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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Tanzania
Behind the Burundian repatriation deal…

Aside from the geopolitics, the Burundian president has commercial interests to defend.

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Ethiopia
Is Islamic State present at sources of Nile?

The deputy chief of staff of the ENDF has announced that ISIS is present on Ethiopian soil.

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Sudan
Hemeti's star rises in Khartoum, Riyadh and Abu Dhabi

The former Janjaweed commander and de facto leader of the country, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti, is presiding over [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Djibouti
Growing malaise at Haramous

Amid manoeuvrings over the presidential succession, revelations and criticisms by [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Tanzania
Electoral unease in Zanzibar

The National Electoral Commission is already gearing up for the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 20.09.2019

Rwanda
Jean de Dieu Mutunzi leaves tin smelter behind for gold refinery

The new gold refinery in Kigali, Aldango, is headed by a former executive at Phoenix Metal, which never managed to get its tin smelter up and running.

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Rwanda
Bay View-Kigali battle for cassiterite enters new round

After it was suspended on June 28 (AMI 444), the [...]

Subscribers only Mining 17.09.2019

Uganda
Total/Cnooc case: how URA and Tullow took part in the fiasco with Yoweri Museveni

Tullow Oil has clashed with the Ugandan authorities as the cracks begin to appear in the crude oil export project.

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

South Sudan
Signs suggest Kiir's traders report (BB Energy/Trafigura) set to fail

The committee charged with shedding light on South Sudan's crude [...]

Subscribers only Energy 10.09.2019

South Sudan
Is Kapoeta governor's grip on local business under threat?

The governance of Louis Lobong Lojore, who has built up an impressive business empire in his state, could be tainted by a new scandal.

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Somalia
SOC cashes in on return of American diplomats to Mogadishu

The cost of SOC providing round-the-clock protection to the US ambassador is continuing to rise…

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Tanzania
Fresh rifts among silks at ENSafrica

The South African law firm ENSafrica is not having a good time of it in east Africa. Following a long [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Mauritius, Uganda
Gateway Delta moves into Kampala real estate

In early August, the Mauritius-based property company Gateway Delta Development Holdings invested $20 million to acquire the Metroplex Shopping Mall [...]

Subscribers only Business 06.09.2019

Djibouti
Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem in firing line

This summer the minister for urban planning and the environment, Mohamed Abdoulkader Moussa Helem, sparked tensions within the Union de [...]

Subscribers only 06.09.2019

Ethiopia
Cagjar wins backing of Ogaden National Liberation Front

The president of Somali National Regional State (SNRS), Moustapha Mouhoumed Omar aka Cagjar, has secured the support of Ogaden National [...]

Free access 06.09.2019

Eritrea
Can Haile Menkerios pacify Oromia?

The former United Nations special representative to the African Union and Eritrean diplomat, Haile Menkerios, was recently a guest at [...]

Subscribers only 06.09.2019

Tanzania
Paul Makonda attracts Magufuli's ire

Dar es Salaam's regional commissioner, Paul Makonda, is currently feeling the force of President John Magufuli's displeasure after failing to [...]

Subscribers only 06.09.2019