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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
IOG wants Boreh's skin at all costs

After being unsuccessful in getting Abdourahman Boreh extradited from Dubai, President Ismail Omar Guelleh now wants a Djibouti court to condemn him.

Subscribers only Politics 11.06.2010

Djibouti
Djibouti

On his return from the France-Africa summit in Nice, France, [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.06.2010

Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni Locks In Oil Profits

Africa Energy Intelligence has had an exclusive look at a draft of Uganda's new oil bill which will be examined in Parliament over the coming two months. The bill calls for the creation of a state-run oil company and will [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2010

Tanzania
Majors in Sudden Offshore Push

On the heels of ExxonMobil in March, BG Group has just debuted in Tanzania’s offshore while several other companies like Shell are waiting for a green light.

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2010

Tanzania
Zanzibar Saved by Washington

With its power supply restored only two months ago, Zanzibar is going to receive USD 28 million from the United States to make sure its electricity won’t be cut off again.

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2010

Sudan
Sudapet

According to our sources, a well drilled by the Sudanese [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2010

Uganda | Kampala
Dominion Blazes Trail on Lake Edward

The British firm Dominion is due in June to drill [...]

Subscribers only Energy 01.06.2010

Somalia
TFG waging a "war of the waves"

The Somalian Transitional Federal Government (TFG) has for the last few months been promising a major military offensive which should [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2010

Kenya
Raila Odinga’s new friends

Raila Odinga’s post of Prime Minister is due to disappear after the new constitution has been voted. He is therefore staking all on the 2012 presidential election.

Free access Politics 28.05.2010

Djibouti, France
Downsizing without upsetting IOG

Paris is finding it difficult to evaluate its long term needs for military presence in Djibouti. For their part, the Djiboutians see mainly the financial side of things.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2010

Horn of Africa
US Army lacks a long-term view

A recent report from the American GAO asked the Ministry for Defense to shed light on the future of its task force in the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2010

Kenya
Unilever to generate its own power

After Mumias Sugar Co, Unilever Tea Kenya will be the country’s second major electricity consumer to start generating its own hydro-electric power.

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Uganda
A police force to fight electricity theft

The consortium running UEDCL is to study the reasons it is losing electricity as well as creating a special police unit to hunt down freeloaders.

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Kenya
KRA takes on Mastermind Tobacco

The battle between the Kenya Revenue Authority and the cigarette manufacturer has become something of an annual ritual. 2010 was no exception to the “tradition”.

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

East Africa
French oil-industry reps do the rounds

A delegation of ten representatives from French firms is to make a tour of administrations and groups in the oil-related sector in Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania.

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Ethiopia
Samuel Assefa

Samuel Assefa has still not found a new job in Addis Ababa since he was recalled from his post of [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Kenya
Muthui Kariuki

Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka made his head of press relations, Brown Kutswa, pay for the poor media coverage he has [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Uganda
Sikander Lalani

Sikander Lalani, the owner of the firm Roofings, the largest manufacturer of steel construction material in Uganda, has appealed to [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Djibouti
Djibouti

Already a manager in the import-export company Dourdour and a [...]

Subscribers only Politics 28.05.2010

Kenya
Upheavals looming for the KNCHR in Kenya

After resigning last week from his position as Vice Chairperson [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Ethiopia
Nib International Bank

The International Finance Corp (IFC, part of the World Bank) [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Kenya
Invesco Assurance

No sooner had the firm Invesco Assurance lifted its head [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Djibouti
Ashraf Industrie

The Sudanese businessman Ashraf Said Ahmed Hussein, a magnate in [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Djibouti
Span Image Djibouti

Faisal Mohamed Moalin, the CEO of Vista Hodlings International registered [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

Tanzania
BG Group

The Tanzanian government has given its agreement to the British [...]

Subscribers only 28.05.2010

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