The Indian Ocean Newsletter has gained exclusive access to the findings of the European Union (EU) delegation that visited Khartoum from 30 to 31 October to assess the situation and the needs of the government of Abdalla Hamdok.
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With the insurrection in the north gaining momentum, the Mozambican intelligence services see in Paris a useful partner to supplement Russian military aid.
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With relations already strained between Nairobi and Mogadishu due to their border dispute, Kenyatta has riled Farmajo by inviting Musa Bihi Abdi.
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Relations between Somaliland and Djibouti are continuing to deteriorate. The press conference held by the chair of the Somaliland opposition [...]
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On 13 November, the executive committee of the EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) convened what was seen as a [...]
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The South Sudanese president Salva Kiir is helping Cairo to deploy its troops to the border between his country and [...]
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The stated aim of the restructuring of the Sudan Armed Forces is to purge it of Muslim Brotherhood's allies but [...]
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President Uhuru Kenyatta is disappointed with the performance of the courts in stamping out corruption. Although in principle he has [...]
On 31 October, a young leader of anti-government demonstrations, Kako [...]
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The public service secretary, Margaret Kobia, has instructed her chief [...]
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On 3 November, the telecoms minister Frank Tumwebaze met with [...]
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The visit of President Andry Rajoelina, aka TGV, to Abu Dhabi was preceded by a stopover in Dubai.
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Having lost the support of Ismail Omar Guelleh following American [...]
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The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali ultimately declined the [...]
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The ex-governor of Kiambu, William Kabogo, recently forged a new [...]
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The chair of the African Union (AU) Commission, Chad's Moussa [...]
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Eritrea's ambassador to Ethiopia Semere Russom, who has been in [...]
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On 20 October, Yoweri Museveni tasked the Deputy Inspector General [...]
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Five months on from the EU-Ethiopia Business Forum in Brussels at which Italian firms were absent, the Italian Trade Agency has decided to step up its game.
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Andry Rajoelina is reluctant to purchase a presidential jet and in the meantime has a Turkish private jet waiting on the tarmac at Ivato for him.
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Next January Remco Ruimtebouw, a firm based in Nieuwkuijk in the Netherlands, will begin work on the construction of a [...]
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The Comorian businessman Islam Ally Saleh Balhabou has vanished, pocketing with his accomplices from Meis Industries nearly $20 million, according [...]
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The Mombasa-Nairobi expressway was the subject of stormy discussions at the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Kenya) summit on 4 [...]
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The entry of new players reflects the buoyancy of the drinks and beverage industry, despite the new duties in the pipeline and the uncertain economic outlook.
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On 23 October, the Uganda Electricity Transmission Co (UETCL) embarked [...]
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Tanzania is having trouble exporting its agricultural and food products [...]
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The manager of the digital communications company E-fluence, the Franco-Brit [...]
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The term of Joseph Kieyah as head of the Coffee [...]
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The Chinese construction entrepreneur Dajian Chen recently set up his [...]
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Two electricity suppliers are at loggerheads over the Tsinjoarivo dam. [...]
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The three owners of the small Mozambican airline Safari Air [...]
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The airline Jubba Airways, which operates in Somalia though it [...]
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The Madagascan partner of the auditing firm BDO, the accountant [...]
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In late October, the administrator of the district of Mocuba [...]
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On 7 November, the former Ethiopian foreign minister Workeneh Gebeyehu, who since March had been heading up the UN office [...]
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The Kenyan accountant Bernard Ngugi will have no time to settle in as the new head of the public electricity [...]
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The honorary consul of Portugal and former boss of Air Transport Transit Regional (ATTR), Frédéric Rabesahala, is becoming discreetly involved [...]
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On 3 November, President John Magufuli appointed the former head of the Tanzania Revenue Authority (TRA), Charles Kichere, as the [...]
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