Kenya

  • May 7, 2019
  • 2 min read

East African rail links may miss their connections

An ambitious plan for a trans-regional railway is unravelling, as funding shortfalls collide with mounting debt

East Africa
  • Apr 29, 2019
  • 2 min read

East African rail links look ever more distant

Funding issues have persistently undermined plans for an ambitious East African rail network

East Africa
  • Apr 16, 2019
  • 7 min read

Kenya faces Dadaab closure dilemmas

Kenyan authorities want to close the Dadaab refugee complex, but hard realities stand in the way

Kenya
  • Apr 9, 2019
  • 2 min read

Vulnerability deepens East African food crisis risks

Increasingly frequent droughts combine with conflict and market disruptions to heighten the risk of regional food crises

East Africa
  • Mar 27, 2019
  • 2 min read

Kenya’s Somali refugee stance will inflame tensions

Somali refugees in Kenya’s Dadaab refugee camp once again face pressure to return amid political tensions

Kenya
  • Mar 20, 2019
  • 8 min read

Macron broadens French strategy in Africa

France has always seen Africa as a special sphere of influence, but the new administration hopes to expand that sphere

Africa
  • Mar 7, 2019
  • 7 min read

Kenya-Somalia maritime border feud will fester

Oil ambitions are inflaming a long-running border dispute between the East African nations

Kenya
  • Mar 6, 2019
  • 7 min read

New African air carriers will struggle for takeoff

While significant market opportunities exist, new national airlines face political and structural obstacles

Africa