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07/12/2010 | Transparencia
Wikileaks Revelations Threaten Kenya's Anti-Corruption Drive
Throughout his time in Kenya, U.S. Ambassador Michael Ranneberger has been known for his expansive and delighted presence at any number of cultural events and festivals, especially those that featured dancing, and his fondness for vanilla lattes from the local Starbucks equivalent, Java House, just a stone's throw from his office. However, he has also been known for his blunt assessment of the country's government and political elites, particularly in the aftermath of the country's 2007 post-election violence.
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23/02/2010 | Frente Externo
Africa - Niger Coup is West Africa's Latest Democracy Deficit
Following a trend that has become depressingly familiar in West Africa over the past 18 months, army officers seized power in Niger on Feb. 18, removing President Mamadou Tandja from office. The coup ends a political crisis that began last year, when Tandja used a popular referendum to try to indefinitely prolong his term beyond its December 2009 limit.
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20/02/2010 | Frente Externo
Africa - Early Returns on Uganda's 2011 Election
Ranging over hills that slope gracefully down into Lake Victoria, Kampala is arguably one of the more beautiful capitals in Africa. But the city's beauty not only belies the numbing poverty in which most of Uganda's residents find themselves, it also masks the country's ugly politics.
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13/01/2010 | Frente Externo
Tensions Rise as Voting Looms in Sudan
On Jan. 9, North and South Sudan marked the fifth anniversary of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that brought an end to Africa's longest civil war, but the mood has been anything but celebratory as the two sides proceed toward a referendum over Southern secession.
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