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Last updated: 11 January, 2007 - Published 11:21 GMT
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Resident Presidents archive editions
From this page you can access audio from July to September of 2006.
illustration by Frank Odoi

1st July 2006

We find out what the two gents consider the pros and cons of Sharia law in the light of the negotiations that were taking place in Somalia.

8th July 2006

Some illuminating thoughts from the presidents as they seek the bright side of a power black out.

15th July 2006

The UN's relocation of the "Motormouth of Monrovia", the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, to custody in Europe where he will await trial for war crimes gives the presidents much to pontificate about.

22nd July 2006

Kibarkingmad and Olushambles butt heads about Zinedane Zidane's bullish behaviour in the final of the 2006 Football World Cup in the Germany.

Illustration of Olushambles by Frank Odoi
29th July 2006

Non-governmental organisations are all over Africa, but to whose benefit? Olushambles and Kibarkingmad have different attitudes to the folk in the white 4x4s.

5th August 2006

Former rebels in the DRC, the LRA's ceasefire offer and an Angolan peace deal are all in the news, prompting our duo's discussion about rebels.

12th August 2006

Presidential wisdom on the best and most cost-effective means of getting from A to B in Africa, courtesy of Mssrs Olushambles and Kibarkingmad.

19th August 2006

While pondering the health and well-being of a presidential colleague, Olushambles and Kibarkingmad consider what qualities make a leader 'fit to govern'.

26th August 2006

Kibarkingmad is on a flight of fancy with the president of the United States.

Illustration of Kibarkingmad by Frank Odoi
9th September 2006

Our resident Big Men are cooing with admiration at the wily manoevring of the Chadian president, Idriss Deby, following his altercation with international oil companies in his country.

16th September 2006

Olushambes and Kibarkingmad want to be able to keep a check on their people; just like the 'Hero of Harare', who's reportedly got ears everywhere.

23rd September 2006

The big fellas consider if life could really be safer without a foreskin... Well it's what Bill Clinton is saying.

30th September 2006

This week Kibarkingmad is railing about the pay and perks of UN election observers, but as usual, there's an angle the old boys can work.


Kibarkingmad illustration by Frank OdoiResident Presidents
More presidential laughter, ridicule and buffoonery from April to June 2006
Kibarkingmad illustration by Frank OdoiResident Presidents
A peek into the minds of the big men from the archive of January to March 2006
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Listen again to some of their high level ruminations from 2005
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