Vol 48 No 3 | SUDANBRITAIN Minni on the rampage 2nd February 2007 A British project, reportedly costing £100,000 (US$195,000) to help turn Minni Arkou Minnawi's rebels into a political party has been postponed after his men again went on the...
Vol 47 No 19 | SUDANBRITAIN Khartoum's jihadis 22nd September 2006 Intelligence officials have noted Khartoum's repeated threats to attack UN troops; Field Marshal-President Omer Hassan Ahmed el Beshir has promised to lead the jihad. Yet the international community...
Vol 47 No 18 | SUDANBRITAIN Gosh again 8th September 2006 As the Sudan government gears up for a massive new military offensive in Darfur, its intelligence chief Salah Abdullah 'Gosh' has again held secret talks in Britain, apparently...
Vol 47 No 16 | AFRICABRITAIN Flirting with the enemy 4th August 2006 Britain's Foreign Office is divided over relations with Islamists in Africa and the Middle East Secret documents from Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) reveal an established policy of engaging with Islamists and suggest that regimes in Africa should not expect much help...
Vol 47 No 11 | SUDANAFRICAN UNIONBRITAIN Konaré's stopover 26th May 2006 NATO had offered to provide 'substantial support' to the African Union in Darfur under new arrangements to strengthen its peacekeeping operation there, said a communiqué following discussions by...
Vol 47 No 11 | SOUTH AFRICAZIMBABWEBRITAIN Hard talk at No.10 26th May 2006 The main disagreement, over policy on Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe, has been fudged; both sides now back United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan's initiative to offer support for...
Vol 47 No 7 | NIGERIABRITAIN The big guns salute 31st March 2006 Sharia enthusiast Governor Sani gets help from British arms firm Why would leading arms exporter BAE Systems want to introduce Zamfara State Governor Ahmed Sani, who is under investigation by Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for corrupt...
Vol 47 No 6 | SUDANBRITAIN Now you see him 17th March 2006 Who brought Sudan's security boss, Salah Abdullah 'Gosh', to London last week? He is number two on the United Nations Panel of Experts' list of 'individuals identified' for...
Vol 46 No 14 | AFRICABRITAIN Unkindest cuts 8th July 2005 Whitehall promoted the big push for Africa but is now cutting back its diplomatic staff and budgets there As British ministers congratulate themselves on hoisting Africa fleetingly to the top of the international agenda at the Group of Eight summit on 6-8 July, the British foreign...
Vol 46 No 12 | TANZANIABRITAIN Watergate, the sequel 10th June 2005 A controversial US$143.5 million project to commercialise Tanzania's water and sewage system has ended in acrimony and political embarrassment for the World Bank and the British government which...