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Kenya

Five gold mine blast murder suspects re-arrested

Since three employees of a British-Mauritian mining company died in an explosion in 2023, justice has eluded the victims' families. Now five people against whom murder charges had been dropped seem set to appear in the dock after all.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 30.07.2025

Air service providers sweep up UN contracts

In recent months, several Kenya-based firms have distinguished themselves by winning contracts to provide air transport and logistical support for United Nations military and political missions.

Subscribers only Defence 29.07.2025

Nairobi coffee sales go global as Trump slams Brazil

In May, Nairobi announced plans to open its coffee auctions to buyers from around the world. Tasked by William Ruto with winning over farmers ahead of his reelection bid, the agriculture cabinet secretary will try to make the project a reality in a visit to the United States.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 28.07.2025

Ruto's top brass monitor major public works

William Ruto with military top brass for 60-year Kenyan independence anniversary in Uhuru Gardens, Nairobi, 12 December 2023. © Noé Michalon

Subscribers only Business 23.07.2025

William Ruto overhauls public broadcaster with an eye on 2027

The Kenyan president wants to streamline and renew the teams of the public television channel and its subsidiaries to give greater visibility to his work, two years before elections.

Subscribers only Politics 21.07.2025

William Ruto and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expected at Tokyo's TICAD summit

The Kenyan president and his Somali counterpart are the first East-African heads of state to confirm their attendance in Japan, which maintains significant bilateral cooperation activities with the two countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.07.2025

Business owners defy police ban to hire armed protection squads

In response to the numerous attacks on their businesses by armed gangs, shop owners are coordinating their efforts to ensure their safety. Particularly affected by the looting, Kikuyu managers want to make their voice heard by the government.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 14.07.2025

Store destroyed along 7-July protest route, in Nakuru, Kenya.

Macron's Africa adviser on mini-tour of East Africa

After visiting the Comoros on 6 July, Jérémie Robert ended his trip to East Africa in Nairobi. Among the burning issues discussed was the summit that Paris wishes to organise at the end of July on the topic of the crisis in eastern DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.07.2025

Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

Insecurity and political tensions have prevented the East African Community's group of constitutional experts from conducting planned consultations with member states. Meanwhile, the bloc's secretariat is struggling financially.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 10.07.2025

East African Community (EAC) headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania, 20 May 2022.

Ruto turns to little-known Linzi FinCo to raise funds for AFCON 2027 stadium

Already involved in the country's affordable housing policy, the Liaison Group subsidiary, which has close links with the executive, has been put in charge of completing the financing of the future Nairobi sports arena.

Subscribers only Business 08.07.2025

With his business empire at risk, Gideon Moi rekindles row with Ruto

Former president Daniel arap Moi's heir has put an end to the truce in his relations with the head of state. While Ruto attacks the family's businesses, Moi is getting back in the political saddle.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 07.07.2025

Gideaon Moi, son of former president Daniel arap Moi, in Nairobi in December 2021.

EAC seeks to resume trade talks with Brussels

A year and a half after Kenya signed a free trade agreement with the European Union, Nairobi wants to get involved in extending this model to the East African Community, which is chaired this year by William Ruto.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 04.07.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 8 February 2025.

Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

In the midst of a subscriber haemorrhage and laden with debt, the former state-owned operator is on its last legs, despite the arrival of a new shareholder two years ago. Yet letting it fail outright would be politically costly and potentially damaging to national infrastructure interests.

Subscribers only Business 03.07.2025

Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Kenya's president is seeking to enter negotiations with Uganda on the question of the border between the two countries. His ministers and ally Raila Odinga do not exactly see eye to eye on the approach to take.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.07.2025

Kenyan President William Ruto (left), and Raila Odinga (right), in Nairobi, in March 2025.

Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

The chain of revelations by certain opposition leaders, especially ousted deputy president Rigathi Gachagua, are vexing President William Ruto's entourage. His close allies have set themselves the task of tracing the source of these leaks.

Subscribers only Politics 30.06.2025

Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

As Kenya seeks to boost its mining revenues, attempts by the principal secretary of mines to control the granting of permits to mining operators are annoying his cabinet secretary.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics 27.06.2025

Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

Faced with falling foreign trade, Nairobi is banking on summit diplomacy, a strategy that should enable it to win control of a number of regional organisations.

Subscribers only Business 25.06.2025

William Ruto arrives at the African Union Assembly in Addis Ababa, 16 February 2025.

KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

The government has suspended all of the American NGO Rainforest Alliance's upcoming audits of Kenyan tea plantations. However, international buyers of tea produced by the country's leading consortium may be put off by the label's absence.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 23.06.2025

Tea farm near Kerugoya, at the foot of Mount Kenya, in 2013.

Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

The Head of State has since coming to power in 2022 been trying to get the Nigerian billionaire to go ahead with his cement plant projects in the country. The two sides are close to an agreement.

Free access Business 20.06.2025

The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

The Kenyan airline, still largely under public ownership, is still looking for potential buyers. However, the government's shifting strategy casts doubt on its future shareholder structure.

Subscribers only Finance 19.06.2025

William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

The Kenyan president continues to forge alliances ahead of the 2027 election. He is trying to curry favour with a range of political bigwigs and former ministers from the Western, Nyanza and Rift Valley regions.

Subscribers only Politics 18.06.2025

Ruto's close advisors sceptical on the future of Hustler Fund

The head of state does not seem ready to abandon the youth and small business programme that bears his hallmark. But in a constrained budgetary context, more and more voices are being raised to reform the microcredit fund.

Subscribers only Finance 16.06.2025

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Kenya signals pivot toward Morocco over Western Sahara

President William Ruto is quietly repositioning Kenya in the Western Sahara dispute, edging closer to Rabat's camp as fertiliser diplomacy and economic interests take priority over long-standing support for the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which has an embassy in Nairobi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.06.2025

Moroccan Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch and Kenyan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Musalia Mudavadi in Rabat on 27 May, 2025.

Ex-interior secretary Fred Matiang'i one step closer to presidential candidacy

Former strongman of Uhuru Kenyatta's administration hopes to gain the support of the latter's Jubilee Party in the 2027 campaign. Meanwhile, the rest of the opposition remains divided on what approach to take.

Subscribers only Politics 12.06.2025

Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

The African Nations Championship is set to serve as a rehearsal for the 2027 African Cup of Nations, the first held in East Africa. The reputations of the host country heads of state are on the line in the run-up to elections.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 12.06.2025

Kasarani Stadium in Nairobi on 12 May 2018.

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Kenya

Five gold mine blast murder suspects re-arrested

Air service providers sweep up UN contracts

Nairobi coffee sales go global as Trump slams Brazil

Ruto's top brass monitor major public works

William Ruto overhauls public broadcaster with an eye on 2027

William Ruto and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expected at Tokyo's TICAD summit

Business owners defy police ban to hire armed protection squads

Macron's Africa adviser on mini-tour of East Africa

Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

Ruto turns to little-known Linzi FinCo to raise funds for AFCON 2027 stadium

With his business empire at risk, Gideon Moi rekindles row with Ruto

EAC seeks to resume trade talks with Brussels

Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

Ruto's close advisors sceptical on the future of Hustler Fund

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Kenya signals pivot toward Morocco over Western Sahara

Ex-interior secretary Fred Matiang'i one step closer to presidential candidacy

Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

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Kenya

Five gold mine blast murder suspects re-arrested

Air service providers sweep up UN contracts

Nairobi coffee sales go global as Trump slams Brazil

Ruto's top brass monitor major public works

William Ruto overhauls public broadcaster with an eye on 2027

William Ruto and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud expected at Tokyo's TICAD summit

Business owners defy police ban to hire armed protection squads

Macron's Africa adviser on mini-tour of East Africa

Regional crises put brakes on East African federation project

Ruto turns to little-known Linzi FinCo to raise funds for AFCON 2027 stadium

With his business empire at risk, Gideon Moi rekindles row with Ruto

EAC seeks to resume trade talks with Brussels

Ruto keen to keep Telkom Kenya albatross aloft

Ruto puts thorny border issue back on the table with Kampala

Ruto's inner circle mounts State House mole hunt

Latent conflict at the Ministry of Mines over the allocation of permits

Ruto sees himself as orchestrator of continental free trade

KTDA pushes for reinstatement of Rainforest Alliance certification

Ruto wants Aliko Dangote to relaunch cement projects in Kenya

The Treasury's wavering position upsets Kenya Airways restructuring plans

William Ruto woos warhorses from the Western region

Ruto's close advisors sceptical on the future of Hustler Fund

Spotlight Kenya signals pivot toward Morocco over Western Sahara

Ex-interior secretary Fred Matiang'i one step closer to presidential candidacy

Nairobi and its neighbours speed up work to meet Chan 2024 schedule

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Spotlight
Kenya signals pivot toward Morocco over Western Sahara