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
Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda, Burundi Smile Like Siamese Cats At London Somalia Meet; But What The Hell Is Going On In Kismayu?
•Kenya has trained and armed 4,500 Ras Kamboni fighters – while Al Shabaab has about 3,500 fighters left. •With ‘victory’ in Somalia near, the British have eased pressure on President Museveni to behave at home. •Ethiopia needed a trophy ahead of the London conference; it captured Baidoa. •Burundi’s Nkurunziza was feeling so good, he didn’t […]
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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 […]
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