Vol 48 No 24 | RWANDACOMMONWEALTH On the edges of the club 30th November 2007 Rwanda became a virtual member of the Commonwealth at its 23-25 November summit in Kampala, partly due to President Yoweri Museveni's energetic support for visiting President Paul ...
Vol 48 No 24 | UGANDACOMMONWEALTH Regal rivalry 30th November 2007 The Commonwealth summit last week provided an unrivalled opportunity for local monarchists to promote their own political agenda through unabashed adoration of Britain's octogenari...
Vol 48 No 18 | COMMONWEALTHANALYSIS Africa moves up the agenda 7th September 2007 Choosing a new secretary general, acting on Zimbabwe, admitting extra members and the probable appearance of several fresh leaders will keep the commentators busy at November's Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting President Robert Mugabe, leader of an already suspended Zimbabwe, walked out of the Commonwealth club at the end of the Abuja summit in 2003 and since then, the venerable body has ...
Vol 48 No 18 | COMMONWEALTH Old timers and first timers 7th September 2007 In Kampala, all eyes will be on Gordon Brown, by then British Prime Minister for four and a half months. The new Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary, David Miliband, and the Ministe...
Vol 48 No 18 | COMMONWEALTH Secretarial duties 7th September 2007 The Commonwealth's next chief executive will take over in April 2008 and there are three strong candidates for the secretary general's job: Kamalesh Sharma, Indian High Commissione...
Vol 46 No 24 | COMMONWEALTH Talking up trade 2nd December 2005 Secretary General Don McKinnon's lobbying for trade reform at the Commonwealth summit in Malta (25-27 November) produced waves in the European Union, which he challenged to meet th...
Vol 44 No 25 | ZIMBABWECOMMONWEALTH The cost of Mugabe 19th December 2003 Poor diplomacy allows the Zimbabwe row to weaken the Commonwealth and divide Africa Like a slow-motion train crash, from 5 to 8 December Commonwealth leaders allowed a bad-tempered discussion on Zimbabwe to dominate their summit, ending in the continuation of sanc...
Vol 44 No 23 | COMMONWEALTH Don't RSVP 21st November 2003 The Commonwealth, some say, is held together by its rows over Southern Africa. The latest, a rumoured move against giving New Zealand's Don McKinnon a second term as Secretary Gene...
Vol 40 No 23 | COMMONWEALTH Postponing the new order 19th December 1999 Commonwealth heads have suspended Pakistan's military regime but balked at tougher action against others - until the next summit Efforts to advance good governance and human rights ended in a Commonwealth fudge at the Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Durban, South Africa on 12-15 November. Calls for ra...
Vol 38 No 22 | COMMONWEALTH Enunciations from Edinburgh 7th November 1997 Prime Minister Blair and Secretary General Anyaoku's attempts to reshape the Commonwealth were marred by political irresolution In the confusion about the Commonwealth's role as democratic policeman during the Heads of Government meeting in Edinburgh (24-27 October), two significant voices encapsulated the ...