Vol 59 No 9 | ETHIOPIAMOROCCO Who wants to see a billionaire? 4th May 2018 Viewed from the Casablanca commercial courtroom where the bankruptcy and mothballing of his Société Anonyme Marocaine de l'Industrie du Raffinage (Samir) refinery company has been disputed since...
Vol 59 No 8 | KENYA Believe the handshake 20th April 2018 President Uhuru Kenyatta was affable good humour personified on 17 April when he nipped across London's Mayfair from the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting to the Chatham House...
Vol 59 No 8 | ETHIOPIA Abiy goes goodwill hunting 20th April 2018 After two weeks in office, new Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has produced little policy detail, let alone tangible achievements, but the choice of destinations to launch his premiership...
Vol 59 No 7 | SOUTH SUDAN Salva's bunker mentality 6th April 2018 A reshuffle has seen the President promote his kinsmen to shore up his position, but that narrows his base and could weaken him further President Salva Kiir Mayardit has tightened his control over key finance and security posts by appointing loyalists from his home region. In March, Salva sacked Stephen Dhieu Dau...
Vol 59 No 7 | ETHIOPIA Abiy makes a promising start 6th April 2018 Expectations are high that the youthful new Oromo Prime Minister can be a unifying force. He's even trying to reconcile with Eritrea The ruling party took a promising step towards greater stability when it elected Abiy Ahmed, the head of its Oromia wing, as its new Chairperson and Prime Minister...
Vol 59 No 7 | SOMALIA Funds for all the family 6th April 2018 Parliament is at odds with the executive. Cash is coursing through the chamber as proxies of foreign states fight for supremacy Until mid-February, Mogadishu's parliament had been in recess while the government went about its business. So controversial was the business that Prime Minister Hassan Ali Khaire had...
Vol 59 No 7 | TANZANIA Enemies without and within 27th March 2018 The President’s authoritarian measures are meeting increasing resistance, but he is set on his course and has made ugly threats against dissenters Half-way through his first term, President John Pombe Magufuli is under pressure. Facing a mainstream political threat from the opposition Chama cha Demokrasia na Maendeleo (Chadema), civil society...
Vol 59 No 6 | KENYA Raila beats rivals to a new deal 23rd March 2018 The opposition is in disarray after its erstwhile leader signs a surprise agreement with President Kenyatta It was the most ambiguous of handshakes, despite the claims that President Uhuru Kenyatta and the opposition leader Raila Odinga's meeting on 9 March – after months of... READ FOR FREE
Vol 59 No 6 | SOUTH SUDAN Cash pipeline set to flow 23rd March 2018 An influx of cash is expected now that debts to Khartoum are almost clear. Arms and oilfield security will have first call on the money Oil money will soon begin flowing into South Sudan's coffers once more as the clearance of all its arrears to Khartoum approaches. Juba is due to wipe out...
Vol 59 No 6 | SOMALIA Mogadishu fires broadside at UAE 15th March 2018 The government's expulsion of an important Gulf company is the latest example of growing commercial and security rivalries in the Horn The vote by Somalia's parliament on 12 March to expel the state-owned United Arab Emirates company DP World in protest against its $442 million deal to build a...