Somaliland

© Rising Internet penetration is expected to lead to growth in Ethiopia’s digital economy. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Digital Lift-Off

Premium badgeEthiopia: Chapa fintech to start SME lending, eyes Djibouti, Somalia

Ethiopian fintech Chapa is partnering with local banks to offer loans for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), CEO Nael Hailemariam tells The Af...

Uganda Islamic Militant © File photo of rebel leader of the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Jamil Mukulu, center, is escorted by prison wardens, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said)

Rebel regneration

Premium badgeUganda: Why has ADF outlasted other rebels fighting Museveni? When Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took power in 1986 after a five-year guerilla war, other rebel groups quickly sprung up in the hope of ...
© The city of Las Anod in Somaliland, in calmer times. (Caanood, Wikimedia Commons)

Bitter borders

Premium badgeSomaliland: Violence in Las Anod – a tug of war between states In Las Anod, located in self-declared entity of Somaliland, an autonomous area of Somalia, at least 70 people have been killed, more than 360 injured ...
© Somaliland Foreign Minister Essa Keyd sits down with The Africa Report on the sidelines of the 2023 African Union. (Somaliland Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Abundant oil

Premium badgeSomaliland: Foreign Minister Essa Kayd bets on oil Somaliland is betting on oil after the discovery of “abundant” reserves was confirmed last month, the self-declared republic’s Foreign Minister tells ...

Somaliland top stories

© Rising Internet penetration is expected to lead to growth in Ethiopia’s digital economy. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Digital Lift-Off

Premium badgeEthiopia: Chapa fintech to start SME lending, eyes Djibouti, Somalia Ethiopian fintech Chapa is partnering with local banks to offer loans for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), CEO Nael Hailemariam tells The Af...
Uganda Islamic Militant © File photo of rebel leader of the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Jamil Mukulu, center, is escorted by prison wardens, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said)

Rebel regneration

Premium badgeUganda: Why has ADF outlasted other rebels fighting Museveni? When Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took power in 1986 after a five-year guerilla war, other rebel groups quickly sprung up in the hope of ...
© The city of Las Anod in Somaliland, in calmer times. (Caanood, Wikimedia Commons)

Bitter borders

Premium badgeSomaliland: Violence in Las Anod – a tug of war between states In Las Anod, located in self-declared entity of Somaliland, an autonomous area of Somalia, at least 70 people have been killed, more than 360 injured ...

Somaliland top stories

© Rising Internet penetration is expected to lead to growth in Ethiopia’s digital economy. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

Digital Lift-Off

Premium badgeEthiopia: Chapa fintech to start SME lending, eyes Djibouti, Somalia Ethiopian fintech Chapa is partnering with local banks to offer loans for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), CEO Nael Hailemariam tells The Af...
Uganda Islamic Militant © File photo of rebel leader of the Ugandan Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), Jamil Mukulu, center, is escorted by prison wardens, 2015. (AP Photo/Khalfan Said)

Rebel regneration

Premium badgeUganda: Why has ADF outlasted other rebels fighting Museveni? When Uganda’s President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni took power in 1986 after a five-year guerilla war, other rebel groups quickly sprung up in the hope of ...
© The city of Las Anod in Somaliland, in calmer times. (Caanood, Wikimedia Commons)

Bitter borders

Premium badgeSomaliland: Violence in Las Anod – a tug of war between states In Las Anod, located in self-declared entity of Somaliland, an autonomous area of Somalia, at least 70 people have been killed, more than 360 injured ...

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