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Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

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. © STR/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

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. [...]

Published on 20/01/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

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Emmanuel Macron and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, in 2017 in Paris.

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.

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Ethiopia
Central bank turns up heat on TPLF's khat baron backers

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Djibouti
Guelleh seeks makeweight rival for April poll

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Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

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

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

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

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

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The triggers of Tigray's crisis

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Djibouti
Omar Guelleh angers Khartoum as he courts favour with Abiy

Somalia
Battle lines drawn for post of parliament speaker

Djibouti
Former Addis Ababa ambassador to advise foreign affairs minister

Somalia
Farmajo gains the upper hand on Kenyatta in Jubaland

Djibouti
IOG finally gets his foot in the Elysée door

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

Ethiopia
Central bank turns up heat on TPLF's khat baron backers

Djibouti
Guelleh seeks makeweight rival for April poll

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy frustrated at Farmajo's lack of support

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

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

Eritrea, Ethiopia
The triggers of Tigray's crisis