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 […]
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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
Cloak And Dagger Politics And War: How The ‘New’ East Africa Was Born From The Fires Of The Old
The fact that South Sudan, Somalia and Sudan have applied to join the East African Community (comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda) was unthinkable even as the 1970s ended. The forces pulling East Africa were either southward, when for example Tanzania’s Julius Nyerere, Uganda’s Milton Obote, and Zambia’s Kenneth Kaunda formed the famed “Mulungushi […]
June 4, 2012 2 Comments Short URL Angola, Botswana, Col Mengistu Haile Mariam, Eritrean People’s Liberation Front, Frontline, Isaias Afewerki, Julius Nyerere, Kenneth Kaunda, Khartoum, Lesotho, Meles Zenawi, Milton Obote, Mozambique, Mulungushi Club, Nelson Mandela, OAU Liberation Committee, Paul Kagame, Rwanda Patriotic Army/Front, Siad Barre, Tanzania, Tanzania People's Defence Force oust Idi Amin, Tigrinya People’s Liberation Front, Uganda invasion of Tanzania 1978, Umkhonto we Sizwe, Zambia African National Congress, Zimbabwe Diplomatic Shenanigans, Future Watch
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
