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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Saudi Arabia
Courtesy visit or military negotiation?

The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki recently received a Saudi army delegation in Asmara.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Sudan
New power-sharing regime faces herculean task

On 17 August, the number two of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti, and Ahmed Rabie, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Uganda
Investigation into Asian property assets ruffles feathers

The executive secretary of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB), George William Bizibu, recently submitted to parliament a confidential [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta gets tough on Somalia but alienates African Union

The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has opted to resolve his maritime border dispute (ION 1492) with Somalia in short order [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Ethiopia
SPD exploits rifts between ADP and ODP

The controversial president of Somali National Regional State (SNRS) and vice chairman of the Somali Democratic Party (SDP), Moustapha Mouhoumed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

South Sudan
Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

According to internal sources, the Ugandan intelligence services recently learnt that certain groups in their country are backing Ambrose Riiny [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Eritrea, Somalia
Asmara to train Somalian recruits

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 20 and 21 August the Eritrean government laid on [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali to pay off debts of Meles and Hailemariam

With privatisations pending, PM Abiy Ahmed Ali will have to repay the debts of state-owned companies inherited from his predecessors.

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Tanzania
Rostam Aziz back in favour with Magufuli

The former treasurer of the ruling CCM (Chama cha Mapinduzi) party and fourth wealthiest man in Tanzania, Rostam Aziz, is [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

South Sudan
Serious Fraud Office goes after De La Rue

On 23 July, the British government's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced the launch of an official inquiry into the South [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Kenya
Lively wrangling at Safaricom over successor to Bob Collymore

The death of Bob Collymore on 1 July has left Safaricom without a boss. The question of who will succeed [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Kenya
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss ordered to explain himself

Richard Ngatia, who has been at the helm of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) since 13 [...]

Free access 23.08.2019

Djibouti
Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Six months after returning to the helm of the Djiboutian branch of the French maritime transport firm CMA CGM, Philippe [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Uganda
Hussein Mahmoud Yassine's networks

A Lebanese national and Hezbollah agent, Hussein Mahmoud Yassine, was arrested in July at Entebbe airport by the Internal Security [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Sudan
Latest crackdown on Bashir's remaining allies hushed up

The number two of the junta in Khartoum and the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

A growing malaise in the Forces armees djiboutiennes (FAD) which [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Kenya
Bayer struggles to introduce GM foods

The German company Bayer, which has been struggling since taking [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Djibouti
Cyber activists in Ismail Omar Guelleh's sights

In recent weeks efforts to clamp down on cyber activists [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Somalia
Minister tries to reassure over Ebola while UN makes preparations

One year on from the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.08.2019

Horn of Africa
Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force

The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is in the [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 23.08.2019

Kenya
Chinese firms orchestrate political pressure on Kenya Revenue Authority

According to our sources, two Chinese firms under investigation for [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Tanzania
Dar es Salaam continues to increase port capacity

The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is continuing to make the [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.08.2019

Kenya
Zakhem's Kenyan adventure is over

The construction faults identified in the Mombasa-Nairobi oil pipeline, which [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure 23.08.2019

Somalia
USAID retains IBTCI as its consultant

The international consulting firm International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

Ethiopia
Addis Glass planning to extend its factory

Ethiopia's Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Co may be [...]

Subscribers only 23.08.2019

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Saudi Arabia
Courtesy visit or military negotiation?

Sudan
New power-sharing regime faces herculean task

Uganda
Investigation into Asian property assets ruffles feathers

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta gets tough on Somalia but alienates African Union

Ethiopia
SPD exploits rifts between ADP and ODP

South Sudan
Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

Eritrea, Somalia
Asmara to train Somalian recruits

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali to pay off debts of Meles and Hailemariam

Tanzania
Rostam Aziz back in favour with Magufuli

South Sudan
Serious Fraud Office goes after De La Rue

Kenya
Lively wrangling at Safaricom over successor to Bob Collymore

Kenya
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss ordered to explain himself

Djibouti
Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Uganda
Hussein Mahmoud Yassine's networks

Sudan
Latest crackdown on Bashir's remaining allies hushed up

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

Kenya
Bayer struggles to introduce GM foods

Djibouti
Cyber activists in Ismail Omar Guelleh's sights

Somalia
Minister tries to reassure over Ebola while UN makes preparations

Horn of Africa
Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force

Kenya
Chinese firms orchestrate political pressure on Kenya Revenue Authority

Tanzania
Dar es Salaam continues to increase port capacity

Kenya
Zakhem's Kenyan adventure is over

Somalia
USAID retains IBTCI as its consultant

Ethiopia
Addis Glass planning to extend its factory

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Eritrea, Saudi Arabia Courtesy visit or military negotiation?

Sudan New power-sharing regime faces herculean task

Uganda Investigation into Asian property assets ruffles feathers

Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta gets tough on Somalia but alienates African Union

Ethiopia SPD exploits rifts between ADP and ODP

South Sudan Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

Eritrea, Somalia Asmara to train Somalian recruits

Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali to pay off debts of Meles and Hailemariam

Tanzania Rostam Aziz back in favour with Magufuli

South Sudan Serious Fraud Office goes after De La Rue

Kenya Lively wrangling at Safaricom over successor to Bob Collymore

Kenya Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss ordered to explain himself

Djibouti Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Uganda Hussein Mahmoud Yassine's networks

Sudan Latest crackdown on Bashir's remaining allies hushed up

Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

Kenya Bayer struggles to introduce GM foods

Djibouti Cyber activists in Ismail Omar Guelleh's sights

Somalia Minister tries to reassure over Ebola while UN makes preparations

Horn of Africa Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force

Kenya Chinese firms orchestrate political pressure on Kenya Revenue Authority

Tanzania Dar es Salaam continues to increase port capacity

Kenya Zakhem's Kenyan adventure is over

Somalia USAID retains IBTCI as its consultant

Ethiopia Addis Glass planning to extend its factory

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Eritrea, Saudi Arabia
Courtesy visit or military negotiation?

Sudan
New power-sharing regime faces herculean task

Uganda
Investigation into Asian property assets ruffles feathers

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta gets tough on Somalia but alienates African Union

Ethiopia
SPD exploits rifts between ADP and ODP

South Sudan
Who is backing Ambrose Riiny Thiik to replace Salva Kiir?

Eritrea, Somalia
Asmara to train Somalian recruits

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali to pay off debts of Meles and Hailemariam

Tanzania
Rostam Aziz back in favour with Magufuli

South Sudan
Serious Fraud Office goes after De La Rue

Kenya
Lively wrangling at Safaricom over successor to Bob Collymore

Kenya
Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss ordered to explain himself

Djibouti
Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Uganda
Hussein Mahmoud Yassine's networks

Sudan
Latest crackdown on Bashir's remaining allies hushed up

Djibouti
Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

Kenya
Bayer struggles to introduce GM foods

Djibouti
Cyber activists in Ismail Omar Guelleh's sights

Somalia
Minister tries to reassure over Ebola while UN makes preparations

Horn of Africa
Ethiopia spearheads creation of regional military force

Kenya
Chinese firms orchestrate political pressure on Kenya Revenue Authority

Tanzania
Dar es Salaam continues to increase port capacity

Kenya
Zakhem's Kenyan adventure is over

Somalia
USAID retains IBTCI as its consultant

Ethiopia
Addis Glass planning to extend its factory