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Grand coalition on the brink of the abyss

Just a year after it was established, the governing "grand coalition" between President Mwai Kibaki’s PNU and Prime Minister Raila Odinga’s ODM is already suffering from internal strain. This overstaffed team (it has 94 members) has lost its credibility in [...] (762 words)

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The coalition takes a new beating

The governing coalition formed between the PNU of President Mwai Kibaki and the ODM of Prime Minister Raila Odinga has entered into a new zone of strong turbulence. Two events of different origins are converging to rock this already unsteady

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ETHIOPIA Politics 03/04/2009

Zenawi brings the private sector to heel

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Mukhisa Kituyi back in favour

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