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Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2018

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PROSPECTS 2018

Prospects for East Africa and the Great Lakes in 2018.

Closer Rwanda-Tanzania ties may confer mutual benefit

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RWANDA/TANZANIA

The planned railway is the latest development in warming relations between Tanzania and Rwanda. Increasing ties could pave the way for a larger Tanzanian role in the region while…

Post-Cotonou agreement will challenge African states

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AFRICA/EU

The treaty includes joint commitments to improving human rights and gender equality. Perhaps more notably, it also implicitly crystallises the EU’s commitment to implementation of…

External factors will shape Uganda's near-term growth

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UGANDA

Ugandan economic outlook.

Uganda’s pipeline plans face stiff opposition

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UGANDA

Since the project was announced in 2020, it has faced sustained international scrutiny and growing criticism, which in turn have created questions about the project’s financing.

Economic goals will deepen Kenyan-Tanzanian divide

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TANZANIA/KENYA

Outlook for Kenyan-Tanzanian relations.

Rwanda will prioritise regional issues

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RWANDA

Rwandan foreign relations.

Egypt will take a hands-off approach to African Union

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EGYPT

This could provide an opportunity to strengthen political, economic and cultural ties with African countries. It also raises questions about the trajectory of ongoing efforts to…

COVID-19 will test East African unity

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EAST AFRICA

However, it also faces a crisis moment as the COVID-19 pandemic tests regional bonds, exposes the bloc’s weaknesses and threatens to spill over into a wider regional political…

G20 framework promises to ease Africa’s debt woes

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AFRICA

Chinese creditors now look set to waive debt payments due between May 2020 and June 2021, when the G20's Debt Service Suspension Initiative (DSSI) currently expires, although…