Vol 55 No 13 | SUDAN Sudan's Islamist regime: key dates 27th June 2014 Islamism is a 20th century ideology but one idealising the borderless caliphates of the seventh century. The movement began in 1928 when Hassan el Banna (22) founded the...
Vol 55 No 13 | TANZANIAENERGY MPs demand answers 27th June 2014 The government refused to give in to parliamentary demands for an answer about strange goings on at the power suppliers Investigations into the controversial release of US$122 million from an escrow account to the new owners of Independent Power Tanzania Limited (IPTL) are running into heavy weather. All...
Vol 55 No 13 | EGYPTETHIOPIA The extra Nile 27th June 2014 Egypt's President Abdel Fatah el Sisi was due to meet Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea, on 26 June to try to resolve their differences...
Vol 55 No 13 | RWANDACONGO-KINSHASA Fighting flares in the Kivus 20th June 2014 Both Kinshasa and Kigali have their own domestic or geopolitical reasons to keep the pot boiling over their common border Congo-Kinshasa and Rwanda traded heavy arms fire in the second week of June in a reminder, after months of calm, of the countries' mutual suspicion and the volatility...
Vol 55 No 13 | KENYA Confused response to terror attacks 19th June 2014 President Kenyatta claimed 'local political networks' were to blame for the atrocities on the Coast. It’s not the only bizarre circumstance of the shootings The spectre of a breakdown in Kenya's national security faces President Uhuru Kenyatta in the wake of terrorist attacks on the north-eastern coast that claimed more than 50...
Vol 55 No 12 | EGYPTLIBYASUDAN Cairo leans on Khartoum 13th June 2014 Tension is still rising between Khartoum and Cairo as Egypt's new leader President Abdel Fatah Khalil el Sisi sets out his strategic priorities. Top of the list is...
Vol 55 No 12 | SUDANIRAN The Red Sea missile drama 5th June 2014 Fearing reprisals from Saudi Arabia and Israel, Khartoum turns down Tehran's offer to build missile launch pads near Port Sudan Just how close are relations between the Islamist regimes in Khartoum and Tehran? The headline from Iran's Fars News Agency on 4 June – 'Iran, Sudan Discuss Expansion...
Vol 55 No 11 | SUDAN Chaos theory 30th May 2014 Past-masters at confusing both adversaries and outsiders, the Khartoum regime is tripping over its own feet Khartoum's political leaders are fuelling a crisis they were trying to forestall. The regime this month deployed three brigades of paramilitary Rapid Support Forces to protect the capital....
Vol 55 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN The end of the beginning 16th May 2014 President Salva Kiir and his former Deputy, Riek Machar, have agreed to an interim government but its shape is far from clear Mediators in Addis Ababa studiously played down the fact that the cessation of hostilities agreement signed on 9 May was not the result of face-to-face talks between South...
Vol 55 No 10 | SOUTH SUDAN Fixing the forces 16th May 2014 Foreign military assistance is piecemeal and has yet to be sorted out. Britain’s contribution, for instance, includes training an officer in England, along with one from Sudan. The...