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
Vol 65 No 6 | TANZANIAUGANDA Pipeline to nowhere 14th March 2024 Two years after the final investment decision to construct the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) was taken, the US$5 billion project is limping on to an uncertain...
Vol 65 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAEUROPEAN UNION How Brussels was caught out by the Kivu war 5th March 2024 The proxy war between Kinshasa and Kigali is derailing the European Union's plan to secure critical minerals Three days after an angry meeting between Congo-Kinshasa's President Félix Tshisekedi and his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame on 16 February in Addis Ababa over the escalating regional conflict,...
Vol 65 No 6 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASAEUROPEAN UNION Kigali pushes back against the African Union 5th March 2024 President Kagame's strategic position is facing growing regional pressure Rwanda has warned the Africa Union that it would see any support for the South African-led regional intervention force against the M-23 militia in eastern Congo-Kinshasa as a...
Vol 65 No 5 | UGANDA Rifts threaten Bobi Wine's party 29th February 2024 The opposition party is under pressure from not only the government but also its own socially conservative supporters Supporters of Uganda's biggest opposition political party, the National Unity Platform (NUP) of Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu 'Bobi Wine', are warning that generational jealousy and pressures to compromise could...