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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
IOG wants to invite Omar al-Bashir to his inauguration

President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh (IOG) of Djibouti proposed to the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Tanzania
CUF applies pressure on Bank of Tanzania

With a month to go until the new election is [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Ethiopia
Hailemariam wants to compensate Oromia victims

Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn made the Oromo revolt the main [...]

Subscribers only Politics 19.02.2016

Tanzania
Shanta Gold seeks power plant for mine

Shanta Gold is focussing on energy questions now that it [...]

Subscribers only Mining 16.02.2016

Tanzania
Shell spies end of tunnel in BG Group acquisition

According to our sources, Shell’s country manager in Tanzania, Axel Knospe, learned on Jan. 27 that the mines and energy [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Tanzania
Former Addax & Oryx Group executives grab a prize as traders

They may have been beaten out by their former employer, Addax Energy, for the contract to supply Tanzania with oil [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Kenya
Adamantine thwarted in fight against Bowleven

Adamantine hoped to recover Bowleven's shares on Kenya's block 11B but a British court has stood in its way.

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Kenya
Keter kicks off purge in bid to take charge of state-controlled oil companies

Kenya’s new energy and oil minister Charles Keter, who hails from the Kalenjin ethnic group and was appointed at the [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Tanzania
EITI rings the alarm bell

In a recent report on the extractive industries in Tanzania [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Kenya
Simba Energy raises millions for block 2A

The Canadian junior Simba Energy Inc indirectly confirmed the potential [...]

Subscribers only Energy 09.02.2016

Tanzania
Will Iris Corp lose its contract with NIDA?

After the investigation into National Identification Authority officials for corruption, the authorities have now turned their attention to its Malaysian supplier, Iris Corp.

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Kenya
New episode in Macharia - Kenyatta media war

The two largest media groups in the country – Royal Media Services (RMS) owned by Samuel Kamau Macharia and the [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Uganda
Anglican Bank goes into microfinance

According to our sources, Five Talents Uganda (FTU), an offshoot of the Anglican institution based in Fairfax, Virginia, USA, Five [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Uganda
Strange smells from Sukulu phosphate mine

Warned about the financial situation of the Chinese company in charge of developing the Sukulu phosphate mine, President Yoweri Museveni ordered a review of the way the contract had been awarded.

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Uganda
Augustine Nshimye promoted Inspector of Courts for the election

The Supreme Court judge Augustine Nshimye was appointed Inspector of Courts of Judicature on 16 January. This promotion raises many [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Ethiopia
Tim Kleinebenne, Unilever’s soap factory’s future manager

For the launch of its operations in Ethiopia, Uniliever will shortly appoint Tim Kleinebenne managing director. Since 2012, he held [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Kenya
Kitili Mbathi, Leakey’s protégé at the head of KWS

The renowned paleoanthropologist Richard Leakey, chairman of Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), finally won in his trial of strength against Kenyan [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Ethiopia
Europeans meet in the side-lines of American summit

While Americans were holding their US-Africa Business Summit in Addis [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Djibouti
New pressure on MSG to favour Nour Ali Abdi

First Lady Kadra Mahamoud Haid, wife of President Ismaïl Omar [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Kenya
Dick Morris loyal to Raila Odinga

The American consultant Dick Morris, who had already advised Raila [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Tanzania
Sospeter Muhongo issues threat to Sky Associate Group

The low yield of tanzanite at the Mirerani mines worked [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Djibouti
Said Omar Moussa’s ups and downs

The businessman Said Omar Moussa had to make concessions to [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Kenya
Zakhem International is no longer flavour of the month for KPC

Kenya Pipeline Co (KPC) is seriously contemplating terminating its contract [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Tanzania
Acacia to suspend extraction at Buzwagi

As from June this year, Acacia Mining (formerly African Barrick [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

Djibouti
YEI expects a rosy future in telecommunications

Abdallah Hassan Bahdon registered a new company named YEI with [...]

Subscribers only 05.02.2016

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