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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Khartoum gets a lobbyist

The government of Sudan has just taken on a lobbyist in Washington, a member of the Republican Party specialising in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 23.09.2005

Ethiopia
TPLF looks to Tigray's secession

The executives of the Tigray People's Liberation Front are debating the feasibility of the "extreme" option of the secession of the Tigray Regional State.

Subscribers only Politics 23.09.2005

Kenya
Indians in the refinery

The Indian company Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) is currently carrying out a due diligence study with a view to [...]

Subscribers only 23.09.2005

Kenya
Kibaki meets British businessmen

President Kibaki met British entrepreneurs to try to convince them that the economic growth rate in the country will be 5.5%.

Subscribers only 23.09.2005

Djibouti
Ismaïl Omar Guelleh in Baltimore

While in New York to take part in the United Nations General Assembly, the President of Djibouti had meetings with some American companies.

Subscribers only 23.09.2005

Spotlight | Sudan
Difficult birth of a government of national unity

The exact distribution of portfolios between the outgoing government and the former rebels of the late John Garang's Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM) still constitutes a bottleneck which is delaying the creation of a government of national unity (GNU) in [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Ethiopia
Meles stretches hand to the OLF

Meles Zenawi has offered to negotiate with OLF rebels to isolate the legal opposition groups which made inroads in the recent elections.

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Somalia, Somaliland
Opposition on the upswing

Two opposition parties, Kulmiye and UCID are expected to do will in the next parliamentary elections.

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Uganda
Jim Muhwezi under attack

The Minister of Health is the target of attacks in Parliament calling for him to be sacked for his poor management of AIDS funds.

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Kenya
The National Bank courted

The National Bank of Kenya is on the list of companies to be privatised. The Standard Chartered Bank is considering acquiring the shares held in it by the State.

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Denmark, Kenya
Bo Jensen

Denmark's new ambassador to Kenya, who is also accredited to the Seychelles, Eritrea, the UNEP and the UNCHS (Habitat), is [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Kenya, Sudan
Martin Oduor

The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB, parastatal) has just appointed an deputy CEO to oversee the company's operations to expand in [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Sudan, Uganda
President Museveni has no confidence in Salva Kiir

President Yoweri Museveni is counting on his good relationship with [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Somalia | United Nations
Plan for a conference on the reconstruction of Somalia

A donors conference on Somalia should be held in Rome [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Kenya, Sudan | Bread of Life Africa
A conference in Nairobi on energy in South Sudan

The humanitarian organisation Bread of Life Africa (BOLA) is to [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Ethiopia | Addis Ababa
Unrest within the ANDM

One of the few members of the central committee of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 16.09.2005

Djibouti | Agence maritime Marill
A new entity in Djibouti

A new maritime agency has been created in Djibouti, called [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Ethiopia
Kassahun Haile-Mariam Beyene

A general manager of the Federal Transport Authority has just [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Kenya
Edwin Ogola

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has a new director [...]

Subscribers only 16.09.2005

Ethiopia
Big Loan for Power Project

The World Bank last month agreed to put up around $95 million towards a $132 million power project for Ethiopia.