Why is it that a presidential election in the autonomous region of Jubaland has given rise to a clash with international dimensions, with the Somalian government, the United States and Ethiopia in one camp and Jubaland with the backing of [.
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The Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki recently received a Saudi army delegation in Asmara.
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RENAMO, as the opposition spearhead, will be vigilant when it comes to FRELIMO's handling of the election, which will be decisive in terms of demobilisation.
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On 17 August, the number two of the Transitional Military Council (TMC), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti, and Ahmed Rabie, [...]
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The executive secretary of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board (DAPCB), George William Bizibu, recently submitted to parliament a confidential [...]
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The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta has opted to resolve his maritime border dispute (ION 1492) with Somalia in short order [...]
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The controversial president of Somali National Regional State (SNRS) and vice chairman of the Somali Democratic Party (SDP), Moustapha Mouhoumed [...]
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According to internal sources, the Ugandan intelligence services recently learnt that certain groups in their country are backing Ambrose Riiny [...]
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According to information obtained exclusively by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, on 20 and 21 August the Eritrean government laid on [...]
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The Building Bridges Initiative (BBI), set-up after the handshake on [...]
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The number two of the junta in Khartoum and the [...]
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A growing malaise in the Forces armees djiboutiennes (FAD) which [...]
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The German company Bayer, which has been struggling since taking [...]
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In recent weeks efforts to clamp down on cyber activists [...]
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One year on from the outbreak of the Ebola epidemic [...]
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The Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali is in the [...]
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The 2016 hidden loans scandal ended budgetary support from international donors, but they stand ready to step in again if the IMF gives them the green light.
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With privatisations pending, PM Abiy Ahmed Ali will have to repay the debts of state-owned companies inherited from his predecessors.
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The former treasurer of the ruling CCM (Chama cha Mapinduzi) party and fourth wealthiest man in Tanzania, Rostam Aziz, is [...]
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On 23 July, the British government's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced the launch of an official inquiry into the South [...]
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The death of Bob Collymore on 1 July has left Safaricom without a boss. The question of who will succeed [...]
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Deprived of its visa contract by its subcontractor Mada Ozi, Ametis now has powerful new backers in the shape of Sipromad and IN Groupe.
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Richard Ngatia, who has been at the helm of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) since 13 [...]
According to our sources, two Chinese firms under investigation for [...]
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Two magnates of the Mozambican construction sector are pooling their [...]
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The transport minister is not best pleased with the endeavours [...]
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The two oil majors will begin prospecting off the coast [...]
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The Tanzania Ports Authority (TPA) is continuing to make the [...]
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The construction faults identified in the Mombasa-Nairobi oil pipeline, which [...]
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The private security firm Gaboon Protection is hoping to offer [...]
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After a short stopover at Inter-Iles Comores as the development [...]
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The international consulting firm International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc [...]
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The imminent arrival of Total in Mozambique has put ideas [...]
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Ethiopia's Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Co may be [...]
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Six months after returning to the helm of the Djiboutian branch of the French maritime transport firm CMA CGM, Philippe [...]
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The American private security magnate is back in business in Maputo. Erik Prince, the founder of the now-defunct Blackwater, has [...]
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The MP for the ruling IRD party in Farafangana, Regina Raheriarijaona, has been chosen by the new speaker of parliament, [...]
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A Lebanese national and Hezbollah agent, Hussein Mahmoud Yassine, was arrested in July at Entebbe airport by the Internal Security [...]
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