[wanabidii] Season of u-turns in African politics: Jilted Tanzania ex-PM new opposition chief, rival jumps in bed with Nkurunziza (M&G Africa)

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31 Jul 2015

Season of u-turns in African politics: Jilted Tanzania ex-PM new opposition chief, rival jumps in bed with Nkurunziza   Game of musical chairs however could only bring more uncertainty in East Africa, and frustration with its opportunistic politics.

Shocking: Nearly 99% of Kenya budget can't be properly accounted for; what about rest of Africa?   The saving grace is that Kenya actually prepared an audit report in the first place, and released it to the public undoctored - a rarity in Africa.

UPDATE: Blaming rivals and low tourism numbers, Kenya Airways posts record $252m loss - that's nearly $700,000 every day   Nairobi-based carrier says it will seek $200m loan and sell off aircraft to stay afloat, as stock slides on worse-than-expected news.

For the first time in 25 years, the IMF big numbers that tell us Somalia is very complicated   Mogadishu gets an A for allowing the full report to be published uncensored - that's how we learn that 95% of Somali shilling notes are fake.

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