Vol 65 No 8 | SEYCHELLES Probe of René-era corruption goes awry 8th April 2024 Elected on promises of judicial and political reform, Wavel Ramkalawan's government is struggling to hold its predecessor to account The attempts by President Wavel Ramkalawan and his Linyon Demokratik Seselwa (LDS) party to prosecute top officials of the Albert René government for terrorism and corruption are in...
Vol 65 No 7 | KENYA A one-man diplomatic mission 28th March 2024 President Ruto has become an everyman of international summitry but is he leaving his top advisors sidelined? For a politician whose skills were seen as being centred entirely on domestic politics before winning the presidency in August 2022, William Ruto has quickly established a reputation...
Vol 65 No 7 | UGANDA Bribes row rocks parliament 28th March 2024 Speaker Among refuses to hear charges of misuse of public funds by her office as more evidence emerges of efforts to bribe the opposition Parliamentary Speaker Anita Among has refused to answer charges that she has obtained millions of dollars' worth of expenses and allowances she was not entitled to that were...
Vol 65 No 7 | KENYA Re-opening the commission's wounds 28th March 2024 The audit of the controversial August 2022 presidential elections and the scope of its mandate have been the most disputed topic facing the bipartisan National Dialogue Committee (NADCO),...
Vol 65 No 7 | SOMALIA Politicking hinders the war effort 26th March 2024 Manoeuvring in Mogadishu for the elections is diverting focus from the war on Al Shabaab and the pirates are returning to the high seas Analysis of recent security lapses in and around Mogadishu show the government in Mogadishu is in danger of losing much of the ground it gained in the fight...
Vol 65 No 7 | UGANDA Museveni clears his son's path to the Presidency 25th March 2024 In his latest military shuffle, the President appoints his son Muhoozi as army chief and sidelines his critics In the clearest indication of his plans for the succession to date, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni appointed his son, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, as head of Uganda's military on...
Vol 65 No 7 | SUDAN Ceasefire efforts resume as Burhan's forces go on offensive 19th March 2024 After a year of the generals' war, the UN says the country is weeks away from a 'catastrophic hunger crisis' International alignments on the Sudan civil war are shifting and there are multiple attempts to revive the stalled talks for a ceasefire ahead of a feared escalation in...
Vol 65 No 6 | KENYA It's the politics that counts 14th March 2024 Disregarding economic woes, President Ruto has asserted his authority over the ruling party and its opponents Laments over spiralling prices and multiplying taxes on transactions dominate conversations in Kenya's cities and towns these days. President William Ruto's strategy of pushing through austerity policies instead...
Vol 65 No 6 | ETHIOPIA How war sank the development plan 14th March 2024 After the devastating human cost of the Tigray war comes its destruction of the country’s economic base Almost six years since taking office, Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed presides over an economy that falls far short of the grand ambitions set forth in the 2019...
Vol 65 No 6 | ETHIOPIA Addis enters the debt talks tunnel 14th March 2024 Abiy Ahmed’s government is edging towards an IMF deal as it approaches a March deadline for a debt agreement Three years after Ethiopia officially requested relief under the G20-backed Common Framework for debt treatments beyond the Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI), Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's administration is... READ FOR FREE