So, as we reported in “How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa”, (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/12/how-guns-and-bombs-dramatically-redrew-the-economic-and-political-map-of-east-africa-and-the-horn/), after 1998, nothing would be the same in East Africa, the Great Lakes Region, or the Horn of Africa. The decision by Democratic Republic of Congo President Laurent Kabila, seen as a lackey, to expel […]
From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years
June 18, 2012 0 Comments Short URL Al Shabaab, Angola, Archbishop Desmond, Arusha, Bethuel Kiplagat, bombing of US embassies in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam August 1998, Burundi civil war, Cairo, ceasefire accord in Lusaka, Confederation of East and Central Africa, Daniel arap Moi. With the Inter Parliamentary Parties Group (IPPG) agreement of October 1997, Darfur, East Africa, East African Community, East African Posts & Telecommunications, Ethiopia, Great Lakes Region, Groupe de recherche et d’information sur la paix et la sécurité (GRIP), Horn of Africa, Human Security Project, John Garang, Joseph Kony, Julius Nyerere, Kenya election violence, Lamu Port and Lamu Southern Sudan-Ethiopia Transport Corridor (LAPSSET), Laurent Kabila, Lazaro Sumbeiywo, Lord’s Resistance Army, Mogadishu airport, Mozambique, Namibia, Nelson Mandela, Paul Kagame, Pierre Nkurunziza, refugees, Robert Mugabe, Rwanda, Second Congo War, Seth Sendanshonga, Somalia, South African Development Community (SADC), SPLA, Sudan, Sudan Comprehensive Peace Agreement, Swaziland, The International Rescue Committee, The Wedding Planner, three million people dead in DRC war, Tunis, Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, Zimbabwe Diplomatic Shenanigans, Fast & Furious
‘Democracy’ Is Dying Or Dead In Africa; The Continent Is Being Torn Apart – Yet That’s One Of The Best Things To Happen To It (The Prequel)
Tuareg separatist rebels in Mali have taken advantage of the confusion in the capital Bamako following the recent coup against President Amadou Toumani Toure, to gain more territory. They are reported to have surrounded the historical city of Timbuktu, and wo important northern towns, Kidal and Gao, fell to them and their Islamist allies in […]
April 1, 2012 7 Comments Short URL Africa, Alassane Ouattara, Angola, Baganda, Bamako, Banyamulenge, Big Man rule, Capt Amadou Sanogo, civilianised, Darfur, Democratic Republic of Congo, Diego Maradona, Economic Community of West African States, Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Eduardo dos Santos, Ethiopia, executed 20000 civilians, forces of history, Ghanda Koi Songhai militia, greed, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Khartoum, Kidal Gao, Libya, Mali, Matebeland massacres, military coups, Mombasa Republican Council, Muammar Gaddafi, NATO bombing, Niger Delta, Nigeria, North-Korean-trained Fifth Brigade, one-party dictatorship, post-independence, regionalism, Robert Mugabe, secessionist, Somalia, South Africa, South Kordofan, Sudan, Tanzania, Timbuktu, Tuareg, Tuareg people, Tunisia, Tutsi, Uganda, Zanzibari independence, Zimbabwe Aliens & Stars, Political Barometre, Rogue Stuff