Dans les rues de Goma, des policiers règlent désormais la circulation à grands coups de sifflet. Ce sifflet est leur seule arme visible, mais la «police de roulage» est l'une des premières manifestations du retour des autorités loyalistes de…
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More than 600 people have been killed since rebels began an uprising in two Sudanese states last year, the interior minister said on Tuesday, but an analyst called the figure meaningless. Ibrahim Mahmoud Hamed, giving a rare casualty count,…
RVI in Local and Global Media January to June 2013 is a cumulative record of references to the Rift Valley Institute in local and international news media and academic literature from January to June 2013. Included in the document…
The election of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud as President of Somalia on 10 September was a major event in the region, bringing to an end a deeply flawed, eight-year political transition. The election of an active member of civil society…
RVI in Local and Global Media January to June 2012 is a cumulative record of references to the Rift Valley Institute in local and international news media and academic literature from January to June 2012. Included in the document are online,…
RVI in Local and Global Media 2010 is a cumulative record of references to the Rift Valley Institute in local and international news media and academic literature in 2010. Included in the document are online, broadcast and print commentary and…
Les préparatifs battent leur plein du côté du Palais du peuple et du stade des martyrs de Kinshasa. Dans quelques jours, du 13 au 14 octobre, la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) accueillera la XIVe édition du Sommet de…
RVI in Local and Global Media 2009 is a cumulative record of references to the Rift Valley Institute in local and international news media and academic literature in 2009. Included in the document are online, broadcast and print commentary and…
By Magdi El Gazouli Sudan and South Sudan signed on Thursday a battery of eight agreements covering oil and other economic concerns, border security, monitoring and demarcation, the status of nationals in the other state, and trade next to…
By Sally Healy On 20 August the Ethiopian authorities announced the sudden death of the Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who had been at the helm of Ethiopian politics for twenty-one years. At the age of 57, Meles still seemed…
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