionment President Uhuru Kenyatta is demanding that Parliament pass a supplementary budget bill to complete the near-impossible task of 'bringing down basic food prices and cost of living' which,...
Vol 58 No 9 | KENYA Primary colours 28th April 2017 The Jubilee Party was left deeply embarrassed at having to rerun the primary elections to select parliamentary candidates in 21 of the country's 47 counties this month. Party...