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Kenya
What the war in Ukraine is doing to Kenyan tea trade

With all exports to Russia on hold, tea prices have dropped drastically. Kenya's minister of agriculture is working hard to find new outlets for the unsold stock.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business 21.03.2022

A tea farmer in Nyeri, Kenya, in May 2021.

Spotlight | Kenya, Uganda
Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

With ambitions to follow in their fathers' footsteps and run for president in the 2026 and 2027 elections, Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Gideon Moi are building up their contacts to gain influence and visibility internationally.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.03.2022

Muhoozi Kainerugaba (left), son of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, and Gideon Moi, son of former Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi.

Kenya, Tanzania
Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

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.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 15.03.2022

Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan with Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Kenya
Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

With presidential and general elections on the horizon, Kenya's anti-graft agency has forwarded allegations of conflict of interest and embezzlement against some of the deputy president's closest aides to the state prosecutor.

Subscribers only Politics 11.03.2022

Kenya
Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

The Kenyan president's right-hand man, Nzioka Waita, is hoping to get himself elected as governor of a strategic county near Nairobi. He knows he needs a major image makeover to convince voters and beat off the competition.

Subscribers only Politics 01.03.2022

Former lawyer Machakos Nzioka Waita (left) and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta.

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

The Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta fears that the country's appeal to investors will decline in the run-up to what is expected to be a hotly disputed election. He has instructed his teams to promote a new eurobond in the world's leading financial marketplaces.

Subscribers only Politics 25.02.2022

Kenya
Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

The deputy president's remaining allies in the government have resigned in order to reach out to the grass roots and help finance his election campaign. Now that they have nothing left to lose, they are preparing a concerted offensive against the Kenyan leader.

Subscribers only Politics 18.02.2022

Spotlight | Kenya
Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

As the two top presidential candidates, deputy president William Ruto and Raila Odinga - now backed by his former rival President Uhuru Kenyatta - ramp up their campaigns, a tug-of-war is emerging behind the scenes between newcomers wanting to make their mark and long-standing advisers.

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2022

Kenyan presidential candidates William Ruto and Raila Odinga.

Kenya
Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya's intelligence agencies are on high alert to try to prevent attacks by radical Islamist groups aimed at destabilising the country in the run-up to general elections. The groups are suspected of targeting Nairobi and Mombasa and counties that lie on the border with Somalia.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 14.02.2022

Kenya
Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

The Law Society of Kenya, which has been divided for the past two years, is to gain new leadership. Its role will be decisive for the judiciary during the August general election and then during the term of the next Kenyan president.

Subscribers only Politics 11.02.2022

Kenya
Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

A possible presidential election win for the president's arch-rival, Deputy President William Ruto, could have serious consequences for the Kenyatta family's fortunes. To stave off such a prospect, all of its members are getting involved in politics for the first time.

Subscribers only Politics 10.02.2022

Kenya
ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

In preparation for what is expected to be a tense election campaign, International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan has dispatched a legal team to Nairobi to gather potential proof of election violence.

Subscribers only Politics 31.01.2022

Kenya
Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

As ministers keen to get on the campaign trail pressure him to reshuffle his government, the president has yet to find a team that will provide continuity between his administration and the next one, which he hopes will be led by Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 27.01.2022

Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

The deputy president is trying to get State House to stop what he decries as the harrassment to which his foreign financial backers are being subjected.

Subscribers only Politics 20.01.2022

Kenyan deputy president William Ruto on the campaign trail.

Kenya
Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

It is shaping up to be a bruising year for Wafula Chebukati, whose job it is to ensure a free and fair general election in August after an extremely long and divisive campaign. The Electoral Commission head is already in the sights of the frontrunners, namely Deputy President William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta's favoured successor, Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics 07.01.2022

Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati.

Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

William Ruto

Kenya
What the war in Ukraine is doing to Kenyan tea trade

Spotlight | Kenya, Uganda
Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

Kenya, Tanzania
Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

Kenya
Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

Kenya
Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

Kenya
Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

Spotlight | Kenya
Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

Kenya
Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya
Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

Kenya
Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

Kenya
ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

Kenya
Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Kenya
Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

Kenya
Odinga seeks election support from Abuja and Pretoria

Kenya
Odinga's campaign short on bankrollers

Kenya
Richard Ngatia, a valued political and business ally of the Kenyattas

Kenya
Kenyatta and Odinga go all out in Rift Valley for 2022 presidential race

Kenya
Ex-spy Ngirici uses media empire to sit on presidential campaign fence

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Cameroon, Central African Republic Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

West African cocoa cartel battles with the traders

Makhzen Inc. or the ever more prosperous business empire of Mohammed VI's entourage

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

William Ruto

Kenya What the war in Ukraine is doing to Kenyan tea trade

Spotlight | Kenya, Uganda Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

Kenya, Tanzania Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

Kenya Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

Kenya Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Spotlight | Kenya Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

Kenya Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

Spotlight | Kenya Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

Kenya Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

Kenya Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

Kenya ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

Kenya Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

Spotlight | Kenya Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Kenya Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

Kenya Odinga seeks election support from Abuja and Pretoria

Kenya Odinga's campaign short on bankrollers

Kenya Richard Ngatia, a valued political and business ally of the Kenyattas

Kenya Kenyatta and Odinga go all out in Rift Valley for 2022 presidential race

Kenya Ex-spy Ngirici uses media empire to sit on presidential campaign fence

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Cameroon, Central African Republic
Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

Senegal
Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Kenya
What the war in Ukraine is doing to Kenyan tea trade

Spotlight | Kenya, Uganda
Muhoozi and Gideon Moi, a union of ambitious presidents' sons

Kenya, Tanzania
Kenyatta and Suluhu attract Islamic finance

Kenya
Corruption claims trip up team Ruto as campaigns enter final stretch

Kenya
Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta keen to launch eurobond ahead of presidential campaign

Kenya
Gloves come off in Ruto's battle with Kenyatta

Spotlight | Kenya
Risk of discord as Ruto and Odinga's campaign ranks swell

Kenya
Security agencies under pressure from Al-Shabaab ahead of elections

Kenya
Kenyan bar elections to prove crucial for Ruto and Odinga

Kenya
Kenyatta's siblings step into political ring to protect their business empire

Kenya
ICC deploys team to record any violence at the 2022 presidential election

Kenya
Kenyatta's cabinet conundrum

Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Kenya
Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

Kenya
Odinga seeks election support from Abuja and Pretoria

Kenya
Odinga's campaign short on bankrollers

Kenya
Richard Ngatia, a valued political and business ally of the Kenyattas

Kenya
Kenyatta and Odinga go all out in Rift Valley for 2022 presidential race

Kenya
Ex-spy Ngirici uses media empire to sit on presidential campaign fence