Kenya serves as a regional hub for trade and finance in east Africa. For some time growth has been impeded by too much reliance on primary goods and corruption. After considerable progress under the new government installed in 2003 in the combat of corruption, there were serious setback as evidenced by high-level scandals in 2005 […]
Africa’s oldest republic, established more than two centuries ago by freed American slaves, Liberia suffered from years of turmoil caused by tribal strife and exacerbated by the intrusion of kinsmen from neighboring states. Hopes of recovery when Charles Taylor became president in July 1997 in an election declared free and fair by foreign observers, were […]