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Tanzania
Insecurity prompts Zanzibar to review its lucrative island leasing

The Tanzanian central government is planning to boost its security presence in the Zanzibar archipelago and in recent months has struck security cooperation deals with India and Mozambique.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 06.10.2022

Central Africa, DRC
EAC still looking for funding for regional force in eastern DR Congo

East African Community (EAC) member countries are looking for new contributors to a special fund set up to finance a regional force intended to pacify eastern DR Congo. The amounts raised so far have been relatively small.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 04.10.2022

Tanzania
Magufuli's posthumous revenge at the East African Court of Justice

Sauda Mjasiri, the judge who the former Tanzanian president appointed to the regional court three years ago, has been confirmed in her position. The decision sets an important precedent that has East African lawyers' groups concerned about the independence of the supranational court.

Subscribers only Politics 19.09.2022

Spotlight | DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa
Pretoria's thwarted plans for the DRC

After the SADC summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa remains wary of his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi, who has distanced himself from Pretoria in favour of new countries like Kenya.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 14.09.2022

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (L) shaking hands with the president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi (R) during the Southern African Development Community (SADC) 42nd Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government held in Kinshasa, DRC, 17 August 2022.

Burundi
Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Burundi was a pariah for international funders under the late president Nkurunziza. But the country has been very firmly back in their good books since Evariste Ndayishimiye took office two years ago and ended his predecessor's isolationist policies.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy 06.09.2022

Evariste Ndayishimiye, Burundi's elected President, holds a stick, the symbol of power, during the swearing-in ceremony at Ingoma stadium in Gitega, Burundi, on June 18, 2020.

Somalia
Abdusalam Omer, the new Somali envoy to the EAC

Abdusalam Omer, appointed by the new Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud to represent his country at the East African Community, is familiar with the workings of regional diplomacy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.08.2022

Spotlight | DRC
UN analysts predict gloomy scenarios for 2023's elections

In two confidential reports, the UN Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (ENAM) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have drawn up an overview of the current situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and attempted to forecast possible outcomes at the time of the late 2023 elections.

Subscribers only Politics 24.08.2022

A polling station in Kinshasa for the presidential election held in December 2018.

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

Caught off guard by the M23 rebels' firepower, the UN force in the DRC is seeking to equip itself accordingly. It is asking contributing countries for heavy artillery and attack helicopters.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 28.07.2022

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

With just three weeks to go before Kenya's general election, the Mombasa governor's stranglehold on trade between South Sudan and Kenya is irking companies in both countries.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 21.07.2022

DRC, East Africa
East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

While the head of Congolese diplomacy travelled to Arusha to finalise membership of the East African Community, the regional organisation's military leaders are preparing to send troops. The Congolese army chief of staff signed a confidential document with his counterparts detailing it.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 12.07.2022

Spotlight | DRC
Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

At a confidential meeting held in Goma, security chiefs in North Kivu have highlighted the uncoordinated nature of the military response to the M23. President Tshisekedi has ordered a reshuffle.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Diplomacy 08.07.2022

The current military governor of North Kivu, General Constant Ndima Kongba.

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Western capitals and the United Nations remain wary of dealing with the evidence that they say they have concerning Rwanda's support for the rebel M23 movement, much to the displeasure of Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.07.2022

Kenya
KCB Bank looks to bounce back after painful change of leadership

Kenya's largest bank in terms of financial assets is hoping for a new lease of life following the departure of its CEO. But the issue of annual bonuses has caused ructions in-house, where there is much debate about the difficulties being experienced by KCB internationally.

Subscribers only Finance 30.06.2022

Kenya
Odinga bags AfDB funding for his Kisumu stronghold

Kisumu, Kenya's third biggest city and the electoral base of presidential candidate Raila Odinga, is to receive financial support from the African Development Bank for its urban renovation plans. Meanwhile, Kisumu County is benefiting from a growing number of new development projects.

Subscribers only Politics 26.05.2022

Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga.

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

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

East African Community

Tanzania
Insecurity prompts Zanzibar to review its lucrative island leasing

Central Africa, DRC
EAC still looking for funding for regional force in eastern DR Congo

Tanzania
Magufuli's posthumous revenge at the East African Court of Justice

Spotlight | DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa
Pretoria's thwarted plans for the DRC

Burundi
Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Somalia
Abdusalam Omer, the new Somali envoy to the EAC

Spotlight | DRC
UN analysts predict gloomy scenarios for 2023's elections

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

DRC, East Africa
East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

Spotlight | DRC
Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Kenya
KCB Bank looks to bounce back after painful change of leadership

Kenya
Odinga bags AfDB funding for his Kisumu stronghold

Rwanda
Mushikiwabo back in Kigali on Francophonie business diplomacy mission

Tanzania
Government officials regret closing down public refineries as fuel prices soar

East Africa, Kenya
Kenyan entrepreneurs advance cautiously in DRC, new EAC frontier market

Spotlight | East Africa
Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

Kenya
Kenyatta weakens his coalition with latest diplomatic appointments

Kenya
Departures of Kenyatta advisers spark internal battle at the presidential palace

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East African Community

Tanzania Insecurity prompts Zanzibar to review its lucrative island leasing

Central Africa, DRC EAC still looking for funding for regional force in eastern DR Congo

Tanzania Magufuli's posthumous revenge at the East African Court of Justice

Spotlight | DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa Pretoria's thwarted plans for the DRC

Burundi Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Somalia Abdusalam Omer, the new Somali envoy to the EAC

Spotlight | DRC UN analysts predict gloomy scenarios for 2023's elections

Spotlight | DRC MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

Kenya, South Sudan Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

DRC, East Africa East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

Spotlight | DRC Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Kenya KCB Bank looks to bounce back after painful change of leadership

Kenya Odinga bags AfDB funding for his Kisumu stronghold

Rwanda Mushikiwabo back in Kigali on Francophonie business diplomacy mission

Tanzania Government officials regret closing down public refineries as fuel prices soar

East Africa, Kenya Kenyan entrepreneurs advance cautiously in DRC, new EAC frontier market

Spotlight | East Africa Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

Kenya Kenyatta weakens his coalition with latest diplomatic appointments

Kenya Departures of Kenyatta advisers spark internal battle at the presidential palace

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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

Tanzania
Insecurity prompts Zanzibar to review its lucrative island leasing

Central Africa, DRC
EAC still looking for funding for regional force in eastern DR Congo

Tanzania
Magufuli's posthumous revenge at the East African Court of Justice

Spotlight | DRC, Kenya, Rwanda, South Africa
Pretoria's thwarted plans for the DRC

Burundi
Burundi continues rapprochement with international funders

Somalia
Abdusalam Omer, the new Somali envoy to the EAC

Spotlight | DRC
UN analysts predict gloomy scenarios for 2023's elections

Spotlight | DRC
MONUSCO seeks to boost military arsenal to contend with M23

Kenya, South Sudan
Odinga financier Joho monopolises Kenya-South Sudan trade

DRC, East Africa
East African Community sets out battle plan for regional force in eastern DRC

Spotlight | DRC
Chaotic Congolese army and underpowered MONUSCO struggle against M23

Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda
Diplomatic cat and mouse from New York to Paris over Rwanda's alleged support for M23 rebels

Kenya
KCB Bank looks to bounce back after painful change of leadership

Kenya
Odinga bags AfDB funding for his Kisumu stronghold

Rwanda
Mushikiwabo back in Kigali on Francophonie business diplomacy mission

Tanzania
Government officials regret closing down public refineries as fuel prices soar

East Africa, Kenya
Kenyan entrepreneurs advance cautiously in DRC, new EAC frontier market

Spotlight | East Africa
Congolese peace talks at Nairobi's Safari Park Hotel inch forward

Kenya
Kenyatta weakens his coalition with latest diplomatic appointments

Kenya
Departures of Kenyatta advisers spark internal battle at the presidential palace