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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Le Forum saoudien d'investissement au Soudan qui s'est déroulé à Riyad du 5 au 9 juillet.© Ministère soudanais des finances et de la planification économique/Facebook

Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

Saudi Arabia is insistently courting Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok's government for its neighbour's arable land.

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running Story - Sudan: playground for business 15.07.2021

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir.© Mohamed Khidir / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

South Sudan
Salva Kiir buys himself a private army

A hundred South Sudanese soldiers have just returned to Juba having undergone training in Ukraine. They'll form the core of the future special forces that the president wants.

Free access Politics 14.07.2021

Kenya
Al-Shabaab yet to conquer road corridor to Ethiopia and Somalia

Despite chronic insecurity in northeastern Kenya, where the Al Shabaab insurgency is active, Nairobi seems determined to press on with paving the two-lane road between the towns of Elwak and Rhamu in Mandera County.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 14.07.2021

Ethiopia
Afar Region left licking its wounds after Tigray clashes

Northern Afar on front line of Addis-Mekele war© Indigo Publications

Subscribers only Politics 13.07.2021

Sudan
Gold boom brings back the miners

London-listed Pan African Resources, which already operates three gold mines in South Africa, has decided to turn to Sudan, a country rich in the yellow metal and now open to foreign investors. Companies from China, Iraq, and Armenia have also obtained permits from the authorities.

Subscribers only Mining Running Story - Sudan: playground for business 13.07.2021

Ethiopia
Ethiopian cold shoulder for EU envoy

Tension is rising between Brussels and Addis Ababa. In the midst of intense dialogue, notably on the issue of the war in Tigray, the EU's new special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber, is still waiting to meet with the Ethiopian autoritites.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.07.2021

Kenya
Nairobi urgently seeks new ships for navy and coast guard

The maritime forces are in a hurry for ten patrol boats and a landing craft. A number of shipyards already active in Africa are revving up.

Subscribers only Defence 12.07.2021

Tanzania
Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour

Former Tanzanian head of state Jakaya Kikwete, who was sidelined during the presidency of John Magufuli, has become an unofficial adviser to new president Samia Suluhu Hassan. He has been pressing for China Merchants' giant Bagamoyo port project, blocked under Magufuli, to resume.

Tanzania's former head of state Jakaya Kikwete with Tanzania's president Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 09.07.2021

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

A UN Security Council meeting on the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam is being held in New York this Thursday, at Tunisia's request. Egypt is pushing hard for the adoption of a resolution on the issue, despite a lack of consensus between the council's African members.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 08.07.2021

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

Richard Griffiths from US law firm Arent Fox accompanied his client, the Qatari vice prime minister Al Kuwari, to Burundi's independence day celebrations on 1 July. Griffiths and his law firm are already very well established in Rwanda and Zimbabwe.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2021

South Sudan
Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Tomorrow, South Sudan turns ten. President Salva Kiir is grasping to hold onto his parliamentary majority as a new assembly is expected to be sworn in.

Subscribers only Politics 08.07.2021

Sudan
Act II of debt reduction to play out in Paris next week

Late last month Sudan returned the IMF's and the World Bank's fold, winning an initial $2.4bn loan as well as integration into the HIPC debt reduction initiative. Next week it is due negotiate a mammoth debt write-off package in the French capital.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.07.2021

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

The head of financial services at Africa Finance Corp (AFC), Sanjeev Gupta, will chair the first meeting in the United Arab Emirates of Invest Africa, a club founded by South African businessman Rob Hersov, on 13 July.

Subscribers only Finance 07.07.2021

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Tigray conflict puts Abiy's back against the wall

The government has announced a unilateral ceasefire in Tigray, which has been in the grip of a civil war since last November. The prime minister has half-heartedly acknowledged the debacle suffered by the Ethiopian army in the region.

Subscribers only Politics 06.07.2021

Ethiopia
Nekemte-Bure road project attempts to get back on its feet after Indian firm IL&FS fiasco

China's Chongqing International Construction Corp was roped in late 2020 to replace IL&FS Transportation Networks to upgrade a 258-km stretch of road between Nekemte and Bure, but it may struggle to make up for lost time.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 06.07.2021

Sudan
Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

A revision of Sudan's mining code is being considered as part of the series of reforms planned by Abdallah Hamdok's government aimed at attracting foreign investors.

Subscribers only Mining 06.07.2021

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

On 25 June, SACU's executive secretary, Paulina Elago of Namibia, addressed a virtual meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, to offer assistance in the implementation of the new pan-African free trade agreement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.07.2021

Kenya
Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki's Africa Spirits up for sale

Kariuki, head of Janus Continental Group, wants to sell Africa Spirits and get a fresh start after a series of run-ins with tax authorities.

Subscribers only 05.07.2021

Horn of Africa, Sudan, United States
Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Washington's new Horn of Africa envoy has taken over many of the files previously handled by its envoy for the Sudans.

Jeffrey Feltman, new US special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.07.2021

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

State-run electric companies Electricité de Djibouti (EdD) and Ethiopian Electric Power (EEP) recently began looking for a consultant to work on a project to build the second power interconnection line between Ethiopia and Djibouti.

Subscribers only Energy 05.07.2021

Tanzania
Samia Suluhu targets Bank of Tanzania after $129m vanishes from its accounts

The disappearance of nearly $129m from the accounts of the national bank at a time when the late president John Magufuli had fallen seriously ill has prompted his successor Samia Suluhu Hassan to embark on an overhaul of the financial institution.

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan.

Subscribers only Politics 02.07.2021

Somalia
Puntland leader Said Deni keeps rivals guessing over his presidential ambitions

With the date of the presidential election officially confirmed on Tuesday, alliances are gradually beginning to take shape. Said Deni is tempted to run, but at the risk of playing into the hands of the incumbent Farmajo.

The president of the federal state of Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni.

Subscribers only Politics 02.07.2021

Horn of Africa
Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

The German academic Annette Weber, who takes on her new role on 1 July, will have her work cut out for her as she surveys a region marked by the conflict in Tigray, a complex election in Somalia and Sudan's fraught transition.

EU Special Representative for the Horn of Africa, Annette Weber.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2021

Rwanda
World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

Delayed by the fallout from the pandemic and other factors, works on extending Rwanda's electricity grid are now due to be completed in July 2022.

Subscribers only Energy 01.07.2021

South Sudan
US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

The South Sudanese government was to head into a second round of talks with the country's divided rebel groups in Rome on Thursday. Prompted by the process sponsors - the US, UK and Norway -, the government has postponed the summit while it tries to find a way to negotiate with all sides at once.

Subscribers only Politics 30.06.2021

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

South Sudan
Salva Kiir buys himself a private army

Kenya
Al-Shabaab yet to conquer road corridor to Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia
Afar Region left licking its wounds after Tigray clashes

Sudan
Gold boom brings back the miners

Ethiopia
Ethiopian cold shoulder for EU envoy

Kenya
Nairobi urgently seeks new ships for navy and coast guard

Tanzania
Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

South Sudan
Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Sudan
Act II of debt reduction to play out in Paris next week

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Tigray conflict puts Abiy's back against the wall

Ethiopia
Nekemte-Bure road project attempts to get back on its feet after Indian firm IL&FS fiasco

Sudan
Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Kenya
Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki's Africa Spirits up for sale

Horn of Africa, Sudan, United States
Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Tanzania
Samia Suluhu targets Bank of Tanzania after $129m vanishes from its accounts

Somalia
Puntland leader Said Deni keeps rivals guessing over his presidential ambitions

Horn of Africa
Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

Rwanda
World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

South Sudan
US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Saudi Arabia, Sudan Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

South Sudan Salva Kiir buys himself a private army

Kenya Al-Shabaab yet to conquer road corridor to Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia Afar Region left licking its wounds after Tigray clashes

Sudan Gold boom brings back the miners

Ethiopia Ethiopian cold shoulder for EU envoy

Kenya Nairobi urgently seeks new ships for navy and coast guard

Tanzania Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

East Africa, Southern Africa Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

South Sudan Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Sudan Act II of debt reduction to play out in Paris next week

Africa, UAE Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Spotlight | Ethiopia Tigray conflict puts Abiy's back against the wall

Ethiopia Nekemte-Bure road project attempts to get back on its feet after Indian firm IL&FS fiasco

Sudan Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

SADC SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Kenya Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki's Africa Spirits up for sale

Horn of Africa, Sudan, United States Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Djibouti, Ethiopia Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Tanzania Samia Suluhu targets Bank of Tanzania after $129m vanishes from its accounts

Somalia Puntland leader Said Deni keeps rivals guessing over his presidential ambitions

Horn of Africa Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

Rwanda World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

South Sudan US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process

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Saudi Arabia, Sudan
Riyad looks to set up shop in Khartoum

South Sudan
Salva Kiir buys himself a private army

Kenya
Al-Shabaab yet to conquer road corridor to Ethiopia and Somalia

Ethiopia
Afar Region left licking its wounds after Tigray clashes

Sudan
Gold boom brings back the miners

Ethiopia
Ethiopian cold shoulder for EU envoy

Kenya
Nairobi urgently seeks new ships for navy and coast guard

Tanzania
Ex-president Jakaya Kikwete uses influence with Samia Suluhu Hassan to China's favour

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Sissi struggles to rally Kenyatta on GERD

East Africa, Southern Africa
Richard Griffiths follows in Qatar's footsteps to strengthen Arent Fox's African network

South Sudan
Tensions over transitional assembly may tarnish tenth anniversary of independance

Sudan
Act II of debt reduction to play out in Paris next week

Africa, UAE
Africa Finance Corp prospects Emirati sovereign fund

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Tigray conflict puts Abiy's back against the wall

Ethiopia
Nekemte-Bure road project attempts to get back on its feet after Indian firm IL&FS fiasco

Sudan
Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

Kenya
Business tycoon Humphrey Kariuki's Africa Spirits up for sale

Horn of Africa, Sudan, United States
Feltman gradually eclipses Booth

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Addis Ababa and Djibouti about to call for bids for a second interconnection line

Tanzania
Samia Suluhu targets Bank of Tanzania after $129m vanishes from its accounts

Somalia
Puntland leader Said Deni keeps rivals guessing over his presidential ambitions

Horn of Africa
Regional expert Annette Weber appointed EU special envoy for Horn

Rwanda
World Bank extends electricity programme for another year

South Sudan
US, UK and Norway call for more unity in Sudanese peace process