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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
UN Security Council statement on Sudan postponed by African members

A joint communiqué by the 15 permanent members of the UN Security Council on the situation in Sudan was due to be issued on 21 April, but was in the end postponed due to opposition from Ghana, Gabon and Mozambique.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Sudan : the generals waging war 26.04.2023

East Africa
East African Community struggles to fulfill its potential

The East African Community is currently considering Somalia's application to join the regional bloc, even though it has yet to finalise DR Congo and South Sudan's membership. The regional mechanisms already in place are showing the limits of their effectiveness.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2023

Ethiopia
EU mulls new financial package of 'special measures'

Pending a return of budget support to Ethiopia through the EU's Multi-Annual Financing Framework, the release of a new package of so-called "special measures" is being negotiated in Brussels.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2023

In Focus | Kenya
Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

Charlie Tryon, president of Karebe Gold Mining; Noordin Haji, public prosecutor; Stephen Sang, governor of Nandi; Cheseret Korir, owner of the parcel. © Studio Pachamama // Charlie Tryon / © Reuters-Stringer / Stephen Sang / ©karebe.com / © Mariyana M-Shutterstock

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 24.04.2023

East Africa, Southern Africa
Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.

Subscribers only Business 24.04.2023

Spotlight | Sudan
International community struggles to evacuate foreign nationals

Aerial view of Khartoum airport targeted by gunfire on 20 April 2023. © AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Sudan : the generals waging war 21.04.2023

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

As his RSF fighters do battle with the Sudanese army, the militia leader is also waging a propaganda war on social media with the help of an experienced team based in Khartoum and Dubai.

Subscribers only Politics 21.04.2023

Ethiopia
Brussels reviews position on Ethiopia

In line with the Tigray peace progress, the Foreign Affairs Council of the European Union will meet next week to update the bloc's joint policy on Ethiopia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2023

Sudan
EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Les ministres des affaires étrangères de l'Union européenne (UE), qui doivent se réunir le 24 avril au Luxembourg, ont ajouté à la dernière minute le Soudan à leur agenda à la suite des violents combats qui ont éclaté dans le pays

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2023

Egypt, Sudan
What was the role of the elite Egyptian army unit arrested by the RSF?

While Egyptian soldiers detained by the Rapid Support Forces started to be released last night, their presence at the Merowe base in the north of the country is raising questions. On the sidelines of joint exercises between the Egyptian and Sudanese armies, this unit appears to have been stationed there for a long period of time.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.04.2023

African Union, Ethiopia, European Union
EU Africa experts expected in Addis

The African directors of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs of all 27 member states to AU headquarters in Addis-Ababa on 27-28 April. They will likely discuss common policy on strategic partners.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.04.2023

Tanzania
President Samia already gearing up for 2025 poll

Samia Suluhu Hassan is laying the campaign groundwork two years before Tanzania goes to the polls to choose its next head of state. She knows she needs time to win over supporters of her two predecessors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 19.04.2023

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Dar es Salaam, 30 March 2023.

Sudan
Osama Daoud Abdellatif's agricultural empire turns towards the Gulf

The Sudanese conglomerate DAL Group, backed by Emirati funds, is pursuing its investments in pivot-irrigation agriculture in the Sudanese desert. The firm had plans to integrate that development into the container terminal project north of Port Sudan, opposite Saudi Arabia.

Subscribers only Business 19.04.2023

Osama Daoud Abdellatif, head of DAL Group.

Kenya
Ruto threatens Odinga with International Criminal Court case

The Kenyan president is threatening to take opposition leader Raila Odinga to the International Criminal Court if he doesn't put an end to anti-government riots. Ruto himself appeared before the ICC a decade ago accused of orchestrating deadly post-electoral violence, but the case against him was eventually dismissed.

Subscribers only Politics 18.04.2023

Supporters of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga staged several violent protests in March 2023. Here in Nairobi, 27 March 2023.

African Union, Somalia
The African Union set for further discussions on ATMIS

The African Union's Peace and Security Council will on 27 April discuss the future of the AU peacekeeping mission in Somalia (ATMIS). The force had been scheduled to withdraw by December 2024 but President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud wants it to stay.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.04.2023

Kenya
Ruto maintains assault on Kenyatta's dairy interests

After dealing a blow to the business of his arch political foe Raila Odinga in March, President William Ruto is again attacking the dairy sector, which is largely dominated by the family of his predecessor, Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 17.04.2023

Brookside Dairy's milk products displayed in a supermarket in Nairobi.

Sudan
Riyadh takes on task of mediating between Hemeti and Burhan

Alert published on 14/4/23, updated on 16/4/23: Up until the last moment, Saudi diplomats tried to patch things up between Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and his n°2, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as "Hemeti". Despite those efforts, however, the Sudanese strongmen decided to go to war.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 14.04.2023

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

Africa
Louise Mushikiwabo tussles with Canada over OIF funding

After Ottawa cut a funding package worth three million Canadian dollars, the OIF head fired off a letter directly criticising the Canadian ambassador to France.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 14.04.2023

Kenya
Scope of Ruto-Odinga talks likely to widen

Kenya's political antagonists have engaged in peace talks via their parliamentary proxies, and this has set in motion a game of bluff that could extend beyond the official agenda.

Subscribers only Politics 14.04.2023

Kenya
Rift Valley farmers on edge as alleged landgrabber given top lands ministry post

The appointment to a senior government position of a politician linked to major land disputes is a concern for dispossessed communities in the centre and west of the country. Large political families also fear for the fate of their properties.

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2023

Sunflowers growing at a farm in Nakur, Kenya.

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed rings changes at helm of Ethiopia Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise

Firmly opposed to the loss of his monopoly, the boss of the state-owned Ethiopian Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise, Roba Megersa, was dismissed at the end of March and replaced by a more political appointee.

Free access Business 13.04.2023

Kenya
Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Little has been heard of the former president since the man he had hoped would succeed him embarked on a crusade against the eventual winner of last August's presidential election. Kenyatta's people worry that rocking the boat could jeopardise the family's sprawling business interests.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2023

Benin, Rwanda
Beninese and Rwandan football federations tackle dispute over CAN qualifier

Several officials of the Beninese football federation have been irked by arrangements for a recent Benin versus Rwanda football match, and suspect Kagame had a hand in the affair. The match was a 2024 African Cup of Nations qualifying game and was supposed to be played in Cotonou, but after being delayed by 48 hours, was finally held in Kigali.

Subscribers only Politics 12.04.2023

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed's loyal allies tasked with keeping the money coming

Advised by a tight-knit circle of trusted allies, Ethiopia's prime minister Abiy Ahmed has borrowed extensively from the central bank. That strategy looks increasingly precarious as the country's economic situation grows ever more fragile and inflation reaches unprecedented levels.

Subscribers only Finance 11.04.2023

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.

Kenya
Kenya seeks to join US-China semiconductor race

Kenya has mining resources and an industrial set-up conducive to producing semiconductors, the electronic components that are in ever greater demand. One company has already started making them in the country, but most investment in the sector is still concentrated in Asia and Western states.

Subscribers only Mining 11.04.2023

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Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
UN Security Council statement on Sudan postponed by African members

East Africa
East African Community struggles to fulfill its potential

Ethiopia
EU mulls new financial package of 'special measures'

In Focus | Kenya
Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

East Africa, Southern Africa
Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

Spotlight | Sudan
International community struggles to evacuate foreign nationals

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Ethiopia
Brussels reviews position on Ethiopia

Sudan
EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Egypt, Sudan
What was the role of the elite Egyptian army unit arrested by the RSF?

African Union, Ethiopia, European Union
EU Africa experts expected in Addis

Tanzania
President Samia already gearing up for 2025 poll

Sudan
Osama Daoud Abdellatif's agricultural empire turns towards the Gulf

Kenya
Ruto threatens Odinga with International Criminal Court case

African Union, Somalia
The African Union set for further discussions on ATMIS

Kenya
Ruto maintains assault on Kenyatta's dairy interests

Sudan
Riyadh takes on task of mediating between Hemeti and Burhan

Africa
Louise Mushikiwabo tussles with Canada over OIF funding

Kenya
Scope of Ruto-Odinga talks likely to widen

Kenya
Rift Valley farmers on edge as alleged landgrabber given top lands ministry post

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed rings changes at helm of Ethiopia Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise

Kenya
Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Benin, Rwanda
Beninese and Rwandan football federations tackle dispute over CAN qualifier

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed's loyal allies tasked with keeping the money coming

Kenya
Kenya seeks to join US-China semiconductor race

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Gabon The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Andry Rajoelina

African Development Bank

Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan UN Security Council statement on Sudan postponed by African members

East Africa East African Community struggles to fulfill its potential

Ethiopia EU mulls new financial package of 'special measures'

In Focus | Kenya Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

East Africa, Southern Africa Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

Spotlight | Sudan International community struggles to evacuate foreign nationals

Sudan Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Ethiopia Brussels reviews position on Ethiopia

Sudan EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Egypt, Sudan What was the role of the elite Egyptian army unit arrested by the RSF?

African Union, Ethiopia, European Union EU Africa experts expected in Addis

Tanzania President Samia already gearing up for 2025 poll

Sudan Osama Daoud Abdellatif's agricultural empire turns towards the Gulf

Kenya Ruto threatens Odinga with International Criminal Court case

African Union, Somalia The African Union set for further discussions on ATMIS

Kenya Ruto maintains assault on Kenyatta's dairy interests

Sudan Riyadh takes on task of mediating between Hemeti and Burhan

Africa Louise Mushikiwabo tussles with Canada over OIF funding

Kenya Scope of Ruto-Odinga talks likely to widen

Kenya Rift Valley farmers on edge as alleged landgrabber given top lands ministry post

Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed rings changes at helm of Ethiopia Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise

Kenya Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Benin, Rwanda Beninese and Rwandan football federations tackle dispute over CAN qualifier

Spotlight | Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed's loyal allies tasked with keeping the money coming

Kenya Kenya seeks to join US-China semiconductor race

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Gabon
The secrets behind the FGIS, a sovereign wealth fund set adrift

Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

Sudan
UN Security Council statement on Sudan postponed by African members

East Africa
East African Community struggles to fulfill its potential

Ethiopia
EU mulls new financial package of 'special measures'

In Focus | Kenya
Deadly blast in Ruto stronghold highlights political ripples of long-running goldmine row

East Africa, Southern Africa
Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

Spotlight | Sudan
International community struggles to evacuate foreign nationals

Sudan
Hemeti's brothers wage his social media war

Ethiopia
Brussels reviews position on Ethiopia

Sudan
EU adds Sudan to agenda amid violent clashes

Egypt, Sudan
What was the role of the elite Egyptian army unit arrested by the RSF?

African Union, Ethiopia, European Union
EU Africa experts expected in Addis

Tanzania
President Samia already gearing up for 2025 poll

Sudan
Osama Daoud Abdellatif's agricultural empire turns towards the Gulf

Kenya
Ruto threatens Odinga with International Criminal Court case

African Union, Somalia
The African Union set for further discussions on ATMIS

Kenya
Ruto maintains assault on Kenyatta's dairy interests

Sudan
Riyadh takes on task of mediating between Hemeti and Burhan

Africa
Louise Mushikiwabo tussles with Canada over OIF funding

Kenya
Scope of Ruto-Odinga talks likely to widen

Kenya
Rift Valley farmers on edge as alleged landgrabber given top lands ministry post

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed rings changes at helm of Ethiopia Shipping & Logistics Services Enterprise

Kenya
Kenyatta sticks to the wings as Odinga-Ruto drama plays on

Benin, Rwanda
Beninese and Rwandan football federations tackle dispute over CAN qualifier

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed's loyal allies tasked with keeping the money coming

Kenya
Kenya seeks to join US-China semiconductor race