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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
French Francophonie minister expected in Nairobi

Thani Mohamed Soilihi, France's junior minister for the Francophonie and international partnerships, is due to visit Kenya from 25 to 27 November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.11.2024

Kenya
Kenya begins digitising its heritage with French help

The Lamu Museum is due to inaugurate Kenya's first virtual gallery on 29 November.

Subscribers only Business 21.11.2024

Sudan
Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan at the COP29 Climate Conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, 12 November 2024. © Sean Gallup/Getty Images via AFP

Subscribers only Diplomacy Running story - Sudan : the generals waging war 20.11.2024

Kenya's President William Ruto in Nairobi on 1 November 2024. © Simon Maina/AFP

Kenya
William Ruto schemes to win back Mount Kenya's wavering coffee growers

The ousting last month of his deputy, Rigathi Gachagua, threatened the Kenyan president's standing in the centre of the country. Now he wants to show he's listening to growers of a leading export earner irked by recent sector reforms.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics Running story - Coffee sector in turmoil 18.11.2024

Belgian businessman Alain Goetz in Entebbe, Uganda, on 4 October 2018. © Baz Ratner/Reuters

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

The Belgian businessman, who specialises in refining and exporting gold from the Great Lakes region, claims Rwanda owes him tens of millions of dollars in compensation. At the same time, he is battling to persuade the US and EU to lift their sanctions on him.

Subscribers only Mining 14.11.2024

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and Kenyan President William Ruto in Addis Ababa for the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) meeting, on 10 July 2023. © State House of Kenya/Anadolu via AFP

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

The future of the East African Community and regional insecurity topped the agenda of a recent tete-a-tete between Kenya President William Ruto and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.11.2024

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

The World Bank is still making substantial payments to construction firms as part of the $550m Tanzania Transport Integration Project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 19.11.2024

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Cargo planes are making almost daily flights between Uganda, Sudan and South Sudan. This lends weight to claims about Kampala's alleged support of the Rapid Support Forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 18.11.2024

Ethiopia, Somalia
Paramilitary defectors alter security balance between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu

A few months after Ethiopia released their leader, several members of the Liyu Police, suspected of numerous abuses, returned in numbers to neighbouring Jubaland in Somalia. And the Somali president has just appointed one of these ex-paramilitaries to head the army.

Subscribers only Defence 15.11.2024

Sudan
Saudi Arabia resumes consular activities in Port Sudan

It is due to resume its consular activities at the beginning of December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.11.2024

Sudan
EU mulls fresh sanctions on Sudan's warring parties

With no let-up in sight after 18 months of devastating conflict, member states of the European bloc will next week decide whether to extend punitive measures imposed earlier this year on some of the war's key players.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.11.2024

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Houthi Red Sea attacks disrupt Djibouti-Addis trade route

Security concerns have prompted shipping companies to use smaller vessels for containers bound for Djibouti, the main port of entry for goods heading to Ethiopia, where the ensuing delays have set back key projects.

Subscribers only Defence 12.11.2024

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Despite its isolation over Nile water management, Egypt has begun to build a coalition of security partners with countries through which the river flows, starting with Uganda. The aim is to counter Ethiopia's influence.

Subscribers only Defence, North Africa, Diplomacy 11.11.2024

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in Kazan, Russia, 23 October 2024.

Kenya
The business ventures of Ruto's children

While George Ruto is busy in the sporting world, his older brother, the president's first son, is a lawyer by training who has successfully forged his own path in agriculture.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 11.11.2024

Ethiopia
Paris prepares to resume sovereign loans to Addis Ababa

France suspended credit facilities to Ethiopia after civil war broke out in the northern Tigray region. These might resume next year, depending on how discussions with the Paris Club and China, among other lenders, progress.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 08.11.2024

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed and French president Emmanuel Macron on 12 March 2019 in Addis Ababa.

Sudan
Hamdok keeps low profile in Brussels after London heckling

He did not appear in public in the Belgian capital.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 08.11.2024

Kenya
Odinga readies to launch African Union chair campaign in Addis Ababa

The Kenyan politician will be at AU headquarters on 8 November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.11.2024

Kenya
Outlawed Mungiki sect associates now protect ousted deputy president

Deprived not only of his job as deputy president but also his protection detail, Rigathi Gachagua has turned to associates of an infamous sect to ensure his protection.

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2024

Sudan
Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

A group of independent politicians are preparing to organise a new meeting in November, following a gathering in Cairo in July.

Subscribers only Politics 06.11.2024

Kenya
Odinga casts wide net in AU Commission chair campaign

The Kenyan candidate can count on several allies in each of Africa's regions to support his run for the coveted post. The grievances that drove widespread protests in Kenya earlier this year have also informed his campaign.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 05.11.2024

Former Kenyan prime minister Raila Odinga announces his candidature for chair of the African Union Commission, at the State House in Nairobi on 27 August 2024.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
French Francophonie minister expected in Nairobi

Kenya
Kenya begins digitising its heritage with French help

Sudan
Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

Kenya
William Ruto schemes to win back Mount Kenya's wavering coffee growers

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Ethiopia, Somalia
Paramilitary defectors alter security balance between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu

Sudan
Saudi Arabia resumes consular activities in Port Sudan

Sudan
EU mulls fresh sanctions on Sudan's warring parties

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Houthi Red Sea attacks disrupt Djibouti-Addis trade route

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya
The business ventures of Ruto's children

Ethiopia
Paris prepares to resume sovereign loans to Addis Ababa

Sudan
Hamdok keeps low profile in Brussels after London heckling

Kenya
Odinga readies to launch African Union chair campaign in Addis Ababa

Kenya
Outlawed Mungiki sect associates now protect ousted deputy president

Sudan
Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

Kenya
Odinga casts wide net in AU Commission chair campaign

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East Africa's hotly contested coffee sector

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya French Francophonie minister expected in Nairobi

Kenya Kenya begins digitising its heritage with French help

Sudan Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

Kenya William Ruto schemes to win back Mount Kenya's wavering coffee growers

Spotlight | Rwanda Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Ethiopia, Kenya Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Tanzania Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Sudan, Uganda Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Ethiopia, Somalia Paramilitary defectors alter security balance between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu

Sudan Saudi Arabia resumes consular activities in Port Sudan

Sudan EU mulls fresh sanctions on Sudan's warring parties

Djibouti, Ethiopia Houthi Red Sea attacks disrupt Djibouti-Addis trade route

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya The business ventures of Ruto's children

Ethiopia Paris prepares to resume sovereign loans to Addis Ababa

Sudan Hamdok keeps low profile in Brussels after London heckling

Kenya Odinga readies to launch African Union chair campaign in Addis Ababa

Kenya Outlawed Mungiki sect associates now protect ousted deputy president

Sudan Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

Kenya Odinga casts wide net in AU Commission chair campaign

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

Indigo Publications' websites

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

Kenya
French Francophonie minister expected in Nairobi

Kenya
Kenya begins digitising its heritage with French help

Sudan
Burhan expands his team of lobbyists in Washington

Kenya
William Ruto schemes to win back Mount Kenya's wavering coffee growers

Spotlight | Rwanda
Gold trader Alain Goetz sets legal guns on Rwanda and Western sanctions

Ethiopia, Kenya
Ruto leverages trade to ease Ethiopia-Somalia tensions

Tanzania
Gemen and CHICO land World Bank bridge contracts

Sudan, Uganda
Airlift to Sudanese conflict zones continues to intrigue

Ethiopia, Somalia
Paramilitary defectors alter security balance between Addis Ababa and Mogadishu

Sudan
Saudi Arabia resumes consular activities in Port Sudan

Sudan
EU mulls fresh sanctions on Sudan's warring parties

Djibouti, Ethiopia
Houthi Red Sea attacks disrupt Djibouti-Addis trade route

Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia
Cairo builds Nile Basin alliances to counter Addis Ababa

Kenya
The business ventures of Ruto's children

Ethiopia
Paris prepares to resume sovereign loans to Addis Ababa

Sudan
Hamdok keeps low profile in Brussels after London heckling

Kenya
Odinga readies to launch African Union chair campaign in Addis Ababa

Kenya
Outlawed Mungiki sect associates now protect ousted deputy president

Sudan
Sudanese political parties nudged to resume Cairo talks

Kenya
Odinga casts wide net in AU Commission chair campaign