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Uganda
Kampala working to change Egypt's stance on Nile Basin Initiative

The Ugandan government wants to hold talks on the future status of the partnership, amid the ongoing dispute between Egypt and Ethiopia. Ethiopia is in the strongest position ahead of a heads of state summit scheduled for next month.

Palace Intrigues
AU summit, Mahmoud Abbas, Judith Suminwa Tuluka

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

African UnionIsraeli and Palestinian envoys at AU Summit

DRCPM Judith Suminwa Tuluka sends out message in Cape Town

EthiopiaTPLF more divided than ever on its 50th anniversary

Kenya
Odinga readies to launch African Union chair campaign in Addis Ababa

The Kenyan politician will be at AU headquarters on 8 November.

The New Guard
Tanzania, Ethiopia, Nigeria

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

TanzaniaHappy Itros Sanga, a committed eco-entrepreneur

EthiopiaMaya Misikir, self-taught journalist serving the Ethiopian readership

NigeriaSolape Hammond, Lagos start-up queen

Ethiopia
Abiy shakes up his justice ministry

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed two trusted allies to the Ministry of Justice.

Ethiopia
The two faces of Tigray justice

Behind the government's public enthusiasm for transitional justice mechanisms, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been quietly undermining the commissions set up to look into war crimes committed in Tigray.

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Ethiopia is ready to soften its stance on the work of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), which it has been trying to obstruct, according to sources in UN and diplomatic circles.

Ethiopia
Addis pushes its agenda on transitional justice

Less than a month before a potentially crucial vote on the future of a UN commission on human rights in Ethiopia, the government has launched consultations on post-civil war justice arrangements.

Ethiopia
EU cooperation in Addis faces tricky relaunch

European embassies in Ethiopia are drawing up a detailed roadmap paving the way for a possible resumption of cooperation between the EU and Ethiopia.

Ethiopia, Europe
Abiy sends team to Brussels in bid to emerge from EU's bad books

A few days before the European Foreign Affairs Council meets to discuss the Horn of Africa, Ethiopian justice minister is due in Brussels to plead his country's cause.