Vol 62 No 3 | UGANDAUNITED KINGDOM African concerns 4th February 2021 Britain's Minister for Africa, James Duddridge MP, has come in for criticism from the Labour opposition in Parliament for not expressing more concern about the conduct of the Ugand...
Vol 62 No 2 | KENYA The race for Nairobi 21st January 2021 The BBI alliance is manoeuvring its ally into the Nairobi governorship because it fears losing another by-election The political differences between Deputy President William Ruto and President Uhuru Kenyatta are playing themselves out in the tussle to fill the position of the governor of Nairob...
Vol 62 No 2 | ETHIOPIASUDAN Abiy risks more war 21st January 2021 Addis made a deal with Khartoum when it went to war in Tigray. Amhara nationalists could upset this delicate arrangement Tension along the Ethiopia-Sudan border has risen sharply as Khartoum asserts itself and its territorial rights, threatening to force a once-minor border issue into a major confron...
Vol 62 No 2 | UGANDA Iron fist carries the day 21st January 2021 Brutal suppression of the opposition and voter intimidation won President Yoweri Museveni another term of office Although President Yoweri Museveni won the presidential election with 59% of the vote on a 57% turnout according to the electoral commission, over a dozen of the ruling National Re...
Vol 62 No 1 | SOMALIA Voting may not bring peace 7th January 2021 When elections are over, oil and gas are likely to move centre-stage, and the changing geopolitical context will have deep effects No Somali election passes without conflict. The hardening stances of the government and its opponents caused first delays in selecting new members of parliament, and then argument ...
Vol 62 No 1 | KENYA Handshake to face poll test 7th January 2021 The President’s coalition with his former adversary will be put to the electorate in 2021 against a backdrop of economic pain After a catastrophic decline in economic performance due to Covid-19 in 2020, aggravated by corruption and wrong-headed fiscal and public debt policies, 2021 promises to be particu...
Vol 62 No 1 | ETHIOPIA Abiy’s search for legitimacy 7th January 2021 The Prime Minister needs to hold successful elections and resolve a long-running dam dispute as he seeks to rebuild his reputation Holding successful elections, finalising the continuing disagreements over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) and providing a new political settlement acceptable to both et...
Vol 62 No 1 | CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLICRWANDARUSSIA Elections crisis escalates as Russian and Rwandan troops fly in 23rd December 2020 Facing a coalition of rebel militias opposed to his government and the elections, President Touadéra has called for help from Moscow and Kigali, sidelining the UN Presidential and parliamentary elections due on 27 December are in the balance as a coalition of militias tries to oust President Faustin Archange Touadéra, replacing him with ex-P...
Vol 61 No 25 | ETHIOPIA Abiy's mission in Mekelle 17th December 2020 The government says it's mopping up the last pockets of resistance in Tigray as evidence of Eritrean involvement emerges Two weeks after he declared the completion of his 'law and order operation' on 28 November with the capture of Mekelle, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the Tigray regional capita...
Vol 61 No 25 | SUDAN Washington seals the deal 17th December 2020 Splits over US pressure to normalise ties with Israel point to a fall-out between civilian politicians and the generals The removal of Sudan from the United States's list of state sponsors of terrorism, confirmed on 14 December, could prove a lifeline to a country in the grip of severe economic cris...