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Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

Kenya's intelligence chief Philip Kameru has joined several of Uhuru Kenyatta's other advisors in urging him to distance himself from his supposed ally Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2021

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Bobi Wine had hoped to challenge his 14 January presidential election defeat to Yoweri Museveni from neighbouring Kenya, but this plan was flatly rejected by Uhuru Kenyatta, who is keen to stay on good terms with his Ugandan counterpart.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.02.2021

Ugandan opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, better known as Bobi Wine.

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Sosian Energy, owned by a son of former president Daniel Arap Moi, is about clinch a contract from Kenyan authorities to build a 40-MW solar farm in Konza Technopolis, the country's wannabe Silicon Valley.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 03.02.2021

Gideon Moi, the senator from Baringo and the son of ex-president Daniel Arap Moi.

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

To resume his presidential campaign, Raila Odinga's closest advisors are urging him to put an end to his alliance with President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 02.02.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta (left) and Raila Odinga in 2018.

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Turkish armoured vehicle manufacturer Katmerciler is negotiating a $30m contract to supply 50 Hizir armoured personnel carriers to the Kenyan police as the Kenyan army prepares to take delivery of 100 others. The Katmerci family's energetic sales drive is getting full backing from President Erdogan.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 01.02.2021

Kenya, Somalia
Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Several big guns in the Kenyan government who hail from the region bordering Somalia are urging President Uhuru Kenyatta to revive dialogue with his Somalian counterpart Farmajo.

Free access Politics, Diplomacy 29.01.2021

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

The Djiboutian president has raised hackles among the top brass in the Sudanese army as he seeks closer ties with the Ethiopian prime minister in the hope of persuading him to forget his long-running friendship with the Tigrayan leadership.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.01.2021

President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh (left) talks with Prime Minister of Ethiopia Abiy Ahmed Ali (right) during the 33rd African Union Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 09 February 2020.

Kenya
Ruto stumbles in Kenyatta's backyard

By failing to appoint anyone from Central Province to the leadership of his new UDA party, the deputy president risks alienating voters in a region that's set to play a pivotal role in next year's election.

Subscribers only Politics 19.01.2021

MP Alice Wahome and Kenyan Deputy President William Ruto in November 2019.

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Thanks to the widespread availability of mobile payments in Africa, online betting is developing fast all over the continent and competing with the gaming clubs which brought fame and fortune to a handful of European entrepreneurs there in the 1980s and 1990s.

Subscribers only Business 18.01.2021

From left to right : Nigeria soccer player Jay-Jay Okocha with BetKing CEO Byron Petzer and Chief Operations Officer Neil Bothma.

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta seeks compensation over Uganda's oil jetty delay

The Kenyan government wants to be compensated over the Kisumu loading pier, which was completed in 2018 but cannot be used until Uganda has finished a similar facility on its side of Lake Victoria. Kenya wants Indian group Mahathi, which is building Uganda's jetty and has accumulated delays, to pay some $22.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy 13.01.2021

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

The Tigray crisis and the security situation in Somalia will be given close attention by Martin Kimani, Uhuru Kenyatta's new permanent representative to the United Nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.01.2021

Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta during the 73rd United Nations General Assembly.

Horn of Africa
IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Following Uhuru Kenyatta's lead, Djibouti's head of state is using Somaliland as leverage to damage Farmajo's reputation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.01.2021

The President of Djibouti Ismail Omar Guelleh and Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya
Ruto loses his lookout at State House

Jomo Gecaga, the president's nephew and personal secretary, has been sidelined at State House ever since Uhuru Kenyatta became aware of just how chummy he is with Deputy President William Ruto.

Free access Politics 06.01.2021

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Deputy President William Ruto.

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

The Kenyan and Ethiopian heads of state are trying to have IGAD play to their tune, dampening the impact of the regional organisation's initiatives.

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2021

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali at the inauguration of the Moyale border crossing in December 2020.

Kenya
Kenyatta's referendum campaign schedule disrupted by rising spectre of the Mungiki

President Uhuru Kenyatta wants to push harder to secure more support for his constitutional reform, the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), in his family's tribal homeland, Central Kenya, and Coast Province.

Subscribers only Politics 05.01.2021

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2020

Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi.

Kenya, United Kingdom
London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

Scotland Yard and a number of other British agencies will take a first group of Kenyan anti-terrorism police through their paces in London early next year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.12.2020

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

As Uhuru Kenyatta and his Somalian opposite number Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo position their armies on either side of their common border, American, British and European diplomats are trying to persuade the Kenyan head of state to engage in talks.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.12.2020

President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta (right) with President of Somalia Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo in 2017.

Africa
Cacao producers' revolt spills over into coffee industry

Africa's coffee producers would like to impose the same demands on multinationals as Ghana and Ivory Coast have done on cacao but are struggling to coordinate their efforts. Their battle has everyone involved, from the Fine Coffees Association to the International Coffee Organization.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 15.12.2020

Coffee berries being sorted in a Kenyan processing plant.

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

The inter-regional institution's 20 December meeting, announced by Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, will give presidents Kenyatta and Farmajo a chance to discuss the border crisis their ministers are unable to settle.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.12.2020

Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Uhuru Kenyatta

Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Kenya, Somalia
Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

Kenya
Ruto stumbles in Kenyatta's backyard

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta seeks compensation over Uganda's oil jetty delay

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

Horn of Africa
IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Kenya
Ruto loses his lookout at State House

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Kenya
Kenyatta's referendum campaign schedule disrupted by rising spectre of the Mungiki

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya, United Kingdom
London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Africa
Cacao producers' revolt spills over into coffee industry

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

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Kenya Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

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Kenya Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya, Turkey Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Kenya, Somalia Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Djibouti Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

Kenya Ruto stumbles in Kenyatta's backyard

In Focus | Africa Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Kenya, Uganda Kenyatta seeks compensation over Uganda's oil jetty delay

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

Horn of Africa IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Kenya Ruto loses his lookout at State House

Horn of Africa Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Kenya Kenyatta's referendum campaign schedule disrupted by rising spectre of the Mungiki

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya, United Kingdom London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

Kenya Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Africa Cacao producers' revolt spills over into coffee industry

Kenya, Somalia IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Kenya
Kenyatta's spymaster weighs in on presidential campaign

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta dashes Bobi Wine's asylum hopes

Kenya
Gideon Moi's Sosian Energy set for new lease of life in Konza

Kenya
Serious cracks appear in Kenyatta-Odinga presidential alliance

Kenya, Turkey
Katmerciler's armoured vehicles take the police and army by storm with Erdogan's backing

Kenya, Somalia
Kenya's Somali community steps up pressure on Kenyatta over border tensions

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

Kenya
Ruto stumbles in Kenyatta's backyard

In Focus | Africa
Online betting explosion leaves Africa's casinos for dust

Kenya, Uganda
Kenyatta seeks compensation over Uganda's oil jetty delay

Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta aims to get the Horn of Africa on to Security Council agenda

Horn of Africa
IOG and Kenyatta join forces to prevent Somalian president's re-election

Kenya
Ruto loses his lookout at State House

Horn of Africa
Kenyatta and Abiy's friendship begins to fray

Kenya
Kenyatta's referendum campaign schedule disrupted by rising spectre of the Mungiki

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Kenya, United Kingdom
London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

Kenya
Kenyatta under pressure from Washington, London and Brussels to negotiate with Farmajo

Africa
Cacao producers' revolt spills over into coffee industry

Kenya, Somalia
IGAD hopes to break Nairobi-Mogadishu impasse