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Abiy disarms regional forces and riles his old backers

Having fought as allies during the war with Tigray, federal forces are now clashing with Amhara nationalists

Growing local suspicions of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's ties with Tigray and Oromo nationalists have coalesced into a mutiny against the federal government's efforts to rein in the...


Abiy tries to exploit Orthodox schism

Many Copts see the government's hand in the split of Oromo priests from the mainstream Church. But the Church’s Amhara leaders are fighting back

A religious division that threatened to deepen the ethno-nationalist conflicts already threatening the federation began in January and has been waxing and waning, with more arrests and protests...


The art of a deal

Kenya expects to complete a trade deal with the United States by the end of this year, the first bilateral pact inked by President Joe Biden's administration, say...


Risks of Las Anod lull

The crisis in Las Anod has entered its fourth month with a bigger cast of actors than before but with prospects for resolution still uncertain. International pressure on...


Muhoozi sticks his neck out

The President's son's demands to succeed his father are testing the unity of the ruling party – and the first family

General Muhoozi Kainerugaba has upped the stakes yet again in his 'tweet and delete' campaign to succeed his father as president, causing ructions in ruling circles.


Ruto gets the freight train blues

The Mombasa-Nairobi trains are full, but repaying the debts on the loss-making railway is stretching the state treasury

Many see the new Standard Gauge Railway from the capital to the coast as a disaster for public finances but that has not stopped Kenyans from enthusiastically using...


Rot at savings fund exposed

A parliamentary committee has demanded a minister resign and other officials be sacked after an internal dispute spilled into the open

A parliamentary select committee has demanded the resignation of Betty Amongi, Minister of Gender, Labour, and Social Development, over her attempted interference in the management of the National...


Mogadishu weighs the ups and downs of its anti-jihadist fight

Despite marked successes in its war against Al Shabaab, the government's campaign has been weakened by the regional authorities' competing priorities

While the combined offensives against Al Shabaab in Hirshabelle and Galmudug have been drawing attention, the Federal Member States (FMS) and the Somali Federal Government (SFG) gathered for...


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