Comoros

© A woman pushes her luggage at Jomo Kenyatta International airport in Nairobi, Kenya, where arrivals are soon to be visa-free.(Reuters/Thomas Mukoya)

eliminating borders

Kenya plans to scrap visa for all international visitors

President William Ruto says Kenya is considering abolishing any visa requirement for all international travellers.

© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...
© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
© Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin (right). Mandel NGAN and Mikhail Metzel / various sources / AFP

foreign relations

Africa – Ukraine: Behind the scenes of an African mediation attempt South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa, President of Senegal Macky Sall, Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou Nguesso […] and the list goes on. ...

Comoros top stories

© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...
© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
© Boats docked off the coast in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Robert Bociaga)

marine security

Premium badgeFalse flagging: Are vessels using African flags to evade sanctions? African countries like Tanzania, Cameroon, and others have been accused of reflagging Iranian vessels, or false flagging, the practice of re-registeri...

Comoros top stories

© US Secretary of State Antony Blinken delivers remarks at the release of the 2023 Trafficking in Persons Report at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, June 15, 2023. REUTERS

Island time

Premium badgeMauritius, Seychelles, Comoros: US boosts Indian Ocean presence amid rivalry with China The US is riding the tide across the Indian Ocean, opening up embassies in several countries while paying its highest-level visit to Comoros as the is...
© South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s interests.

achieving change

Premium badgeWhat will Africa’s future be within BRICS? South Africa, which holds the rotating presidency of the Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) group, wants to advance the continent’s...
© Boats docked off the coast in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Robert Bociaga)

marine security

Premium badgeFalse flagging: Are vessels using African flags to evade sanctions? African countries like Tanzania, Cameroon, and others have been accused of reflagging Iranian vessels, or false flagging, the practice of re-registeri...

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© Boats docked off the coast in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. (Robert Bociaga)

marine security

Premium badgeFalse flagging: Are vessels using African flags to evade sanctions? African countries like Tanzania, Cameroon, and others have been accused of reflagging Iranian vessels, or false flagging, the practice of re-registeri...
© Elias M. Magosi, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Photo: Supplied

‘enough talking’

Premium badge‘Developed countries have to make good on promises’, says SADC’s Magosi As the African Union (AU) summit wrapped up last week in Addis Ababa, I sat down with Elias M. Magosi, the Executive Secretary of the Southern African...
© Comoros President Azali Assoumani poses for a photo session during the fifth edition of the Paris Peace Forum, on November 11, 2022 in Paris. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

Different strokes

Premium badgeAfrican Union: Comoros leadership puts island nations’ priorities on the agenda The expected takeover of the African Union chairmanship by Comoros later this month will put an island nation in the driver’s seat for the first time ...
Comoros President Azali Assoumani speaks to The Africa Report in Washington, DC on Dec. 13, 2022 / Office of the President

Behind the scenes

Premium badgeBattle for African Union leadership plays out at US-Africa Summit A battle for the leadership of the African Union (AU) is playing out behind the scenes this week at the US-Africa summit in Washington.
COMOROS-FM-CHINA-WANG YI-TALKS © Chinese State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi holds talks with Comorian Foreign Minister Dhoihir Dhoulkamal in Moroni, Comoros, Jan. 6, 2022. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)

development agenda

East Africa: Was China’s foreign minister’s visit a success or failure? Last week, China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi concluded his tour of Eritrea, Kenya and Comoros – part of a 31-year-old tradition of Chinese foreign mini...
Kenya Pandora Papers

box is open

Premium badgePandora papers: From Congo to Zimbabwe, the implicated African leaders The Pandora Papers, the latest offshore leak investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), has implicated many Af...