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Kenya, Tanzania
Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter/@SpokespersonGoK

Arabian Peninsula funds are preparing to embace a dynamic Kenyan market and the opening up of Tanzania by Samia Suluhu Hassan. The heads of state of both these African countries recently visited the Gulf. [...]

Published on 15/03/2022 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

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