Even as the Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi continues on his tour of the African staging posts along the ‘new silk roads', which began on 13 January, relations between Beijing and Djibouti, China's port of entry to the continent, are [.
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What did Recep Tayyip Erdogan negotiate during his visit to Khartoum?
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Under pressure from the Emirates, the Somaliland president has little room for manoeuvre…
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Tensions between members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and Qatar against the backdrop of war in Yemen have resulted [...]
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While attention has focused on the three leading contenders in this year's presidential election (the incumbent Hery Rajaonarimampianina and his [...]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta, who is still forming his government, has reserved nine ministerial portfolios for the three main parties that [...]
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The Sudanese foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour cancelled a planned visit to Cairo on 3 January to chair a meeting of [...]
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Russia is currently trying to salvage its ‘debt for development swaps' agreement with Tanzania. At the heart of the controversy [...]
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The legislative elections of 2013 shook the Djiboutian regime because they served to unite the opposition, whereas those of 2018 [...]
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The growing ties between President Uhuru Kenyatta and the South [...]
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In early December, the US state department froze the assets of a number of Ugandans implicated in the illegal trade in ivory, including Okot Lukwang, who was identified as the intelligence chief of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) led by Joseph Kony.
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His appointment as a minister in President Uhuru Kenyatta's government [...]
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A new storm warning for Tanzania's opposition… With the opposition [...]
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One of President Uhuru Kenyatta's cousins, Kung'u Muigai, is struggling [...]
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The Somali and Somaliland presidents Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo and [...]
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A secret report compiled by a Gulf state has noted [...]
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The Indian government, which is hoping to establish a military [...]
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Djibouti is witnessing a new phenomenon as Chinese firms start to tread on each other's toes…
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The Chinese giant Lucky Chain has expressed its interest in investing $2 billion in developing the Ethiopian electricity network.
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The businessman Dusan Misic, who is very active in Pemba in the northern province of Cabo Delgado, is continuing to [...]
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The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta and his family, who already preside over an extensive business empire, are seeking to diversify [...]
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Since July 2017, the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co (UETCL) has racked up three major blackouts, the last of which affected [...]
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With the Nigerian oil company on the verge of pulling out, the American junior is looking forward to expanding its assets.
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Since December 2017, Tanzanian importers and exporters have been grappling [...]
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The Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) has turned down a request [...]
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Will BGI Ethiopia, the subsidiary of the French company Castel, [...]
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The Sugar Board of Tanzania has absolved itself of all [...]
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According to our information, Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn recently set [...]
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The security firm Control Risks Group is intending to expand [...]
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The Mauritian government has decided not to renew its contract [...]
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Kenya's largest media group, the Nation Media Group (NMG), is [...]
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Tanzania International Container Terminal Services (TICTS), which is part of [...]
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The Kenyan insurance giant UAP Old Mutual has desperately been [...]
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The Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake of the Democraten 66 party, which is part of the liberal democratic grouping in the [...]
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Ever since his first visit to Madagascar in 2013 (ION 1354), Claude Collin, the Sovereign Grand Commander of the Supreme [...]
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The magistrate Anaclet Imbiky, who served as justice minister under Didier Ratsiraka, is causing President Hery Rajaonarimampianina's government a lot [...]
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The governor of Kirinyaga, Anne Waiguru, is gradually positioning herself as a potential successor to Uhuru Kenyatta at the head [...]
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The Indian Ocean Newsletter has learnt that President Uhuru Kenyatta has instructed the Inspector General of Police, Joseph Boinet, to [...]
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