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Business circles 20/11/2018

Nevsun allowed to keep Asmara deal under wraps

Canada's British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Patrice Abrioux issued a [...]

Business circles 09/11/2018

DP World downsizes in Berbera

In developing Somaliland's port, the Emirati operator is having to contend with the new political configurations in the Horn. [...]

Business circles 26/10/2018

DP World in negotiations with Djibouti and Hargeisa

Following the ceremony to officially launch works at the port of Berbera on 11 October, the operations of the Dubai-based company in the Horn are creating political tensions… [...]

Corridors of power 12/10/2018

Abiy Ahmed Ali's pledges to the TPLF

The chairman of the TPLF (Tigray People's Liberation Front) and president of Tigray National Regional State (TNRS), Debretsion Gebremichael, has [...]

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Power brokers 28/09/2018

Is Issayas Afeworki grooming his son Abraham?

According to well-informed sources, the Eritrean president Issayas Afeworki, who has recently managed not only to end the long isolation [...]

Exploration-Production Looking ahead 25/09/2018

Zijin Mining ropes in Fasken Martineau lawyers and Morgan Stanley bankers for Nevsun acquisition

To help oversee its $1.4 billion offer for the Canadian [...]

Corridors of power 14/09/2018

IOG's neighbours encircle and isolate him

The Ethiopian PM is rallying Eritrea and above all Somalia to exert pressure on Djibouti. [...]

Business circles 14/09/2018

Pressure for the return of DP World to Doraleh

‘We will continue to exploit every legal avenue to defend our rights as the shareholder and concession holder of the [...]

Exploration-Production 11/09/2018

Addis and Asmara form phosphate team to take on Djibouti

Ethiopia and Eritrea's newfound friendship has a decisive mining component. The two countries have plans to set up joint phosphates [...]

Spotlight Corridors of power 27/07/2018

The crucial role of the Afars in peace in the Horn

Ethiopia's race towards the Red Sea is under way, but the landlocked country can only access the ports via Afar territories. The Afars therefore find themselves at the centre of negotiations between Eritrea (with which Addis Ababa has established closer [...]

Corridors of power 27/07/2018

The Eritrean opposition asked to leave Ethiopia…

There is one casualty of the rapprochement between Ethiopia and [...]

Breaking news 19/07/2018

Creeping paranoia in Djiboutian diplomatic circles

In a missive addressed to his ambassadors which The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of, the Djiboutian foreign [...]

Business circles 10/07/2018

Nevsun allowed to appeal forced labour ruling

Canadian firm Nevsun Resources' request to be allowed to appeal [...]

Corridors of power 29/06/2018

Who is negotiating peace between Addis and Asmara, and where?

Discreet talks between Ethiopia and Eritrea are under way far removed from the demonstrations in Badme, where the local population [...]

Corridors of power Palace whispers 15/06/2018

The Americans and French beg to differ… Free

According to our sources, France is pushing for United Nations [...]

Corridors of power 18/05/2018

France's plans for handling the refugee situation

On 9 May, the Djiboutian prime minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed received a delegation of the foreign affairs commission of the [...]

Corridors of power 18/05/2018

Feeling a potential threat by Qatar, Asmara mobilises the army

On 14 May, the Eritrean Ministry of Information issued a [...]

Corridors of power 04/05/2018

Arab threats and promises over the ports

In unilaterally cancelling DP World's contract to manage the Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT - ION 1469), the Djiboutian authorities may [...]

Power brokers 27/03/2018

Alasdair Smith strikes for gold again

In early March, New Zealand geologist Alasdair Smith started exploration on the Kerkasha project in Eritrea that his fledgling junior [...]

Corridors of power 16/03/2018

The Americans insult Kenya (and Africa)…

On 27 February, two former US ambassadors to Kenya, Mark [...]

Corridors of power 16/02/2018

Can the Addis-Amara rapprochement last?

Following the resignation of Desalegn, will talks between the two rival countries continue? [...]

Corridors of power 16/02/2018

The CIA mediates between Addis-Khartoum and Cairo

On 21 and 22 January, the US vice president Mike Pence had talks with the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah Al [...]

Corridors of power 02/02/2018

A tightening of borders across the region

The crisis between Egypt and the Sudanese-Ethiopian alliance is deepening and there are increasing numbers of boots on the ground… [...]

Corridors of power 19/01/2018

The Turkish crescent arcs across Egypt and Saudi Arabia

What did Recep Tayyip Erdogan negotiate during his visit to Khartoum? [...]

Corridors of power 09/01/2018

China mulling a Plan B without Djibouti

The Chinese have big things in mind for Africa. Their first gambit involving Sudan proved fell flat on its face. [...]

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