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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Some Plan for Post-Kibaki Era

Whether they think president Mwai Kibaki will be re-elected in December, 2007 or feel they can’t run against him in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2007

Ethiopia
Free But Not Allowed to Roam

Recently released from jail after asking for a pardon from Meles Zenawi, leaders of the opposition have been refused visas to the United States.

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2007

Kenya
Nairobi

Kenya's trade and industry ministry has opened a trade section [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2007

Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam

The new Canadian ambassador to Tanzania, who also covers the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2007

Sudan
Darfur on Lisbon Agenda?

A Plataforma por Darfur has been formed in Portugal to [...]

Subscribers only 24.08.2007

South Africa, Uganda
Pretoria Arms and Trains Uganda Police

The Uganda police force is in the midst of a [...]

Subscribers only 24.08.2007

Ethiopia
Money from Mines to Roll In

Ethiopia’s revenue from mining operations, modest up to now, is expected to surge in coming years following the granting of [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Tanzania
Environmental Study for Kabanga Nickel Project

An environmental impact study is going to be conducted on a project to mine nickel at Kabanga on Tanzania’s border [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Ethiopia | COAL
New Interest in Ethiopia’s Reserves

In addition to its gold and base metals, Ethiopia’s coal resources are increasingly arousing the interest of mining companies (see [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Tanzania
Joseph Kahama

An adviser to the Tanzania Chamber of Minerals and Energy, Joseph Kahama, has been named vice president of the Canadian [...]

Subscribers only Mining 21.08.2007

Sudan
The Oil Panel’s Verdict

Africa Energy Intelligence has obtained the report of Sudan’s National Petroleum Commission which recommended that White Nile be booted out of block B in southern Sudan.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Ethiopia
Plateau Open to Explorers

After awarding acreage in the Ogaden region, Ethiopia’s oil ministry wants to auction off licenses on the plateau in central Ethiopia.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Somalia
Asians on the March

In addition to China’s CNOOC, an Indian firm has won a concession in Somalia.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Sudan
Second Section for Al Jaily

Harbin Power is presently building a second, 100 MW section of the Al Jaily power plant some 50 km to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Ethiopia
EIB to Kick in for Gilgel Gibe 3?

Addis Ababa has approached the EU for finance for the third section of the Gilgel Gibe power plant.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Uganda
Third Plant for Aggreko

Already the operator of two power plants in Uganda, Britain’s Aggreko is poised to install a third.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Kenya
Grupo Montreal to Update Grid

The KPLC has contracted Spain’s Grupo Montreal to help put its distribution system back into top working order.

Subscribers only Energy 24.07.2007

Kenya
The Daily Star coming soon

The Nation Media Group is working on a project for a new daily. It could be launched in September to put the spanner in the spokes of the brand new Nairobi Star.

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Comazar out of the CDE

The Comazar consortium has been late in submitting its plan to relaunch the Djibouti-Ethiopia railway, so the two countries have decided to replace it with a Kuwaiti firm.

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Kenya
Hassan Haji

Hassan Haji is the chairman of a new political party he has just founded. He had been secretary general of [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Comoros islands, Tanzania
Iddi Nadhoim

The Vice President of the Union of the Comoros, Iddi Nadhoim, went to Tanzania on 16 July. The official reason [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Sudan
Patrick Fleuret

Patrick Fleuret, the new chief of mission of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in Khartoum has an [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Kenya
British American Investment

This company based in Mauritius whose CEO is Saleem Beebeejaun, [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Ethiopia
Lion Insurance SC

A new insurance company has just begun operating in Ethiopia. [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

Somalia
Raysut Cement Company

This Yemenite company is considering opening a storage unit for [...]

Subscribers only 24.07.2007

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