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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Canada’s CIRDI in push for local mines

Seeking to turn mining into a major source of revenue [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2017

East Africa
IGF helps governments to take small-scale mining in hand

Starting in June, an international organization based in Ottawa and [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.02.2017

Rwanda
Kagame’s FPR movement a key factor in oil exploration revival

With exploration at a standstill for years in Rwanda, Kigali seems to have decided to get the ball rolling. At [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Burundi, DRC, Tanzania, Zambia
Everybody wants their share of Lake Tanganyika cake

With Tanzania and Congo-K having signed a Memorandum of Understanding [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Djibouti, Madagascar
Gunsynd fund invests in African oil through Oyster

In late January, the British investment company Gunsynd made its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Kenya
Githu Muigal loses first round in Nairobi vs Mogadishu battle

The head of Kenya’s delegation involved in a dispute with [...]

Subscribers only Energy 14.02.2017

Djibouti
Will IOG go for Baku’s ‘caviar diplomacy’ ?

The Azerbaijani authorities are increasingly nurturing their diplomatic and economic relations with Ismail Omar Guelleh’s government.

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Ethiopia
Another setback for al-Amoudi

Addis might take punitive action against Saudi-Ethiopian magnate’s Midroc Gold Mine.

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Ethiopia
Metec fails to make the grade

After the row surrounding the diversion of public funds within Metals and Engineering Corp. (Metec) as revealed by The Indian [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Uganda
Ronald Mutebi, the king who became Museveni's mediator

The king (Kabaka) of Buganda, Ronald Muwenda Mutebi, demonstrated his allegiance to President Yoweri Museveni on Jan. 26. At the [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Kenya
Daniel Manduku on his way out of the National Construction Authority

According to our information, Daniel Manduku, the CEO of the National Construction Authority (NCA), is set to jump this sinking [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Somalia, Somaliland
Saad Ali Shire, the minister who opposes the UAE base

Foreign Minister Saad Ali Shire, has threatened to hand President Ahmed Mohamed Mahamoud aka Silanyo his resignation. He is virulently [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Kenya
Musyoka allies irked by favours given to campaign funders

Former vice president and leader of the opposition Wiper Party [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Ethiopia
Serious ethnic tensions in Afar region

On Feb. 3, four Afars were killed by troops of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Tanzania
Beach paradise Zanzibar to import sand from the mainland!

Erosion, coupled with the over-exploitation and mismanagement of Zanzibar’s natural [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Kenya
Humphrey Kariuki, a new tycoon in the president's entourage.

Businessman Humphrey Kariuki, owner of oil distribution company Dalbit Petroleum, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Ethiopia
President of Samara University faces fresh charges

The president of Samara University (in Afar National Regional State), [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

South Sudan
Conflict resumes with air support from Egypt

Since the end of January, major fighting has resumed in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Uganda
UPDF deploys in South Sudan to take on LRA

In a secret operation on Jan. 23, two columns of the Uganda People’s Defense Forces (UPDF) deployed in South Sudan to set up a border security zone to avert incursions into Uganda by the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA).

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2017

Tanzania
Cancelling mining licences may not be feasible

Despite earning public support, President John Magufuli’s decree cancelling licences [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Uganda
Bank of Uganda sues Crane Bank shareholders

According to our information, the Bank of Uganda (BoU) has [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Djibouti
A conflict of interest for Saad Omar Guelleh ?

With total impunity, on Feb. 5 the director of the [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Kenya
Pambazuko soon to return to newsstands

The Swahili language monthly Pambazuko Newspaper, published in Coast Province, [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Kenya
Uchumi Supermarkets boss wants to jump ship

On bad terms with the board of directors, the CEO [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

Ethiopia
ERC desperately seeks a partner

The worrying level of debt accrued by the Ethiopian Railway [...]

Subscribers only 10.02.2017

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