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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed powerless over reopening of Tigray-Eritrea border

The resumption of free movement across the country's northern border is beyond Addis Ababa's control. The federal government is trying to put a stop to both smuggling activities and the political rapprochement between Asmara and Mekele.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 03.07.2025

Kenya
Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

In the midst of a subscriber haemorrhage and laden with debt, the former state-owned operator is on its last legs, despite the arrival of a new shareholder two years ago. Yet letting it fail outright would be politically costly and potentially damaging to national infrastructure interests.

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto (left), and Raila Odinga (right), in Nairobi, in March 2025. © Simon Maina/AFP

Kenya, Uganda
Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Kenya's president is seeking to enter negotiations with Uganda on the question of the border between the two countries. His ministers and ally Raila Odinga do not exactly see eye to eye on the approach to take.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.07.2025

A cargo plane at Bosaso Airport, in Somalia's semi-autonomous region of Puntland, 22 November 2023. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan
Behind Bosaso Airport, the UAE's key hub for supplying arms to Sudan

Embroiled in the Sudanese civil war, Abu Dhabi has established an airlift to supply the RSF with weapons and paramilitaries. Bosaso, in the northwest of Puntland, is a central link in this logistics operation.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure 01.07.2025

Ethiopia
Ruling party influence dents credibility of national dialogue process

The absence of key players from the opposition and armed groups is preventing the Ethiopian National Dialogue Commission getting off the ground. Its chief commissioner, appointed by a circle of the Pentecostal church to which the prime minister belongs, defends a vision that is close to that of the ruling party.

Subscribers only Politics 01.07.2025

Kenya
Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

The chain of revelations by certain opposition leaders, especially ousted deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, are vexing President William Ruto's entourage. His close allies have set themselves the task of tracing the source of these leaks.

Subscribers only Politics 30.06.2025

Somalia
Uganda's new military deployment

While the future of the African Union's peacekeeping mission is in serious doubt, Kampala is sending troops to Somalia to counter the Al-Shabaab offensive within the framework of a bilateral agreement.

Subscribers only Defence 30.06.2025

Somalia
French security firm Amarante off to a rough start

Six months after beginning its mission to protect a European Union programme in Somalia, the private outfit has had to review some of its contracts there, provoking a backlash from several consultants.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 27.06.2025

Kenya
Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

As Kenya seeks to boost its mining revenues, attempts by the principal secretary of mines to control the granting of permits to mining operators are annoying his cabinet secretary.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 27.06.2025

Somalia
Head of army escapes assassination attempt

Al-Shabaab attempted to kill Somalia's chief of staff, Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, while the officer was overseeing counterterrorism operations in his home region.

Subscribers only Politics 26.06.2025

Soldiers from the Somali National Army ride in a convoy as part of a security escort on 21 April 2025 in Mogadishu, Somalia.

Ethiopia
French employers' federation to hold major conference with European investors

Under the watchful eye of Paris and Brussels, the French employers' association, Medef, is working on organising a European forum in the French capital, with the hope of reviving private investment in Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2025

Kenya
Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Faced with falling foreign trade, Nairobi is banking on summit diplomacy, a strategy that should enable it to win control of a number of regional organisations.

Subscribers only Business 25.06.2025

William Ruto arrives at the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa, 16 February 2025.

Somalia
Doha gives security boost to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Struggling with the Al-Shabaab terrorist group, the Somali federal government has been counting mainly on the support of its close ally Turkey and, now, Doha.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 25.06.2025

Uganda
Museveni and son make mark on media ahead of presidential elections

Financial and political pressures are mounting on the country's independent media, while the presidential camp seeks to build a network of influence.

Subscribers only Politics 24.06.2025

President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, 25 April 2025.

Rwanda
Qatar takes on role of mediator between Belgium and Rwanda

Rwandan authorities seem willing to work on resuming relations with Belgium.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.06.2025

Kenya
KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

The government has suspended all of the American NGO Rainforest Alliance's upcoming audits of Kenyan tea plantations. However, international buyers of tea produced by the country's leading consortium may be put off by the label's absence.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.06.2025

Tea farm near Kerugoya, at the foot of Mount Kenya, in 2013.

Tanzania
Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Swiss Intairplan and Ethiopian Saba Engineering have landed the contract to design and supervise the modernisation of Lake Manyara's very touristy airport.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.06.2025

Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh has enlisted the services of a businessman to set up a system for collecting carbon contributions from polluters, known as the Africa Sovereign Carbon Registry. Several countries are following suit, attracted by the promise of this lucrative scheme.

Subscribers only Energy, Business, Diplomacy 20.06.2025

Djibouti's President Ismail Omar Guelleh in Nairobi, on 3 September 2022.

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's young Tigrayan guard

Ethiopia's Tigray region returned to TPLF control in March, but the prime minister is seeking to challenge the party's hegemony there with the help of a group of opposition figures.

Subscribers only Politics 20.06.2025

Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed in Nairobi on 29 February 2024.

Kenya
Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

The Head of State has since coming to power in 2022 been trying to get the Nigerian billionaire to go ahead with his cement plant projects in the country. The two sides are close to an agreement.

Free access Business 20.06.2025

Sudan
Civil coalitions battle it out around UN Special Envoy

Ramtane Lamamra track record of the Sudanese situation is the subject of a fierce dispute between two political coalitions, who are arguing with each other via letters to the UN.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 19.06.2025

Ramtane Lamamra attends the London Sudan Conference, in London, 15 April 2025.

Kenya
The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

The Kenyan airline, still largely under public ownership, is still looking for potential buyers. However, the government's shifting strategy casts doubt on its future shareholder structure.

Subscribers only Finance 19.06.2025

Sudan
EU appoints new Sudan ambassador amid policy shift

Several EU member states are considering a change of course with regard to the future de facto government in Port Sudan. The outgoing ambassador had maintained the European line of strict neutrality between the two warring parties.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.06.2025

Kenya
William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

The Kenyan president continues to forge alliances ahead of the 2027 election. He is trying to curry favour with a range of political bigwigs and former ministers from the Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley regions.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2025

Ethiopia, Somalia
Addis Ababa appoints new ambassador to Somalia

A hardliner against Ethiopia's “enemies" will be tasked with advancing the roadmap from Addis Ababa to Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.06.2025

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed powerless over reopening of Tigray-Eritrea border

Kenya
Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

Kenya, Uganda
Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan
Behind Bosaso Airport, the UAE's key hub for supplying arms to Sudan

Ethiopia
Ruling party influence dents credibility of national dialogue process

Kenya
Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

Somalia
Uganda's new military deployment

Somalia
French security firm Amarante off to a rough start

Kenya
Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

Somalia
Head of army escapes assassination attempt

Ethiopia
French employers' federation to hold major conference with European investors

Kenya
Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Somalia
Doha gives security boost to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Uganda
Museveni and son make mark on media ahead of presidential elections

Rwanda
Qatar takes on role of mediator between Belgium and Rwanda

Kenya
KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

Tanzania
Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's young Tigrayan guard

Kenya
Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

Sudan
Civil coalitions battle it out around UN Special Envoy

Kenya
The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

Sudan
EU appoints new Sudan ambassador amid policy shift

Kenya
William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

Ethiopia, Somalia
Addis Ababa appoints new ambassador to Somalia

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed powerless over reopening of Tigray-Eritrea border

Kenya Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

Kenya, Uganda Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan Behind Bosaso Airport, the UAE's key hub for supplying arms to Sudan

Ethiopia Ruling party influence dents credibility of national dialogue process

Kenya Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

Somalia Uganda's new military deployment

Somalia French security firm Amarante off to a rough start

Kenya Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

Somalia Head of army escapes assassination attempt

Ethiopia French employers' federation to hold major conference with European investors

Kenya Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Somalia Doha gives security boost to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Uganda Museveni and son make mark on media ahead of presidential elections

Rwanda Qatar takes on role of mediator between Belgium and Rwanda

Kenya KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

Tanzania Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Spotlight | Africa From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

Inner circles | Ethiopia Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's young Tigrayan guard

Kenya Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

Sudan Civil coalitions battle it out around UN Special Envoy

Kenya The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

Sudan EU appoints new Sudan ambassador amid policy shift

Kenya William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

Ethiopia, Somalia Addis Ababa appoints new ambassador to Somalia

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DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed powerless over reopening of Tigray-Eritrea border

Kenya
Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

Kenya, Uganda
Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Spotlight | Somalia, Sudan
Behind Bosaso Airport, the UAE's key hub for supplying arms to Sudan

Ethiopia
Ruling party influence dents credibility of national dialogue process

Kenya
Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

Somalia
Uganda's new military deployment

Somalia
French security firm Amarante off to a rough start

Kenya
Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

Somalia
Head of army escapes assassination attempt

Ethiopia
French employers' federation to hold major conference with European investors

Kenya
Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Somalia
Doha gives security boost to Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Uganda
Museveni and son make mark on media ahead of presidential elections

Rwanda
Qatar takes on role of mediator between Belgium and Rwanda

Kenya
KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

Tanzania
Modernisation on the horizon for Lake Manyara airport

Spotlight | Africa
From Douala to Djibouti, IOG on the lookout for African carbon dollars

Inner circles | Ethiopia
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's young Tigrayan guard

Kenya
Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

Sudan
Civil coalitions battle it out around UN Special Envoy

Kenya
The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

Sudan
EU appoints new Sudan ambassador amid policy shift

Kenya
William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

Ethiopia, Somalia
Addis Ababa appoints new ambassador to Somalia