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In 2007 Kenya Election Museveni Put His Money On Kibaki; Now The Changing Game In The Greater Horn Of Africa Presents Him With Tough Choices

So we follow up on the first article, “The Moi Hand In Museveni’s Kenya Game; And The Political Tremors Shaking Up The Greater Horn Of Africa (Opening Shots)”, examining what interests Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has in Kenya upcoming elections. In recent months, as we noted, several of the Kenyan politicians vying to succeed President […]

May 1, 2012 4 Comments Short URL Diplomatic Shenanigans, Yakky Politics

Burundi: A Nation Trapped By A Crocodile, Its Born-Again Track-Suit Addicted President, And The Mountains

Maybe you did, maybe you didn’t, watch the 2007 film “Primeval”. Primeval, originally titled “Gustave”, follows a news team sent to Burundi to capture a crocodile on Lake Tanganyika. That crocodile is called Gustave. According to a Wikipedia entry, in 2004 Gustave was estimated to be 60 years old, 20 feet (6.1 m) in length and […]

January 19, 2012 8 Comments Short URL Amilcar Cabral, AMISOM, avocado, Born-Again president, Bujumbura, Burundi, Burundi’s Barack Obama, Central Africa, crocodile Gustave, Dar es Salaam, Domitien Ndayizeye, ethnicity, First Lady Denise, Ghana’s Flt. Lt. Jerry Rawlings, Grahamstown, Hutu-Tutsi, Jean-Baptiste Bagaza, journalist Alexis Sinduhije, Lake Tanganyika, Major Pierre Buyoya, maPeter, murder, nation trapped, notorious man-eater, Pierre Nkurunziza, President Jakaya Kikwete, Primeval film, Rwanda genocide, Somalia, South Africa, Sylvestre Ntibantunganya, Tanzanian jail, terrorism, treason, Wikileaks Rogue Stuff, Yakky Politics

Record 17 Presidential Elections In Africa In 2011, 78% Of Them Disputed: Are Free Polls UnAfrican?

There were a record 17 presidential elections in Africa in 2011. There were face-offs in Benin, Bourkina Faso, Central African Republic, Uganda, Zambia, DR Congo, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, Liberia, Nigeria, Niger, Madagascar, The Gambia, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Chad, Cameroon, Cape Verde. Except in Zambia (where the volatile but intriguing Opposition leader Michael Sata defeated president […]

January 2, 2012 3 Comments Short URL Africa, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Djibouti, DR Congo, Ivory Coast, Julius Nyerere, Liberia President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, Madagascar, Michael Sata, Niger, Nigeria, Nobel Peace Prize, rigged elections, rigged polls, Sao Tome and Principe, Seychelles, The Gambia, Uganda, vote fraud, Zambia Robbers & Barons, Yakky Politics

Why This New Year Is Al Shabaab’s Last Chance For A Big Kill in Kampala Or Nairobi

Last week the Chief of Kenya Defence Forces Gen. Julius Karangi warned that the Somali hardline Al Shabaab militia might stage terror attacks in the country in retaliation for the army’s three-months-old campaign in southern Somalia. Christmas came and went without incident, and now Kenyan security agencies are on the lookout for a New Year […]

December 31, 2011 4 Comments Short URL Women, Wine & War, Yakky Politics

In 2007 Kenya Election Museveni Put His Money On Kibaki; Now The Changing Game In The Greater Horn Of Africa Presents Him With Tough Choices

Burundi: A Nation Trapped By A Crocodile, Its Born-Again Track-Suit Addicted President, And The Mountains

Record 17 Presidential Elections In Africa In 2011, 78% Of Them Disputed: Are Free Polls UnAfrican?

Why This New Year Is Al Shabaab’s Last Chance For A Big Kill in Kampala Or Nairobi

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