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Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Fierce competition in the trade of a natural stimulant widely consumed across the Horn of Africa has prompted several government officials to take action. As cartels advance their interests, President William Ruto is under pressure to intervene.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 19.06.2024

Kenya
Kenyan foreign ministry faces budgetary constraints

The ministry of foreign affairs is walking a tightrope to balance its budget. Its to-do list is growing, but its funds remain stagnant.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.06.2024

Kenyan President William Ruto meets with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, on May 24, 2024.

Kenya
Keen to garner votes ahead of 2027 poll, Ruto makes nice with Odinga's entourage

Several top people in Raila Odinga's fiefdom have won the government's blessings since the opposition leader became an official candidate to chair the African Union Commission.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 10.06.2024

Kenyan President William Ruto in Washington, DC, USA, 24 May 2024.

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi boycotts EAC heads of state summit

The Congolese president, unhappy with William Ruto's statements on the security crisis in eastern DRC, is making his displeasure known to Nairobi and the other member countries of the East African Community.

Subscribers only Politics 07.06.2024

Kenya
Beijing steps up partnerships with Kenyan academia

The University of Nairobi will host a research centre supported by China and aimed at increasing exchanges between Kenyan and Chinese academics. This new programme adds to several existing cooperation initiatives.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 07.06.2024

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

State House is compiling a list of representatives to sit on a new 'tea tribunal'. Multinational trading houses are watching nervously from the sidelines.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 06.06.2024

Kenyan president William Ruto in July 2022 in Nairobi.

Kenya
Australia's Base Titanium seeks new exploration permits

Kenya's mining sector is enjoying an uptick now that it has resumed issuing licences. The country's largest private player wants to explore mineral sands on several new sites.

Subscribers only Mining 04.06.2024

Kenya
Ruto retakes control of key coffee and tea industry reforms

The Kenyan leader seems increasingly inclined to listen to other members of the government involved in agricultural reform. Until now, this had been the preserve of the deputy president.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 30.05.2024

Kenya's President William Ruto (L) and Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi on 20 October 2022.

Spotlight | Djibouti, Kenya
Great powers jostle over east African space ports

Rocket launch site projects are proliferating across Africa and foreign investors are especially attracted by the geographical advantages of the east of the continent. But there is still little sign of these plans coming to fruition.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy 29.05.2024

San Marco launch platform in Kenya, in 1974.

Kenya
Mombasa's controversial $8m shanty town rehab contract

Port city Mombasa has awarded a lucrative contract to a Chinese-Kenyan company whose current and former directors are mired in controversy.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 29.05.2024

Kenya
Government hopes for fresh source of revenue from new carbon trading regulations

Rules on carbon trading introduced this month include higher tariffs for the private sector than previously planned.

Subscribers only Business 28.05.2024

Kenya
Gachagua stumbles again in his would-be fiefdom

Kenya's deputy president has long striven to emerge as the most powerful politician in the Mount Kenya region. But numerous obstacles stand in his way, including the former resident of State House.

Subscribers only Politics 24.05.2024

Kenya, Somaliland
Somaliland lobbies in Nairobi to counter Mogadishu's diplomatic offensive

The separatist state wants to persuade people that its offer to lease land for an Ethiopian naval base in exchange for Ethiopia's recognition of its sovereignty could generate significant economic opportunities for Kenya and the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.05.2024

Kenya
Parliament steps up enquiry into alleged abuses by British Army

The British Army Training Unit Kenya, set up in the 1960s and numbering around 300 soldiers, is the focus of several legal proceedings for alleged abuses committed by its troops in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 22.05.2024

Kenya
Russia leveraging universities, sport and religion with Kenya's elite

Despite the close ties between Nairobi and Western powers, Moscow is strengthening its cultural presence in Kenya, using limited resources to capture the attention of some notable people.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.05.2024

Sergei Lavrov and Moses Wetangula, the Speaker of the National Assembly of Kenya, in Nairobi on 29 May, 2023.

Kenya
William Ruto orders audit to settle his land dispute

The Kenyan president, who is a big landowner, ran into a media storm in March after he was accused of having acquired agricultural land from someone who had obtained it illegally. He is trying to show he is being open about the affair.

Subscribers only Politics, Business 14.05.2024

William Ruto at State House in Nairobi on 9 May 2024.

Kenya
Defence agreement: Ball now in Paris's court

Kenya and France are stepping up security collaboration, with their first comprehensive military cooperation agreement expected to be concluded soon.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 13.05.2024

Kenya
Kenya Power's $116m anti-blackout plan

The national electricity utility is losing some of its biggest customers just as William Ruto's government is trying to woo foreign investors to Kenya's industrial parks.

Subscribers only Energy 10.05.2024

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Somalia
Horn of Africa corridor competition intensifies as regional rivalry deepens

Ethiopia, Africa's most populous landlocked country, hopes to diversify supply routes to reduce its dependence on Djibouti. The future transport corridors are attracting the attention of international development partners and of the Gulf States, which are battling for influence in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2024

Kenya
Deputy in Raila Odinga's party dreaming of becoming opposition leader

A respected leader in his region, the former governor of Mombasa, Ali Hassan Joho, is struggling to win over the traditional opposition strongholds in western Kenya. He is seeking to unite the key leaders of the coast around his own possible party.

Subscribers only Politics 03.05.2024

Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

William Ruto

Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Kenya
Kenyan foreign ministry faces budgetary constraints

Kenya
Keen to garner votes ahead of 2027 poll, Ruto makes nice with Odinga's entourage

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi boycotts EAC heads of state summit

Kenya
Beijing steps up partnerships with Kenyan academia

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

Kenya
Australia's Base Titanium seeks new exploration permits

Kenya
Ruto retakes control of key coffee and tea industry reforms

Spotlight | Djibouti, Kenya
Great powers jostle over east African space ports

Kenya
Mombasa's controversial $8m shanty town rehab contract

Kenya
Government hopes for fresh source of revenue from new carbon trading regulations

Kenya
Gachagua stumbles again in his would-be fiefdom

Kenya, Somaliland
Somaliland lobbies in Nairobi to counter Mogadishu's diplomatic offensive

Kenya
Parliament steps up enquiry into alleged abuses by British Army

Kenya
Russia leveraging universities, sport and religion with Kenya's elite

Kenya
William Ruto orders audit to settle his land dispute

Kenya
Defence agreement: Ball now in Paris's court

Kenya
Kenya Power's $116m anti-blackout plan

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Somalia
Horn of Africa corridor competition intensifies as regional rivalry deepens

Kenya
Deputy in Raila Odinga's party dreaming of becoming opposition leader

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Kenya Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Kenya Kenyan foreign ministry faces budgetary constraints

Kenya Keen to garner votes ahead of 2027 poll, Ruto makes nice with Odinga's entourage

DRC Félix Tshisekedi boycotts EAC heads of state summit

Kenya Beijing steps up partnerships with Kenyan academia

Kenya Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

Kenya Australia's Base Titanium seeks new exploration permits

Kenya Ruto retakes control of key coffee and tea industry reforms

Spotlight | Djibouti, Kenya Great powers jostle over east African space ports

Kenya Mombasa's controversial $8m shanty town rehab contract

Kenya Government hopes for fresh source of revenue from new carbon trading regulations

Kenya Gachagua stumbles again in his would-be fiefdom

Kenya, Somaliland Somaliland lobbies in Nairobi to counter Mogadishu's diplomatic offensive

Kenya Parliament steps up enquiry into alleged abuses by British Army

Kenya Russia leveraging universities, sport and religion with Kenya's elite

Kenya William Ruto orders audit to settle his land dispute

Kenya Defence agreement: Ball now in Paris's court

Kenya Kenya Power's $116m anti-blackout plan

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Somalia Horn of Africa corridor competition intensifies as regional rivalry deepens

Kenya Deputy in Raila Odinga's party dreaming of becoming opposition leader

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Libya
From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Kenya
Khat fight invigorates Kenyan politics

Kenya
Kenyan foreign ministry faces budgetary constraints

Kenya
Keen to garner votes ahead of 2027 poll, Ruto makes nice with Odinga's entourage

DRC
Félix Tshisekedi boycotts EAC heads of state summit

Kenya
Beijing steps up partnerships with Kenyan academia

Kenya
Ruto speeds up creation of national tea brand

Kenya
Australia's Base Titanium seeks new exploration permits

Kenya
Ruto retakes control of key coffee and tea industry reforms

Spotlight | Djibouti, Kenya
Great powers jostle over east African space ports

Kenya
Mombasa's controversial $8m shanty town rehab contract

Kenya
Government hopes for fresh source of revenue from new carbon trading regulations

Kenya
Gachagua stumbles again in his would-be fiefdom

Kenya, Somaliland
Somaliland lobbies in Nairobi to counter Mogadishu's diplomatic offensive

Kenya
Parliament steps up enquiry into alleged abuses by British Army

Kenya
Russia leveraging universities, sport and religion with Kenya's elite

Kenya
William Ruto orders audit to settle his land dispute

Kenya
Defence agreement: Ball now in Paris's court

Kenya
Kenya Power's $116m anti-blackout plan

Spotlight | Ethiopia, Somalia
Horn of Africa corridor competition intensifies as regional rivalry deepens

Kenya
Deputy in Raila Odinga's party dreaming of becoming opposition leader