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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

President William Ruto's administration has set up a task force to find the causes of Kenya's unsold tea and how to fix the crisis. Not everyone shares the views of Tea Board of Kenya chair, Jacob Kahiu.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 20.12.2024

Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta rapprochement defangs opposition

Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi on 13 September 2022 during William Ruto inauguration ceremony. © Simon Maina/AFP

Subscribers only Politics 19.12.2024

Sudan
World Bank releases $186m emergency aid for Sudan

The World Bank released two emergency financing packages for Sudan on 13 December - one for $100m and one for $86m. 13 million Sudanese have fled their homes and 24 million need emergency humanitarian aid due to the civil war that erupted in April 2023.

Subscribers only Defence 19.12.2024

Starlink antenna pictured in Nairobi on 26 October 2024. © Cristina Ondó/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Kenya
MPs to probe Starlink deployment in Kenya

Kenyan parliamentarians are due to look into the tax situation and commercial practices of the US satellite internet provider founded by Elon Musk, which arrived in the country last year and has disrupted a market dominated by Safaricom.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 18.12.2024

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 24 September 2024. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson/POOL/AFP

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

After failing to broker a ceasefire between the two warring parties, Washington is now trying to reconvene the members of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Sudan. The US Secretary of State may attend the meeting in person.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and French president Emmanuel Macron in Addis Ababa on 12 March 2019. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

It's been five years since the French president's last visit to the region, but he is scheduled to return to Djibouti and Addis Ababa from 20 to 22 December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.12.2024

Uganda
Commonwealth concerned about detention of opposition figure Kizza Besigye

The London-based organisation has asked Yoweri Museveni's administration for permission to visit the politician, but has received no positive response to date.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 18.12.2024

Uganda
Museveni opens new 2026 election battlefront in coffee sector

By abolishing the state agency in charge of coffee, the Ugandan president has deprived the kingdom of Buganda, an opposition stronghold, of strategic resources a year before general elections. At the same time, his government is stepping up its foreign coffee partnerships.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 17.12.2024

Ethiopia, Somalia
Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

The meeting between Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on 11 December in Turkey helped to ease relations between their two countries after a year of extreme tension.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 17.12.2024

Kenya
Ruto-linked bank lands key role in new social security scheme

Kenya's brand new health cover scheme is already courting controversy. The shareholders of one of the banks chosen to collect employer contributions also manage an insurance company in which President William Ruto has a stake.

Subscribers only Business 16.12.2024

Kenya, South Sudan
Tricky South Sudan peace talks in Nairobi stumble on

The government and the opposition are holding firm on their positions as to the type of text that needs to be drawn up together. Civil society and Kenyan mediators are trying to defuse what is a tense stand-off.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.12.2024

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies heads to Dar es Salaam and Kampala in last-ditch bid to clinch EACOP finance deal

For months, the French oil major has been tussling with its Ugandan and Tanzanian partners over the financing of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline. Its head of exploration and production has been dispatched to find a compromise by 19 December.

Subscribers only Energy 12.12.2024

South Sudan
South Sudanese dissident wants Washington to help him succeed Salva Kiir

William Bol Gai Deng, a US-based South Sudanese former refugee, has hired MacDonnell Ulsch Cyber Advisory lobby firm to help him achieve his long-held ambition to become president of his homeland.

Subscribers only Politics 11.12.2024

Ethiopia
Paris worries as Addis cracks down on rights groups it funds

Three human rights organisations subsidised by France were suspended days before a ministerial visit to Ethiopia.

Free access Politics 10.12.2024

Kenya
Coffee sector regulator probes possible licence violation by state cooperative

Experts from the Coffee Directorate are investigating the legality of contracts signed by New Kenya Planters Cooperative Union and a buyer operating for the American company Peaberry International.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 10.12.2024

A coffee warehouse in Ruiru, Kenya, 18 July 2019.

Kenya
Kenyatta clan and ousted VP differ over 2027 election strategy

Central Kenya's elites and Uhuru Kenyatta's family want to join a political party that would support Kalonzo Musyoka's presidential bid. For his part, the recently deposed Rigathi Gachagua would prefer to set up his own party, which would put forward a different candidate.

Subscribers only Politics 09.12.2024

Burundi
Burundian government found to have unlawfully seized ex-PM's property

Former Burundian PM Édouard Nzambimana has won a posthumous victory in the case brought by his family against his native country before the East African Court of Justice.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 09.12.2024

Kenya
Electoral commission excluded from opposition appeals over 2022 presidential election result

It will not be able to participate as a party to proceedings at the East African Court of Justice.

Subscribers only Politics 06.12.2024

Sudan
French foreign minister shuns Port Sudan to avoid legitimising SAF leader

His officials redirected him to Chad instead to avoid sending out an ambiguous message.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.12.2024

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Mogadishu turns to Nairobi amid row with Jubaland

Somalia's central government wants Kenya's help in unseating the newly elected president of its largest federal state. Tension continues to mount in southern Somalia, under the watchful eye of its international security partners.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 05.12.2024

Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud (left) on 15 June 2024 in Lucerne (Switzerland) and Jubaland president Ahmed Madobe on 22 August 2019 in Kismayo.

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta rapprochement defangs opposition

Sudan
World Bank releases $186m emergency aid for Sudan

Kenya
MPs to probe Starlink deployment in Kenya

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

Uganda
Commonwealth concerned about detention of opposition figure Kizza Besigye

Uganda
Museveni opens new 2026 election battlefront in coffee sector

Ethiopia, Somalia
Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

Kenya
Ruto-linked bank lands key role in new social security scheme

Kenya, South Sudan
Tricky South Sudan peace talks in Nairobi stumble on

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies heads to Dar es Salaam and Kampala in last-ditch bid to clinch EACOP finance deal

South Sudan
South Sudanese dissident wants Washington to help him succeed Salva Kiir

Ethiopia
Paris worries as Addis cracks down on rights groups it funds

Kenya
Coffee sector regulator probes possible licence violation by state cooperative

Kenya
Kenyatta clan and ousted VP differ over 2027 election strategy

Burundi
Burundian government found to have unlawfully seized ex-PM's property

Kenya
Electoral commission excluded from opposition appeals over 2022 presidential election result

Sudan
French foreign minister shuns Port Sudan to avoid legitimising SAF leader

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Mogadishu turns to Nairobi amid row with Jubaland

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

Kenya Ruto-Kenyatta rapprochement defangs opposition

Sudan World Bank releases $186m emergency aid for Sudan

Kenya MPs to probe Starlink deployment in Kenya

Sudan Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

Djibouti, Ethiopia Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

Uganda Commonwealth concerned about detention of opposition figure Kizza Besigye

Uganda Museveni opens new 2026 election battlefront in coffee sector

Ethiopia, Somalia Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

Kenya Ruto-linked bank lands key role in new social security scheme

Kenya, South Sudan Tricky South Sudan peace talks in Nairobi stumble on

Tanzania, Uganda TotalEnergies heads to Dar es Salaam and Kampala in last-ditch bid to clinch EACOP finance deal

South Sudan South Sudanese dissident wants Washington to help him succeed Salva Kiir

Ethiopia Paris worries as Addis cracks down on rights groups it funds

Kenya Coffee sector regulator probes possible licence violation by state cooperative

Kenya Kenyatta clan and ousted VP differ over 2027 election strategy

Burundi Burundian government found to have unlawfully seized ex-PM's property

Kenya Electoral commission excluded from opposition appeals over 2022 presidential election result

Sudan French foreign minister shuns Port Sudan to avoid legitimising SAF leader

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia Mogadishu turns to Nairobi amid row with Jubaland

The weekly summary

About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kenya
Power struggle looms as Kenya's tea task force tackles unsold stock

Kenya
Ruto-Kenyatta rapprochement defangs opposition

Sudan
World Bank releases $186m emergency aid for Sudan

Kenya
MPs to probe Starlink deployment in Kenya

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Agenda for Macron's tour of the Horn revealed

Uganda
Commonwealth concerned about detention of opposition figure Kizza Besigye

Uganda
Museveni opens new 2026 election battlefront in coffee sector

Ethiopia, Somalia
Thanks to Turkish mediation, AUSSOM might include Ethiopian troops after all

Kenya
Ruto-linked bank lands key role in new social security scheme

Kenya, South Sudan
Tricky South Sudan peace talks in Nairobi stumble on

Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies heads to Dar es Salaam and Kampala in last-ditch bid to clinch EACOP finance deal

South Sudan
South Sudanese dissident wants Washington to help him succeed Salva Kiir

Ethiopia
Paris worries as Addis cracks down on rights groups it funds

Kenya
Coffee sector regulator probes possible licence violation by state cooperative

Kenya
Kenyatta clan and ousted VP differ over 2027 election strategy

Burundi
Burundian government found to have unlawfully seized ex-PM's property

Kenya
Electoral commission excluded from opposition appeals over 2022 presidential election result

Sudan
French foreign minister shuns Port Sudan to avoid legitimising SAF leader

Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Mogadishu turns to Nairobi amid row with Jubaland