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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
The health minister is protected

The Minister for Health Abdallah Abdillahi Miguil and several members of his staff are directly in the sights of an [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2010

Uganda
Bomb attacks stoke the police forces

The recent spate of deadly bomb attacks in Kampala perpetrated by Somalian Al-Shabaab Islamists, have brought to light the disorganised state of the Ugandan security services.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2010

Kenya
A journalist deprived of his column

The popular but controversial journalist Mutahi Ngunyi is paying for his support for a “No” vote.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2010

European Union, Somalia
Somalia: Ana Gomes kicks up a fuss

True to her reputation as a “firebomber”, the Portuguese Socialist MP Ana Gomes had explosive words for EU policy on Somalia.

Free access Politics 23.07.2010

Eritrea, Ethiopia
EPRDF bolsters Eritrean opponents

The Ethiopian government is working at setting up a united front of Eritrean opponents in order to step up the heat on the regime of Isaias Afwerki.

Subscribers only Politics 23.07.2010

Djibouti
USAID disappoints Djibouti opposition

The opposition in Djibouti took a dim view of the [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2010

Kenya
Charles Njonjo still has plans in Kenya

In spite of his advancing years – he is 90 [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2010

Kenya
London mulls a permanent military base in Kenya

According to a British source in a private security company, [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2010

Tanzania
Sinohydro Corp

European companies are finding it increasingly difficult to compete with [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2010

Tanzania
Bank of Africa

It’s not only the Tanzanian and Ugandan subsidiaries of Bank [...]

Subscribers only 23.07.2010

DRC, Uganda
Victoria Gold Star Refinery Struggling

Inaugurated with considerable fanfare in Kampala in May, the Victoria Gold Star refinery owned by Russian businessman Yuri Bogoroditskyl is [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.07.2010

Ethiopia
Felichismi Mwijage

Nyota Minerals’s gold project at Tulu Kapi in Ethiopia is gaining momentum. At the behest of its boss, Melissa Sturgess, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.07.2010

Tanzania
Kibo Mining Calls on Tanzanian Mining Expert

A long-standing specialist in mining exploration in Tanzania, Louis Coetzee, [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.07.2010

Kenya
Fresh Interest in Kwale

Two investment firms have taken significant positions in the junior [...]

Subscribers only Mining 20.07.2010