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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi goes all out to develop digital strategy

Kenya's digital transformation is a key objective for William Ruto, as he reiterated during his government reshuffle last week.

Subscribers only Politics 17.07.2024

Rwanda
Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

A meeting was held last week in Doha between the likely constructors of the planned facility some 50 km outside Kigali.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 17.07.2024

Ethiopia
State power utility seeks funds to develop fibre optic network

Ethiopian Electric Power will be able to lease its future cables to the country's two telecoms operators. This should ensure a rapid return on this investment, at a time when the utility is struggling to service its debts.

Free access Finance 16.07.2024

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony pictured in November, 2006.© Stuart Price/AFP

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 16.07.2024

African Union, Sudan
AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue

In the absence of the Taqaddum coalition and other movements who have not taken sides in Sudan's civil war, a preparatory meeting co-organised by the African Union and IGAD was criticised for lacking balance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 15.07.2024

Sudan
Paris poised to appoint new ambassador

The French foreign office is in the process of choosing a successor to Raja Rabia. Its Sudanese embassy was relocated to Addis Ababa after war broke out in April 2023.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.07.2024

Somalia
Doha regains foothold in Mogadishu

Qatar is taking advantage of a lull in relations between Somalia and the United Arab Emirates to move its pawns into play. Its diplomats are already starting to take the lead in upcoming talks with Al-Shabaab.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 11.07.2024

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

In an effort to stem the criticism of environmentalists and growing investor disinterest, the boss of the French major, Patrick Pouyanné, has persuaded the pan-African financial institution to support the planned oil pipeline between Uganda and Tanzania.

Subscribers only Energy 10.07.2024

Patrick Pouyanné, TotalEnergies CEO, in Paris on 8 June 2024.

Kenya
Tax authorities under pressure after Ruto drops budget

The Kenyan president has made a series of announcements in response to angry protests against the 2024-2025 budget. The tax exemptions enjoyed by certain companies since Uhuru Kenyatta's time could be called into question.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics 10.07.2024

William Ruto at State House in Nairobi on 4 July 2024.

Sudan
Taqaddum coalition uncertain about attending AU's Sudan summit

The Taqaddum movement claims that there was insufficient consultation on the agenda and list of participants invited to the pan-African institution's extraordinary summit on Sudan, due to begin on 10 July. As such, it is reluctant to send representatives.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 09.07.2024

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Large companies under threat of tax clampdown in Ethiopia

Grappling with a chronic shortage of revenue, the Ethiopian government is tightening the screws on foreign investors. The new budget, explained by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed last week, is part of this trend.

Subscribers only Business 08.07.2024

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed speaks in Parliament during a session to approve the country's 2024/25 budget in Addis Ababa, on 4 July 2024.

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland
Djibouti-Somaliland tensions rise

The presidents of Djibouti and Somaliland have accused each other of destabilisation. Djibouti is quietly training new republican guard recruits and denies any malice towards its neighbour, but is having trouble digesting the deal Somaliland signed with Ethiopia in January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.07.2024

President of Somaliland Muse Bihi (left) and Ismaïl Omar Guelleh, President of Djibouti.

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Despite recently settling a $2bn eurobond, Kenya does not plan to renegotiate its government-to-government oil agreement. This debt had led to additional conditions, which partly explained the ineffectiveness of the fuel prices contract.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity Traders 05.07.2024

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Turkish, French and Chinese defence suppliers are on the sales offensive to equip the Ugandan military, commanded since March by Muhoozi Kainerugaba.

Free access Defence 05.07.2024

Rwanda
Turkish defence flagships TAI and Aselsan eye Rwandan opportunities

They are following the example of Turkey’s armaments agency, Savunma Sanayii Baskanligi.

Subscribers only Defence 04.07.2024

Kenya
Deputy president and top security officials at loggerheads amid protests

Youth protests that began in mid-June led to a high-profile clash between Kenyan Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua and intelligence chief Noordin Haji, who is also at odds with Defence Minister Aden Duale.

Subscribers only Politics 03.07.2024

Rigathi Gachagua, Noordin Haji, and Aden Duale

Burundi
Bujumbura tries to recover Nkurunziza-era loot

Associates of late former president Pierre Nkurunziza are in the crosshairs of Burundian financial investigators. Several million dollars and gold ingots were sent abroad during his three terms in office, which were marked by national isolation and a sharp depreciation of its currency.

Subscribers only Politics 02.07.2024

Pierre Nkurunziza during a campaign rally in Bujumbura on 16 May 2020.

Kenya
India jostles to compete with Italy in Kenya's space sector

The South Asian giant, which attended the Kenya Space Expo in June, aims to make the most of the country's ambitions to become a key player in Africa's space sector. However, it faces competition from another of Kenya's long-standing partners: Italy.

Subscribers only Business 01.07.2024

Indian President Narendra Modi (left) and Kenyan President William Ruto (right), in Savelletri, Italy, on 14 June 2024.

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Breaking news published on 29/06/24 at 11:30 GMT - Following a fresh attack by Houthi rebels in Yemen, shipping giant Mediterranean Shipping Co has suspended most of its Red Sea operations at the ports of Djibouti and Berbera in Somaliland, according to our sources.

Subscribers only Commodity Traders 29.06.2024

A Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) ship is being seen on the coastal line in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 24 April 2024.

Inner Circle | Sudan
The Bashir old guard in Hemeti's ranks

Key figures in the ousted regime of Omar al-Bashir now gravitate around the RSF paramilitary leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, despite his claim of battling the regular army in part to rid Sudan of the former president's stalwarts.

Subscribers only Politics 28.06.2024

Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, Sudan's Rapid Support Forces paramilitary commander in Khartoum on 8 June 2022.

Kenya
Nairobi and EU lay groundwork for new free trade deal

Following the recent ratification of an Economic Partnership Agreement, the two parties are now preparing for its official entry into force. Legal commitments related to labour law and environmental protection must be translated into concrete actions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.06.2024

A woman picks roses inside a greenhouse at Wildfire Flowers in February 2019 in Naivasha, Kenya, the lead supplier of roses to the European Union.

Kenya
Military honeymoon between Nairobi and Washington continues

President Ruto's visit to the US at the end of May further boosted bilateral military cooperation, with Kenya obtaining special ally status. The Americans may also gain another military training base.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 27.06.2024

US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin (right), Kenya's President William Ruto (centre) and Kenya's Defence Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale (left) in Arlington, Virginia, on 24 May 2024.

Kenya
Struggling Nation Media Group mulls move from historic HQ

Following a spate of redundancies, Kenya's leading media company is preparing to relocate the rest of its staff.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2024

A Nation Media Group newsroom in Nairobi, Kenya, 9 January 2018.

Ethiopia
French business support network opens branch in Addis Ababa

CCI France International is opening a branch in Addis Ababa to replace the Club d'Affaires Franco-Ethiopien.

Subscribers only Business 26.06.2024

Kenya
Tehran delays resumption of trade talks with Nairobi

Iran cancelled consultations that were due to take place in Nairobi last week. The talks were intended to renew economic cooperation a decade after a series of undertakings were agreed, but never fulfilled.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.06.2024

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi goes all out to develop digital strategy

Rwanda
Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

Ethiopia
State power utility seeks funds to develop fibre optic network

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

African Union, Sudan
AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue

Sudan
Paris poised to appoint new ambassador

Somalia
Doha regains foothold in Mogadishu

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Kenya
Tax authorities under pressure after Ruto drops budget

Sudan
Taqaddum coalition uncertain about attending AU's Sudan summit

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Large companies under threat of tax clampdown in Ethiopia

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland
Djibouti-Somaliland tensions rise

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Rwanda
Turkish defence flagships TAI and Aselsan eye Rwandan opportunities

Kenya
Deputy president and top security officials at loggerheads amid protests

Burundi
Bujumbura tries to recover Nkurunziza-era loot

Kenya
India jostles to compete with Italy in Kenya's space sector

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Inner Circle | Sudan
The Bashir old guard in Hemeti's ranks

Kenya
Nairobi and EU lay groundwork for new free trade deal

Kenya
Military honeymoon between Nairobi and Washington continues

Kenya
Struggling Nation Media Group mulls move from historic HQ

Ethiopia
French business support network opens branch in Addis Ababa

Kenya
Tehran delays resumption of trade talks with Nairobi

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya Nairobi goes all out to develop digital strategy

Rwanda Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

Ethiopia State power utility seeks funds to develop fibre optic network

Uganda Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

African Union, Sudan AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue

Sudan Paris poised to appoint new ambassador

Somalia Doha regains foothold in Mogadishu

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Kenya Tax authorities under pressure after Ruto drops budget

Sudan Taqaddum coalition uncertain about attending AU's Sudan summit

Spotlight | Ethiopia Large companies under threat of tax clampdown in Ethiopia

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland Djibouti-Somaliland tensions rise

Kenya Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Uganda Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Rwanda Turkish defence flagships TAI and Aselsan eye Rwandan opportunities

Kenya Deputy president and top security officials at loggerheads amid protests

Burundi Bujumbura tries to recover Nkurunziza-era loot

Kenya India jostles to compete with Italy in Kenya's space sector

Djibouti, Ethiopia MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Inner Circle | Sudan The Bashir old guard in Hemeti's ranks

Kenya Nairobi and EU lay groundwork for new free trade deal

Kenya Military honeymoon between Nairobi and Washington continues

Kenya Struggling Nation Media Group mulls move from historic HQ

Ethiopia French business support network opens branch in Addis Ababa

Kenya Tehran delays resumption of trade talks with Nairobi

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Kenya
Nairobi goes all out to develop digital strategy

Rwanda
Qatar Airways and contractors hold final talks over Bugesera airport

Ethiopia
State power utility seeks funds to develop fibre optic network

Uganda
Joseph Kony's lawyer prepares his defence before ICC trial

African Union, Sudan
AU struggles to advance inter-Sudanese dialogue

Sudan
Paris poised to appoint new ambassador

Somalia
Doha regains foothold in Mogadishu

Spotlight | Tanzania, Uganda
TotalEnergies secures Africa Finance Corp backing for East African pipeline

Kenya
Tax authorities under pressure after Ruto drops budget

Sudan
Taqaddum coalition uncertain about attending AU's Sudan summit

Spotlight | Ethiopia
Large companies under threat of tax clampdown in Ethiopia

Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland
Djibouti-Somaliland tensions rise

Kenya
Conditions set by ENOC, ADNOC and Aramco keep pump prices high

Uganda
Baykar and Thales parade wares to Museveni's son

Rwanda
Turkish defence flagships TAI and Aselsan eye Rwandan opportunities

Kenya
Deputy president and top security officials at loggerheads amid protests

Burundi
Bujumbura tries to recover Nkurunziza-era loot

Kenya
India jostles to compete with Italy in Kenya's space sector

Djibouti, Ethiopia
MSC suspends main operations in Red Sea after fresh attack

Inner Circle | Sudan
The Bashir old guard in Hemeti's ranks

Kenya
Nairobi and EU lay groundwork for new free trade deal

Kenya
Military honeymoon between Nairobi and Washington continues

Kenya
Struggling Nation Media Group mulls move from historic HQ

Ethiopia
French business support network opens branch in Addis Ababa

Kenya
Tehran delays resumption of trade talks with Nairobi