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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Complicated birth for post-Bashir institutions

Despite frictions, for the next three years Sudan will be ruled jointly by civilians and the army.

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Somalia
Explosive ship cargo keeps authorities guessing…

Since late April, an inquiry has been ongoing into a foreign freighter whose cargo has prompted extensive speculation.

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Ethiopia
United Kingdom makes Addis a priority

The British foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt was a guest at a World Press Freedom Day event held in Addis Ababa [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Djibouti
Reshuffle exacerbates ethnic frictions

Although the cabinet reshuffle had been eagerly awaited since the parliamentary elections in February 2018, Ismail Omar Guelleh (IOG) put [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed Ali invites diaspora to invest in homeland

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 3 May a draft bill endorsed by the cabinet [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2019

South Sudan
Kenyan army encroaches on South Sudanese soil

According to consistent testimonies gathered by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, a Kenya Defence Forces contingent has been on a war [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.05.2019

Djibouti, Somalia
Ismail Omar Guelleh seeks to soothe concerns over arms trafficking

A week after the Somalian defence minister, Hassan Ali Amardambe, [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 24.05.2019

France, Rwanda
What Sarkozy and Kagame said to each other in Paris

According to West Africa Newsletter's information, former French president Nicolas Sarkozy dined with Paul Kagame during the Rwandan president's stay [...]

Subscribers only Politics 22.05.2019

Uganda
Cameron Pearce, the umpteenth potential buyer of Orom graphite

Following in the footsteps of Australian firms Fortune 8 Gold and New Energy Minerals Africa ( AMI 436), the British [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.05.2019

Kenya
Cortec Mining ready to bring down Nairobi before ICSID

The tribunal to hear the Cortec Mining's case against a [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.05.2019

Tanzania
Tanzania LNG: Equinor and Shell now locked in head-on clash

Equinor has embarked on a solo mission to develop a small LNG facility directly with the Magufuli administration.

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Kenya
Total demands better recoverable costs on Turkana, or else!

French major Total is not over the moon about the terms currently offered by the government. It could even pull out of the project altogether.

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Sudan
Al-Bashir's fall paves way for oil expert to take charge

The Transitional Military Council set up in the wake of Omar al-Bashir's fall in April is still relying on sector [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Uganda
Lowdown on Museveni's Entebbe catch up with Total boss Pouyanne

While Total CEO Patrick Pouyanne's meeting with Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe on April 29 was made public knowledge, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Sudan | Consultant
Forced to bow out, al-Bashir's last oil man rebounds in private sector

Sudan's former minister of oil and gas Ishag Bashir Gamaa, [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.05.2019

Ethiopia
French manufacturers set to equip Ethiopian National Defence Forces?

According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, since the official visit of the French president Emmanuel Macron [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Djibouti
Eiffage forced to subcontract out to Dawaleh empire

The French construction giant Eiffage is not out of the woods yet in Djibouti… The desalination plant project it is [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Tanzania
Banker Farid Saab takes government to court

Having already initiated legal action against the Cypriot government and his own private detectives, on 16 April 2019 the co-owner [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

South Sudan
Dong Samuel Luak assassinated by SPLM?

In a report published on 30 April, the United Nations Panel of Experts on South Sudan stated that it is [...]

Free access Defence 10.05.2019

Somalia
How Hassan Ali Khayre claimed scalp of Abwaan Guure

After Radio Kulmiye broadcast on 27 April unsubstantiated rumours that Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khayre was about to resign, its [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Kenya
Eustace Muriuki accuses government of blocking his Mombasa fertilisers

The fertiliser magnate Eustace Muriuki believes that the agriculture minister [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Uganda
Buoyant farming cooperatives stand up to Yoweri Museveni

Revitalised by Western aid, Ugandan farming cooperatives have been seeking [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Ethiopia
David Malpass injects $4 million to improve business climate

The meeting between the new president of the World Bank [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Djibouti
Intermodal Shipping is the new kid on the block

The Indian firm Intermodal Shipping and Logistics (ISL) is in [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

Djibouti
Emirati Al-Shamsi snaps up Nakheel

Two Emirati hotel operators - Nakheel Hotels & Resorts and [...]

Subscribers only 10.05.2019

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