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Somalia
Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

After Sudan, the security giant Constellis, born from the ashes of the defunct Blackwater, has signed a series of contracts with international organisations in Somalia.

Subscribers only Business 22.03.2019

Kenya
Farmajo tries to avoid fueling the fire with Kenyatta

Since the Offshore Somalia Licensing Round, which took place in London from February 7 to 14 (ION 1492) with the [...]

Subscribers only Politics 26.02.2019

Somalia
Al-Shabaab's underground economy

International aid, mining resources from neighbouring countries, trafficking to Asia… Al-Shabaab's revenue streams remain intact.

Subscribers only Politics 22.02.2019

Kenya, Somalia
Nairobi attack: the anti-ISIS strategy of Al-Shabaab

The attack against the DusitD2 hotel in the Kenyan capital on Tuesday 15 January, for which the Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Al-Shabaab [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.01.2019

Ethiopia, France, Kenya
An Ethiopian navy made in France?

According to our sources, a committee of generals and former [...]

Subscribers only Politics 25.01.2019

Document | Somalia
Will Farmajo's reign end like Siad Barre's?

Donald Trump is not the only one to have led his administration into a shutdown - his Somalian counterpart Mohamed [...]

Subscribers only Politics 11.01.2019

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

According to a secret report by the Emirati intelligence services which the Indian Ocean Newsletter has seen, the Iranian internal intelligence agency Itilaat and the supreme emir of the Somalian Islamist network, Ahmed Diriye, are collaborating closely.

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2018

Somalia
Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

As AMISOM delays its withdrawal from Somalia - the mission [...]

Subscribers only Politics 21.12.2018

Horn of Africa
As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

With Western governments, not least the UK, concerned at the army taking over from AMISOM, Ethiopia is seeking to set up a base in the country…

Subscribers only Politics 23.11.2018

Spotlight | Sudan
How Khartoum sold out Al-Shabaab to Washington

Intending to seek re-election in 2020, President Omar al-Bashir is seeking to make himself indispensable to the Americans. The regime has only one bargaining chip at its disposal to achieve its ends: selling out its former allies, first and foremost [.

Subscribers only Politics 26.10.2018

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is sharing intelligence with the US to be re-elected.

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
How Qatar is taking control of Mogadishu

While Qatar trumpets its development aid for Somalia, Doha's influence behind the scenes is now extending even to the security apparatus of the febrile Somalian state. Mogadishu has become a front line in the power struggle that Qatar is waging [.

Subscribers only Politics 28.09.2018

Uganda
Museveni turns to Israel for military equipment

On 28 August, the Ugandan defence minister Adolf Mwesige met the security agencies in Mbuya to discuss the purchase of [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.09.2018

Somalia
Has NISA been infiltrated by Al-Shabaab?

The Indian Ocean Newsletter has obtained a copy of a confidential memo dated 10 September addressed to the United Nations [...]

Subscribers only Politics 14.09.2018

European Union, Somalia
The EU backs Mogadishu despite its own parliament's misgivings

Brussels boosts aid to Somalia while turning a blind eye to Farmajo's shortcomings…

Subscribers only Politics 27.07.2018

East Africa
Can Africom keep the Chinese at bay?

According to information obtained by the Indian Ocean Newsletter, in the wake of the first China-Africa Defence and Security Forum [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.07.2018

Kenya
Kenyatta doggedly negotiates AMISOM's contributions

The Kenyan president has been seeking to secure an increase in UN compensation for Kenyan troops deployed in Somalia, but so far in vain.

Subscribers only Politics 15.06.2018

Somalia
Charcoal trafficking casts a dark shadow over Mogadishu and Djibouti

An essential resource for financing Al-Shabaab, charcoal is informally commercialised throughout the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Politics 15.06.2018

Somalia
Inquiry into siphoning off of EU contributions to AMISOM

A confidential report by a coalition of NGOs has claimed that the Burundian regime is appropriating a slice of the European funds…

Subscribers only Politics 01.06.2018

Somalia
Why the speaker of parliament found himself in the firing line

Threatened with a vote to remove him, the speaker of parliament Mohamed Osman Jawari stepped down on 9 April after [...]

Subscribers only Politics 13.04.2018

Somalia
Al-Shabaab pushes back against the CIA

The lull in the attacks was short-lived and the Islamist fundamentalists are gaining ground… The low-down.

Subscribers only Politics 16.03.2018

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Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Amisom

Somalia
Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

Kenya
Farmajo tries to avoid fueling the fire with Kenyatta

Somalia
Al-Shabaab's underground economy

Kenya, Somalia
Nairobi attack: the anti-ISIS strategy of Al-Shabaab

Ethiopia, France, Kenya
An Ethiopian navy made in France?

Document | Somalia
Will Farmajo's reign end like Siad Barre's?

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Somalia
Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

Horn of Africa
As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

Spotlight | Sudan
How Khartoum sold out Al-Shabaab to Washington

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
How Qatar is taking control of Mogadishu

Uganda
Museveni turns to Israel for military equipment

Somalia
Has NISA been infiltrated by Al-Shabaab?

European Union, Somalia
The EU backs Mogadishu despite its own parliament's misgivings

East Africa
Can Africom keep the Chinese at bay?

Kenya
Kenyatta doggedly negotiates AMISOM's contributions

Somalia
Charcoal trafficking casts a dark shadow over Mogadishu and Djibouti

Somalia
Inquiry into siphoning off of EU contributions to AMISOM

Somalia
Why the speaker of parliament found himself in the firing line

Somalia
Al-Shabaab pushes back against the CIA

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Morocco US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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The generals waging war from Khartoum to Darfur

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Amisom

Somalia Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

Kenya Farmajo tries to avoid fueling the fire with Kenyatta

Somalia Al-Shabaab's underground economy

Kenya, Somalia Nairobi attack: the anti-ISIS strategy of Al-Shabaab

Ethiopia, France, Kenya An Ethiopian navy made in France?

Document | Somalia Will Farmajo's reign end like Siad Barre's?

Spotlight | Document | Somalia Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Somalia Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

Horn of Africa As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

Spotlight | Sudan How Khartoum sold out Al-Shabaab to Washington

Spotlight | Document | Somalia How Qatar is taking control of Mogadishu

Uganda Museveni turns to Israel for military equipment

Somalia Has NISA been infiltrated by Al-Shabaab?

European Union, Somalia The EU backs Mogadishu despite its own parliament's misgivings

East Africa Can Africom keep the Chinese at bay?

Kenya Kenyatta doggedly negotiates AMISOM's contributions

Somalia Charcoal trafficking casts a dark shadow over Mogadishu and Djibouti

Somalia Inquiry into siphoning off of EU contributions to AMISOM

Somalia Why the speaker of parliament found himself in the firing line

Somalia Al-Shabaab pushes back against the CIA

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About Africa Intelligence

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Africa Intelligence on social media

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Morocco
US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

Ivory Coast
French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

Somalia
Ex-Blackwater gets its foot in door

Kenya
Farmajo tries to avoid fueling the fire with Kenyatta

Somalia
Al-Shabaab's underground economy

Kenya, Somalia
Nairobi attack: the anti-ISIS strategy of Al-Shabaab

Ethiopia, France, Kenya
An Ethiopian navy made in France?

Document | Somalia
Will Farmajo's reign end like Siad Barre's?

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
Emirati intelligence exposes Iranian networks in Somalia

Somalia
Ethiopia and Eritrea to shore up Farmajo

Horn of Africa
As AMISOM departs, the Ethiopians arrive

Spotlight | Sudan
How Khartoum sold out Al-Shabaab to Washington

Spotlight | Document | Somalia
How Qatar is taking control of Mogadishu

Uganda
Museveni turns to Israel for military equipment

Somalia
Has NISA been infiltrated by Al-Shabaab?

European Union, Somalia
The EU backs Mogadishu despite its own parliament's misgivings

East Africa
Can Africom keep the Chinese at bay?

Kenya
Kenyatta doggedly negotiates AMISOM's contributions

Somalia
Charcoal trafficking casts a dark shadow over Mogadishu and Djibouti

Somalia
Inquiry into siphoning off of EU contributions to AMISOM

Somalia
Why the speaker of parliament found himself in the firing line

Somalia
Al-Shabaab pushes back against the CIA