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Tanzania

Suluhu Hassan hand picks official to kick start GNL talks with Shell and Equinor

The new president has made developing the gas sector, largely ignored by her predecessor John Magufuli, a priority of her five-year term in office.

Subscribers only Energy Running story - Southern Africa and gas 07.06.2021

Kenyatta and Suluhu still at odds over sharing tourism revenues

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta (R) welcomes Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan (2nd L) at State House in Nairobi on 4 May 2021. © Simon Maina/AFP

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 04.06.2021

Montero boss Tony Harwood brings back Och-Ziff case consultant for rare earths arbitration claim

Canadian company Montero Mining & Exploration has brought in SRK Consulting's Neal Rigby to assist it in its arbitration case against the Tanzanian state before ICSID.

Subscribers only Mining 02.06.2021

Inner circles
Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers

Tanzania's new president Samia Suluhu Hassan. © AFP

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2021

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Spotlight
President Hassan kick-starts her diplomatic service

Newly installed President Samia Suluhu Hassan has put career diplomats back in charge at the top of the foreign ministry. Although not much more than a symbolic departure from the Magufuli era, it has been enough to attract overseas delegations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.05.2021

Payton Knopf will accompany US Special Envoy to the Horn of Africa Jeffrey Feltman on his mission. © United States Institute of Peace/YouTube

US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman enlists help of Africa specialist Payton Knopf

Joe Biden's new special envoy to the Horn of Africa, an expert on the Arab world, has embarked on a tour of the region taking expert Payton Knopf along with him.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.05.2021

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

After helping Morocco's return to the African Union, Mohammed VI's star ambassador Nezha Alaoui M'hammdi will continue to push for recognition of the country's sovereignty over Western Sahara from her new post in Dar es Salaam.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.05.2021

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

The Australian mining company could be on the verge of selling off its coal projects in Tanzania in order to concentrate its efforts on its Mozambican gold project in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Mining 23.04.2021

Newly installed Samia Suluhu Hassan makes Gen Venance Mabeyo her trusted ally

The new president's cabinet reshuffle may have looked like a mere game of musical chairs, but Samia Suluhu Hassan was in fact careful to distance people who were close to her late predecessor John Magufuli and to make the chief of army staff the guarantor of her administration.

Subscribers only Politics 05.04.2021

New Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Dodoma's spymaster looks into leaks on Magufuli's last days

While the Tanzanian government was keeping a tight lid on president John Magufuli's state of health before his death was announced on 17 March, opposition leader Tundu Lissu published information said to have come from Tanzanian intelligence agents.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2021

US shrinks budget for its counter-terrorism programme

The US State Department has cut back funding for Preact, the Partnership for Regional East Africa Couterterrorism, by a third this year to $2m.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 26.03.2021

Beijing seeks fresh start after Magufuli's death

Having struggled to get the vast Sino-Tanzanian Bagamoyo project off the ground, Xi Jinping's diplomats see the change of administration in Dodoma as an opportunity to breathe life back into bilateral cooperation.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business, Diplomacy 23.03.2021

Total postpones Tilenga meeting with Museveni following Magufuli's death

Following the death of the president of Tanzania John Magufuli last week, ministers Adelardus Kilangi and Medard Kalemani cancelled their visit to Uganda planned Monday.

Subscribers only Energy 23.03.2021

Spotlight
Allies manoeuvre to shore up moribund regime of the late John Magufuli

The inner circle of the late Tanzanian leader had maintained a strict news blackout on his state of health to delay for as long as possible the elevation of the vice president to the top job.

Subscribers only Politics 19.03.2021

Former Tanzania's President Jakaya Kikwete and Tanzania's Vice President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Magufuli sends his foreign minister to Paris to drum up business

Specially dispatched by President John Magufuli, Tanzanian foreign minister Palamagamba Kabudi is due to arrive in France on 17 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.02.2021

Palamagamba Kabudi, Tanzania's Foreign Minister.

Dubai aims to become Magufuli's new business partner

The United Arab Emirates, which is the world's leading gold trading centre, is looking to sell its know-how in the gold sector to the Tanzanian government and business community.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy 16.02.2021

Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

Operator in Tanzania of block 2 on which more than 20 trillion cubic feet (tcf) have been discovered, the Norwegian major Equinor has decided to write down the book value of its Tanzanian assets by $982m.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2021

Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

Norwegian multi-millionaire Peter Smedvig and South African art collector Chris von Christierson recently bought the Kabanga Nickel project in Tanzania, along with their partner Keith Liddell. The acquisition is the latest of their investments in battery metals.

Subscribers only Mining 05.02.2021

Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Arbitrators are in the process of being appointed to handle actions filed at ICSID against Tanzania by Montero Mining, Indiana Resources, and Winshear Gold over the withdrawal of their mining permits in 2019.

Subscribers only Mining 29.01.2021

Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Months ahead of the scheduled delivery in June of six locomotives from Spain's Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, the procurement contract has already landed new Kenya Railways Corp (KRC) director Philip Mainga in the hotseat.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

Nigerian giant Dangote Cement is close to completing construction of the 50-MW, $90m Mtwara power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 11.01.2021

Xi Jinping hopes to get Bagamoyo mega-port back on track

On 7 and 8 January, the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi will be trying to persuade Tanzanian president John Magufuli to resume construction works on the huge Bagamoyo deepwater port. Since he came to power, the project has been more or less constantly on hold.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 07.01.2021

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Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Tanzania

Suluhu Hassan hand picks official to kick start GNL talks with Shell and Equinor

Kenyatta and Suluhu still at odds over sharing tourism revenues

Montero boss Tony Harwood brings back Och-Ziff case consultant for rare earths arbitration claim

Inner circles
Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers

Spotlight
President Hassan kick-starts her diplomatic service

US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman enlists help of Africa specialist Payton Knopf

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

Newly installed Samia Suluhu Hassan makes Gen Venance Mabeyo her trusted ally

Dodoma's spymaster looks into leaks on Magufuli's last days

US shrinks budget for its counter-terrorism programme

Beijing seeks fresh start after Magufuli's death

Total postpones Tilenga meeting with Museveni following Magufuli's death

Spotlight
Allies manoeuvre to shore up moribund regime of the late John Magufuli

Magufuli sends his foreign minister to Paris to drum up business

Dubai aims to become Magufuli's new business partner

Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

Xi Jinping hopes to get Bagamoyo mega-port back on track

Coltan miners strain to reach Dar es-Salaam

Luxury safari industry expands its base camp in Mauritius

Re-elected Magufuli puts LNG pressure on Shell and Equinor

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Tanzania

Suluhu Hassan hand picks official to kick start GNL talks with Shell and Equinor

Kenyatta and Suluhu still at odds over sharing tourism revenues

Montero boss Tony Harwood brings back Och-Ziff case consultant for rare earths arbitration claim

Inner circles Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers

Spotlight President Hassan kick-starts her diplomatic service

US special envoy Jeffrey Feltman enlists help of Africa specialist Payton Knopf

Ambassador to Ethiopia Nezha Alaoui to carry on with same policy in Tanzania

Intra Energy manoeuvres to offload its Tanzanian coal assets

Newly installed Samia Suluhu Hassan makes Gen Venance Mabeyo her trusted ally

Dodoma's spymaster looks into leaks on Magufuli's last days

US shrinks budget for its counter-terrorism programme

Beijing seeks fresh start after Magufuli's death

Total postpones Tilenga meeting with Museveni following Magufuli's death

Spotlight Allies manoeuvre to shore up moribund regime of the late John Magufuli

Magufuli sends his foreign minister to Paris to drum up business

Dubai aims to become Magufuli's new business partner

Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

Smedvig and von Christierson bet on Barrick and Glencore's former project Kabanga Nickel

Arbitrators lining up for Magufuli mining disputes at ICSID

Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Dangote Cement hopes new Mtwara power plant will boost production

Xi Jinping hopes to get Bagamoyo mega-port back on track

Coltan miners strain to reach Dar es-Salaam

Luxury safari industry expands its base camp in Mauritius

Re-elected Magufuli puts LNG pressure on Shell and Equinor

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DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Gabon
Gunvor secrets (2/2): the hidden clauses of the Assala Energy buyout

Inner circles
Samia Suluhu Hassan breaks free of CCM and installs allies as key advisers

Spotlight
President Hassan kick-starts her diplomatic service

Spotlight
Allies manoeuvre to shore up moribund regime of the late John Magufuli