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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Mwai Kibaki

As foreseen (ION 1014), the opposition National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) appointed Mwai Kibaki as candidate to run against Uhuru Kenyatta [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Eritrea
Abdella Idriss

Meeting in Ethiopia, the Alliance of Eritrean National Forces (AENF) named Abdella Idriss its president and Hiruy Tedla Bairou secretary [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Eritrea
Hiruy Tedla Bairou

The new secretary general of the Alliance of Eritrean National Forces (AENF, see above) is the son of the first [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Kenya
Kenyattas Fall Into Line

Uhuru Kenyatta's nomination as the ruling Kanu party's presidential candidate has led to several realignments in the Kenyatta family.

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2002

Kenya
Julius Sunkuli

The ruling party's deputy secretary general has taken over the [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Ethiopia
Baba Gana Kingibe

The acting president at the African Union, Amara Essy, named [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Djibouti
Al Hassan Ali Al Bahrouni

Libya's new ambassador to Djibouti presented his credentials to President [...]

Subscribers only 25.10.2002

Djibouti | DJIBOUTI
Precisions on Elecs and Ilia Karas

Following the article on the creation of the Elecs company [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2002

Kenya | NAIROBI
Opposition Attracts More Ministers

Now that Kenya's unified opposition – uniting the traditional opponents [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.10.2002

Tanzania
Shell Looks to Zanzibar

RoyalDutch/Shell has just been awarded four blocks off Pemba and Zamzibar and may have to deal with local governments, Pemba and Zanzibar.

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Sudan
U.S. Turns the Screws

The U.S. Congress last week finally approved the Sudan Peace Act, a bill already adopted by the House of Representatives [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Kenya
Tapping into SAAP

With its own generation capacity and imports from Uganda falling short of domestic needs, Kenya is seeking to tap into the Southern Africa Power Pool (SAAP).

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Sudan
Restoring Port Sudan Refinery

The Sudanese government has just issued an invitation to tender [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Tanzania
Larsen & Tobro for Songo Songo

The Indian firm Larsen & Toubro has won contracts to [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Uganda
Retroactive Rate Cut

Uganda's Electricity Regulatory Authority has slashed power rates for all [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Tanzania | TANZANIA PETROLEUM
Dropping Oryx Stake

The Tanzanian Petroleum Development Corporation is thinking of selling its [...]

Subscribers only Energy 22.10.2002

Spotlight | Eritrea
The Besieged Citadel

The rapid degradation of relations between Eritrea and several of the region's countries has brought back the specter of a border conflict in the Horn of Africa. Animated by a common opposition to the régime of President Isaias Afwerki, the [.

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2002

Kenya, Zimbabwe
Elisha Muzonzini

Last week, President Robert Mugabe appointed the head of Zimbabwe's secret service to serve as the country's high commissioner to [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Kenya
Paul Mwangi Githiomi

Following the mass resignation of the ministers belonging to the Rainbow Alliance, President Daniel arap Moi bestowed one of the [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Congo, Tanzania
Is Coltan Trafficking Returning?

A suspicious expedition of coltan was stopped by Tanzania's harbor authorities, who are eager to regain the country's trust.

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Tanzania | ENERGY
Indian Firm Wins the Jackpot in Tanzania

Tanzania's Songas Ltd company has attributed two World Bank-financed contracts for a total amount of $100 million to an Indian [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Djibouti
The Coubèche Era Ends at CICID

After several decades at the head of Djibouti's chamber of commerce, Said Ali Coubèche will step down without a chosen successor to follow in his footsteps.

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Kenya
Kimng'etich Tanui

President Daniel arap Moi has appointed a new aide de [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Puntland | PGERM
A PR Contract for Puntland

The president of Puntland, the autonomous administration in Somalia's northeast, [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

Djibouti | ELECS
New Russian Firm in Djibouti

In late September, a company managed by a Russian citizen, [...]

Subscribers only 18.10.2002

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