Locusts wreak havoc on East African agriculture
According to the World Bank, the current locust infestation will cost East Africa and Yemen $8.5bn this year.…
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Kenyan agribusiness fears the worst from locust invasion
Although damage from Kenya’s locust plague has so far been limited, many farmers are worried about its potential effects on the next harvest.…
Doraleh Port targets new era of expansion
In February 2018 Djibouti terminated its contract with Dubai’s DP World and set up a public company – Société de Gestion du Terminal à Conteneurs de Doraleh (SGTD) – to run Doraleh Container Port.…
Indian Ocean oil and gas: Africa’s next energy frontier
There have been substantial discoveries of oil and gas in East Africa and the Indian Ocean in the last decade, but the full potential of the region has yet to be realised, as Tom Collins reports.…
UAE enrages Mogadishu over breakaway Somaliland
The UAE’s pursuit of strategic and economic opportunities in the breakaway region of Somaliland have led to a rupture in its formerly cordial relations with Somalia.…
How can Somalia avoid the ‘resource curse’?
The discovery of oil could bring great wealth to Somalia, but the country’s leaders will need to act wisely in order to ensure the benefits outweigh the downsides, writes Hakim Abdi.…
Somaliland calls for talks with Somalia
Somaliland wants to reopen talks with the newly elected government of Somalia on security, economic cooperation and development, according to the autonomous region’s foreign minister.…
Is Somali piracy set to become a threat again?
Until April, the Al Kausar was just one of thousands of anonymous dhows plying the ancient maritime route between the bazaars of the Persian Gulf and the merchants of the East African coast.…
Ethiopian withdrawal poses questions for future of Somalia
Ethiopian troops previously assisting the internationally funded African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) were suddenly withdrawn to Ethiopia a few days after the Ethiopian government declared a six-month emergency in early October. …
Horn of Africa: Premiership football and khat unify region
They make an odd pair, the Premiership and the khat plant, and yet the two have a similar impact in the Horn of Africa.…