Why a single remark about future wars rippled through East Africa and what lies beneath the rhetoric COVER STORY | RONALD MUSOKE | When President Yoweri Museveni warned recently that future wars might erupt over access to the sea, the remark raced through East Africa’s political bloodstream with that familiar cocktail …
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An Indian port operator’s investment in Tanzania’s Dar es Salaam port is the latest evidence of growing competition among global investors for a foothold in Africa’s port sector, highlighting Africa’s emergence as a player in global trade. SPECIAL REPORT | BIRD AGENCY | Indian multinational port operator Adani announced early …
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Gulf of Guinea, Nigeria | AFP | A Nigerian navy speedboat loaded with special forces troops skims across the waves towards a suspect vessel in the Gulf of Guinea. Guns ready, black-clad officers clamber up a rope ladder and fan out across the decks, looking for pirates believed to have taken …
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Beijing, China | AFP | China has expressed “firm opposition” to remarks made by US Pentagon chief Jim Mattis during a regional defence summit over the weekend, after he criticised Beijing’s “militarisation” of the South China Sea. Washington has repeatedly expressed concerns that China’s development of artificial islands in the …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
