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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

By stepping up efforts to counter improvised explosive devices and by training Somali army troops, the United Kingdom intends to continue the fight against Al-Shabaab, to compensate for the withdrawal of US forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.02.2021

Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

Kenya's intelligence chief Philip Kameru has joined several of Uhuru Kenyatta's other advisors in urging him to distance himself from his supposed ally Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics Running Story - State House battle in Kenya 10.02.2021

UAE, Uganda
Museveni makes Dubai first port of call for new jumbo jets

Uganda Airlines's decision to start operating direct flights to Dubai coincides neatly with President Yoweri Museveni's drive to attract Emirati investors to Uganda.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 09.02.2021

South Sudan
Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi

Already compromised by divisions within the SSOMA in December, peace talks between the South Sudanese government and the last fighters warring with Juba have now been split between Rome and Nairobi.

Free access Politics 09.02.2021

Sudan
Sudan's creditors will travel to Paris in May to discuss debt reduction

France, which is in close contact with the new authorities in Khartoum, along with its close ally in Africa, Egypt, is the country's biggest creditor and plans to play a leading role at the conference.

Subscribers only Business 09.02.2021

Tanzania
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

In Focus | Brazil
Bolsonaro under pressure to allow Lula's flagship development bank to return to Africa

Once the financial arm of President Lula da Silva's policy of strengthening ties with Portuguese-speaking Africa, Brazilian development bank BNDES suddenly withdrew from the continent four years ago in the wake of the Lava Jato anti-corruption investigation.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 08.02.2021

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and BNDES president Gustavo Montezano, in March 2020.

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Bobi Wine had hoped to challenge his 14 January presidential election defeat to Yoweri Museveni from neighbouring Kenya, but this plan was flatly rejected by Uhuru Kenyatta, who is keen to stay on good terms with his Ugandan counterpart.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.02.2021

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine.

Djibouti
IOG and Macron at odds over French military base

The two presidents fail to see eye to eye on the future of France's base on the Ilôt du Héron.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.02.2021

French Mirage fighter jets flying over Djibouti.

South Sudan
South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

South African cargo carrier Safair Operations has made a South Sudan comeback.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 08.02.2021

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

Having spent part of his childhood as a refugee on the shores of the Gulf of Tadjoura, the Somali-born athlete Mo Farah feels a certain debt towards Djibouti and the regime has been quick to use the runner for PR purposes.

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2021

British Somali-born athlete Mohamed Muktar Jama Farah, known as Mo Farah.

Tanzania
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

Somalia, Uganda
Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Enjoying a strong network of connections within the Ugandan army and US Department of Defense, Kampala Executive Aviation is deploying its helicopters in Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.02.2021

Ethiopia
Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

The Ethiopian government has announced the end of hostilities in Tigray province, but the TPLF, several of whose top leaders are still on the run, has formed pockets of resistance in mountainous areas in the centre of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 04.02.2021

South Sudan
Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

President Salva Kiir has appointed a Padang Dinka as deputy governor for Upper Nile state, home to over 70% of the country's crude oil output. Though intended as a conciliatry gesture towards this community, it could well spark fresh clashes with Shilluks and Nuers.

Subscribers only Politics 04.02.2021

Djibouti
IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

At long last, French president Emmanuel Macron will meet with his Djiboutian counterpart Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) on 12 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.02.2021

Emmanuel Macron and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, in 2017 in Paris.

Horn of Africa, United States
US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

The US Army has left Somalia but the US Air Force is still carrying out operations there against Al-Shabaab. Air transport contractor Berry Aviation is also continuing to operate in East Africa and the rest of the continent.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 03.02.2021

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Sosian Energy, owned by a son of former president Daniel Arap Moi, is about clinch a contract from Kenyan authorities to build a 40-MW solar farm in Konza Technopolis, the country's wannabe Silicon Valley.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.02.2021

Gideon Moi, the senator from Baringo and the son of ex-president Daniel Arap Moi.

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

To resume his presidential campaign, Raila Odinga's closest advisors are urging him to put an end to his alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.02.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Raila Odinga in 2018.

Kenya
ENI to drill Mlima in 2021 after using Covid to squeeze concessions from Kenyatta

ENI and its two partners leveraged the COVID-19 pandemic to extract better terms from Kenya's oil ministry.

Subscribers only Energy 02.02.2021

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

Certain members of the Somali political class have such a strong allegiance to the TPLF that it is polarising the upcoming presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics 02.02.2021

In Focus | Africa, UAE, Ukraine
Fly Sky Airlines, the new face of ex-Soviet die-hards ever ready to ply Africa's conflict zones

Fly Sky Airlines, which made its appearance in the Central African Republic and Eritrea at the end of 2020, is the latest company to be set up by the military transport plane operators from Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Moldova who have long been active in Libya, mainly on the side of General Haftar.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.02.2021

Fly Sky Airlines Ilyushin 76 TD, registration EX-76003.

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer Katmerciler is negotiating a $30m contract to supply 50 Hizir armoured personnel carriers to the Kenyan police as the Kenyan army prepares to take delivery of 100 others. The Katmerci family's energetic sales drive is getting full backing from President Erdogan.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.02.2021

Egypt, Israel, Sudan
Beshir's archives become bartering tool for Khartoum's new leaders

As Israel and Egypt quickly cosy up to Khartoum, they are both making separate efforts to access the archives of the National Intelligence and Security Service, which under ex-president Omar al-Bashir backed a range of Islamist groups.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.02.2021

Inner Circle | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

The prime minister has over the last three years restricted political decision-making to an increasingly narrow circle of loyal followers. His office is now the core of Ethiopian power, leaving government ministers out in the cold.

Subscribers only Politics 29.01.2021

Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen (left) and Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

UAE, Uganda
Museveni makes Dubai first port of call for new jumbo jets

South Sudan
Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi

Sudan
Sudan's creditors will travel to Paris in May to discuss debt reduction

Tanzania
Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

In Focus | Brazil
Bolsonaro under pressure to allow Lula's flagship development bank to return to Africa

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Djibouti
IOG and Macron at odds over French military base

South Sudan
South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

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

Somalia, Uganda
Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Ethiopia
Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

South Sudan
Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

Djibouti
IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

Horn of Africa, United States
US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya
ENI to drill Mlima in 2021 after using Covid to squeeze concessions from Kenyatta

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

In Focus | Africa, UAE, Ukraine
Fly Sky Airlines, the new face of ex-Soviet die-hards ever ready to ply Africa's conflict zones

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Egypt, Israel, Sudan
Beshir's archives become bartering tool for Khartoum's new leaders

Inner Circle | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Kenya Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

UAE, Uganda Museveni makes Dubai first port of call for new jumbo jets

South Sudan Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi

Sudan Sudan's creditors will travel to Paris in May to discuss debt reduction

Tanzania Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

In Focus | Brazil Bolsonaro under pressure to allow Lula's flagship development bank to return to Africa

Kenya, Uganda Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Djibouti IOG and Macron at odds over French military base

South Sudan South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

Djibouti, United Kingdom Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

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

Somalia, Uganda Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Ethiopia Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

South Sudan Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

Djibouti IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

Horn of Africa, United States US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

Kenya Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya ENI to drill Mlima in 2021 after using Covid to squeeze concessions from Kenyatta

Ethiopia, Somalia The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

In Focus | Africa, UAE, Ukraine Fly Sky Airlines, the new face of ex-Soviet die-hards ever ready to ply Africa's conflict zones

Kenya, Turkey Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Egypt, Israel, Sudan Beshir's archives become bartering tool for Khartoum's new leaders

Inner Circle | Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government

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Somalia
London deploys ISSEE deminers to Somalia

Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

UAE, Uganda
Museveni makes Dubai first port of call for new jumbo jets

South Sudan
Peace mediators shunted back and forth between Rome and Nairobi

Sudan
Sudan's creditors will travel to Paris in May to discuss debt reduction

Tanzania
Equinor keeps slow but steady pressure on Magufuli over Tanzania LNG

In Focus | Brazil
Bolsonaro under pressure to allow Lula's flagship development bank to return to Africa

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Djibouti
IOG and Macron at odds over French military base

South Sudan
South Africa's Safair to resume UNMISS flights

Djibouti, United Kingdom
Olympic champion Mo Farah's new business venture

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

Somalia, Uganda
Kampala Executive Aviation running flights for UPDF in Mogadishu

Ethiopia
Tigrayan resistance in Kola Tembien dogs Abiy

South Sudan
Kiir fans flames of ethnic rivalry near Upper Nile oilfields

Djibouti
IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

Horn of Africa, United States
US ground troops quit Somalia but Air Force keeps the Horn under surveillance

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya
ENI to drill Mlima in 2021 after using Covid to squeeze concessions from Kenyatta

Ethiopia, Somalia
The TPLF point men still disrupting Somali politics

In Focus | Africa, UAE, Ukraine
Fly Sky Airlines, the new face of ex-Soviet die-hards ever ready to ply Africa's conflict zones

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Egypt, Israel, Sudan
Beshir's archives become bartering tool for Khartoum's new leaders

Inner Circle | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali's parallel government