March 02, 2021
East Africa: NGOs' Pressure On Banks Threatens $3.5bn Pipeline Project Financing
The East African Crude Oil Pipeline (Eacop) project took a new twist on Monday when 263 non-governmental organisations sought to persuade at least 25 banks listed as potential… Read more »
May 19, 2020
Kenya: Container Traffic on the Decline at Mombasa Port
The Port of Mombasa recorded a 2.1 per cent decline in container traffic in the first quarter of this year compared with the same period last year. This casts doubts on the goal of… Read more »
September 17, 2018
Tanzania: Tanzania Cites Bias As It Changes Laws Governing Arbitration
Tanzania has moved to ensure that investor disputes are resolved locally after Attorney General Adelardus Kilangi pushed through parliament the Public Private Partnership… Read more »
August 25, 2018
East Africa: Tanzania, Uganda Sign Gas Pipeline Deal
Tanzania and Uganda have signed an agreement for the construction a natural gas pipeline. Read more »
September 06, 2015
Uganda: EAC Secretariat Backs Uganda On Sugar and Rice Trade Disputes
Uganda has received the support of the East African Community Secretariat in its sugar and rice trade disputes with Kenya and Tanzania respectively. The Secretariat said the… Read more »
August 30, 2015
East Africa: Exit Kenya's Sugar, Enter Tanzania Rice - Kampala's New Trade War
Even as recent trade wars in the East African Community have mostly featured Kenya and Uganda over sugar exports, Kampala has for the past two months been locked in a dispute with… Read more »
April 07, 2008
Tanzania: MPs Demand Review of Union Revenue-Sharing
The dispute over the sharing of revenue between Zanzibar and Tanzania mainland has erupted again with some Members of Parliament calling for a review of the existing arrangement. Read more »
December 12, 2006
East Africa: Now Oil-Rich Country to Join Comesa FTA
Oil-rich Libya is to become the second North African country after Egypt to join the Free Trade Area of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa). The implication… Read more »
April 04, 2006
Uganda: Govt to Use DDT Despite EU Concerns
Uganda will proceed with the use of the pesticide DDT to control malaria, despite threats by the European Union that it could lead to its agricultural exports being locked out. Read more »
November 30, 2005
Africa: Continent's Finance Ministers Call for More Debt Relief
On the debt issue, the ministers lamented that multilateral initiatives have not led to 100 per cent cancellation of debt for most African countries Read more »