When Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Meles Zenawi died on August 20, he took with him not just a secret about himself, but also about other strongmen-cum-reformist African leaders. That secret – or rather mystery – is why they resort to pulling fingernails and become intolerant of dissident – when they don’t have to and could do […]
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From Central, East To The Horn Of Africa, It Has Been A Fast And Furious 20 Years
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 […]
How Guns And Bombs Dramatically Redrew The Economic And Political Map Of East Africa And The Horn
The two special reports; “Cloak And Dagger Politics And How The New East Africa Was Born From The Fires Of The Old” (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/04/cloak-and-dagger-politics-and-war-how-the-new-east-africa-was-born-from-the-fires-of-the-old) AND “Torn Between East And The Horn; The Tale Of Kenya As A Two-Axis Nation And The Changing Strategic Realties Along Africa’s Indian Ocean Belt” (http://nakedchiefs.com/2012/06/04/torn-between-east-and-the-horn-the-tale-of-kenya-a-two-axis-nation-and-the-changing-strategic-realities-along-africas-indian-ocean-belt) last week examined the political and […]
With Kenya Election Around The Corner, East Africa Steps Into A Make Or Break Season
As Kenya heads into the first election under its new Constitution, the East African Community too will begin its most dramatic transition. The transition season will end in 2017 in Rwanda, when President Paul Kagame is scheduled to step down. How the leaders and East African citizens play their hands over this period, could make […]
Torn Between East And The Horn: The Tale Of Kenya, A ‘Two-Axis’ Nation And The Changing Strategic Realities Along Africa’s Indian Ocean Belt
East Africa and its economic bloc, the East African Community, are about to change forever, possibly transforming into a Greater Horn of East Africa Economic Community. Many factors are causing this change. There is Burundi and Uganda’s lead roles in Amisom, the African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia. Then also Rwanda’s long-running involvement in peacekeeping […]
POLITICALLY INCORRECT: Why Africa’s Cities Are The Dirtiest In The World, And ‘Village Food’ Is Bad For Towns (How It Began)
The story begins in this first part, with why flush toilets and garbage trucks are “unAfrican” – and what that has to do with dirty streets in many African cities. Of the world’s 25 dirtiest cities, 16 – or 64 percent of them – are in Africa. Well, at least that was the story in […]
Why America’s Kim, Not Nigeria’s Okonjo-Iweala Deserved To ‘Eat’ The World Bank Job, And Dlamini-Zuma Should Be The African Union’s Next CEO
The countries that want a place at the World Bank High Table where the pie is being sliced should pay for it…and back in Africa, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, ex-wife of South Africa president Jacob Zuma deserves to be the next African Union boss. She survived marriage to the philandering and polygamous Zuma, she should find being AU […]
