Analysis

Finger pointing has turned to fist fights as Kenyans visibly becoming frustrated of frequent grenade and small bombs terrorists’ attacks in the Country are turning their anger on the fast growing Somali community in Nairobi.

Islamic radicals and a movement which wants indepence for the coast both exploit anger about marginalisation and youth employment. The Kenyan coast is boiling.

The violence by Boko Haram in Nigeria has become endemic. The Nigerian military does not seem to have the capacity to defeat the terror band. And succesful peace talks are not likely either. Nigerian journalist Ahmad Salkida knows Boko Haram well from reporting in the past from Maiduguri.The root cause of the conflict is ideological.

The war in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan continues unabated. A rare eywitness account

Ethiopia has a huge, large scale flower industry. Does that benefit the country?

Sectarian violence has rocked the Coastal city of Mombasa in Kenya following the shooting dead of a prominent and controversial Muslim activist Sheikh Aboud Rogo. The violence by some Muslim youth has led to the death of four people including two Policemen who succumbed to injuries when a grenade was hurled at them. Christian establishments including Churches and businesses have also been looted and burnt. A "view from da hood" and a story of police behavior.

The Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi (57) died on Monday the 20th of August 2012. A peasant leader who lived by the books and who could explain everything away.

The predictions were dire soon after South Sudan had closed the pipeline to the North and thus its oil production.

One year after independence morale is still high in South Sudan. But the initial hope for a rapid start towards development, establishment of human rights and economic prosperity has faded. “It is as if the war never stopped.”