Vol 44 No 12 | RWANDA Finally, an election 13th June 2003 General Kagame is set to win easily against a divided opposition in this year's election The democracy bandwagon Rwandan style rolls on. President Paul Kagame is determined to win a multi-party election on his own terms and will probably do it. He has rejected the no-p...
Vol 44 No 12 | SUDAN Sticking points 13th June 2003 I will not be absorbed for the second time in my life!' John Garang told parliamentarians and aid workers in Britain's Portcullis House on 3 June. The Sudan People's Liberation Arm...
Vol 44 No 11 | KENYA NARCotic 30th May 2003 The governing coalition is quarrelsome but greedy MPs help prevent a split Divisions in the governing coalition have grown sharper during the constitutional review conference, which opened on 30 April in the Bomas of Kenya park and promises to continue ha...
Vol 44 No 10 | RWANDAUGANDA High dudgeon summit 16th May 2003 None of the three main players brimmed with confidence about better Rwandan-Ugandan relations after their mini-summit at Britain's Lancaster House on 8 May. No new measures were ag...
Vol 44 No 10 | SUDAN Voiceless 16th May 2003 The banning of the Khartoum Monitor deprives southerners of a voice in the north at a crucial period in the Machakos talks. On 10 May, the newspaper, run by veteran journalists Nhi...
Vol 44 No 9 | BURUNDI Buyoya's boys 2nd May 2003 In line with the Arusha accord, a Hutu president is taking over from Pierre Buyoya New President Domitien Ndayizéyé was sworn in on 30 April in Bujumbura, replacing President Pierre Buyoya for the last 18 months of transition to multi-party rule. Nd...
Vol 44 No 9 | UGANDACONGO-KINSHASA Drummed out 2nd May 2003 Only a burst tyre and a forced landing made Uganda miss its 24 April deadline to pull its troops out of north-eastern Congo-Kinshasa. They set off in four Antonov transport aeropla...
Vol 44 No 8 | SUDANUNITED NATIONS Licence to kill 18th April 2003 The United Nations Commission on Human Rights has given the National Islamic Front government a free hand to pursue its policy of human rights violations. By refusing to renew the ...
Vol 44 No 7 | UGANDA The great U-turn 4th April 2003 President Museveni calls for the freeing of parties and the chance of a third term at the top It was the sharpest of U-turns. President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who has vehemently defended his 'no-party system' of government since he won power in 1986, now wants to lift the ...
Vol 44 No 7 | RWANDAUGANDA Soccer war, Congo war 4th April 2003 So it's war then. Uganda's daily Monitor was unequivocal: 'Rwanda, Uganda go to war in Kigali!' screamed the headline. In fact, the Monitor was reporting a qualifying match between...