Vol 56 No 15 | SOMALIA Impeaching and impeding 23rd July 2015 President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud averted an attempt to impeach him on 19 July, but a faction of secular MPs is still determined to get rid of him.
Vol 56 No 15 | TANZANIA CCM springs surprise 22nd July 2015 The governing party has found a presidential candidate with managerial skills and a reputation for getting things done In a move reminiscent of the ‘rise without trace’ in 2010 of Nigeria’s ex-President Goodluck Jonathan in 2010, Tanzania’s governing party, Chama cha Mapinduzi, has nominated a virt...
Vol 56 No 15 | TANZANIA Unfinished constitutional business 22nd July 2015 President Jakaya Kikwete’s second term in office has been marred by his perceived inability either to clean up many of the problems he inherited or to provide a clear vision on whi...
Vol 56 No 15 | SOMALIA An offering to Obama 21st July 2015 Kenya and Ethiopia want to present the US President with a victory against the Islamists in Somalia as Amisom’s funding is threatened The Ethiopian and Kenyan military hope to welcome President Barack Obama to Kenya by capturing the town of Bardhere from the Somali Islamist militia Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahid...
Vol 56 No 14 | SUDAN Why the peacekeepers stay in Darfur 10th July 2015 As the government and its allies step up attacks on civilians in Darfur, the UN and AU insist their protection force will extend its mandate Khartoum has fought a long battle to cripple and expel the international peacekeeping force in Darfur, so it reacted angrily last month when the mission's mandate was extended for ...
Vol 56 No 14 | SOMALIA A federal farrago 10th July 2015 The new regional governments are generating conflicts among rivals and with Al Shabaab. That looks bad for next year's elections The ferocity of Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen's Ramadan offensive has obscured growing divisions among clans – and between them and the government – over the increasing number...
Vol 56 No 14 | SOMALIA Shabaab's surge 10th July 2015 Al Haraka al Shabaab al Mujahideen's devastating attack on the African Union Mission in Somalia base at Leego on 26 June may mark the high point of the Islamist militia's 2015 Rama...
Vol 56 No 14 | SOUTH SUDAN War mars independence day 10th July 2015 Independence anniversary celebrations on 9 July were a far cry from the mass joy when the country separated from Sudan in 2011. The civil war, in which over 50,000 people have been...
Vol 56 No 14 | BURUNDI UN: 'unfair, unfree' 10th July 2015 The United Nations' election observer mission has condemned the 29 June local and legislative elections in Burundi, saying 'the environment was not conducive for free, credible and...
Vol 56 No 13 | ERITREA Let my people stay 26th June 2015 Eritrean refugees are at the heart of Europe’s migration crisis but a divided European Union is at odds about how to deal with them Once, European countries were happy to gently chide the Asmara government for the oppression of its impoverished people, but the flotillas of its people sailing across the Mediterr...