Tag Archives: East Africa

Sudan: Al-Burhan receives a phone call from the US Secretary of State

[ad_1] Khartoum – The president of the Transitional Sovereignty Council, Lieutenant General Abdul-Fattah Al-Burhan, received a phone call from US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday evening. In the phone call, Al-Burhan and Pompeo discussed bilateral relations between Sudan and the United States and ways to strengthen them, as …

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Ethiopia expels Crisis Group senior analyst

[ad_1] On November 21, the Ethiopian government deported William Davison, senior analyst for Ethiopia at Crisis Group. No formal reason was immediately provided, but his expulsion is undoubtedly linked to the severe conflict in Tigray and the growing sensitivity to unofficial views. On November 20, immigration officials in Addis Ababa …

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Somalia: a Kenyan official offers visa on arrival for Somalis

[ad_1] Chief Foreign Secretary Macharia Kamau said there are major untapped business opportunities between Kenya and Somalia. He cited tourism, which he said remains heavily untapped, noting that Kenya currently receives 32,268 tourists from Somalia each year. He said the number can be tripled if visa protocols are enforced and …

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