Parselelo Kantai
Friday, February 13, 2015 - 07:19
The US military and intelligence services get a free pass to zap terrorist targets; incumbent regimes, even when they massacre their political opponents, get immunity from all but the mildest diplomatic criticism from Washington. In theory, that should create a furore at the AU, where AU Commission chair Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says she is determined to break the dependence on foreign powers.
Thursday, January 8, 2015 - 08:53
Promoting itself as a safe haven amid regional turbulence, President Ismail Omar Guelleh's regime faces a resurgent opposition and scepticism that it can juggle its new alliances.
Monday, November 25, 2013 - 07:50
The failure of Nairobi's security and intelligence forces to interdict the Westgate attack is rooted in the wider counter-insurgency policy against Al-Shabaab and their increasingly numerous Kenya-based franchises.