East & Central Africa
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Sudan / Political Risk
BMI View: The pending arrest warrant for Sudan's President al-Bashir raises the level of security risk in the country, since rebel groups will now be less likely to adhere to the Darfur peace process. However, the African Union is reportedly seeking a suspension of the warrant for 12 months - a move which would reduce the risk of disruption to next year's elections.
2008-07-22Uganda / Political Risk
Recently released police statistics have revealed that the police are struggling with a backlog of 400,000 unresolved cases, accumulated over the past seven years. In 2000, a total...
2008-07-21Congo, Dem. Rep. / Economy
June experienced renewed armed clashes between Congolese government forces and fighters belonging to the Mai-Mai militia group. According to UN sources, the confrontations took place...
2008-07-02Country Risk Rating
Congo, Dem. Rep.
June experienced renewed armed clashes between Congolese government forces and fighters belonging to the Mai-Mai militia group. According to UN sources, the confrontations took place...
2008-07-02Kenya
Private Indian company Essar Oil and Gas has agreed to acquire a 25% stake in Kenya Petroleum Refineries (KPR), which operates Kenya's only oil refinery. The Mombasa refinery,...
2008-07-01Sudan
The parliament of Sudan will on June 29 review a draft election law ahead of polls scheduled for 2009. The law is one of many which must be changed in order to conform with the new...
2008-06-27Tanzania
Tanzania has stepped up its criticism of Zimbabwe, in contrast to its previous support for the country. Foreign Affairs minister Benard Membe stated on June 20 that he had 'evidence'...
2008-06-25Kenya
BMI View: We are fairly upbeat on Kenya's growth prospects over 2008-2017, forecasting annual real GDP growth of 4.6% by 2012 and 3.6% by 2017. Key supporting factors will be its...
2008-07-02Congo, Dem. Rep.
On the back of ongoing increases in commodity prices (in particular metals) and FDI inflows, we have increased our real GDP growth forecasts for 2008 and 2009 to 9.9% and 12.3% respectively...
2008-07-01Kenya
BMI View: Kenya's finance minister, Amos Kimunya, in June delivered the 2008-2009 budget speech, in which he offered an improved public healthcare system. For the financial year...
2008-07-01Uganda
Uganda witnessed its largest annual inflation growth reading in over two years, posting CPI growth of 12.4% y-o-y, up from 11.2% y-o-y the previous month. This reading - the highest...
2008-07-01Sudan
BMI View: The pending arrest warrant for Sudan's President al-Bashir raises the level of security risk in the country, since rebel groups will now be less likely to adhere to the...
2008-07-22Uganda
Recently released police statistics have revealed that the police are struggling with a backlog of 400,000 unresolved cases, accumulated over the past seven years. In 2000, a total...
2008-07-21Uganda
Local press reports suggest that President Yoweri Mesevni is coming under growing opposition from within the governing National Resistance Party (NRM), with a group of older members...
2008-07-01Congo, Dem. Rep.
We maintain our view that the security situation in the eastern parts of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will remain highly unstable during the remainder of 2008. In particular,...
2008-07-01
