MADAGASCAR : Rajoelina cold-shouldered by international lenders over election financing
The discreet request for funds made by the Independent National Electoral Commission (CENI) has so far fallen on deaf ears. The commission, which is chaired...
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ANGOLA : TotalEnergies, AFD and president Macron help Lourenço to keep Angola’s economy stable
Angola, which is home to TotalEnergies’ main subsidiary in terms of production, on level pegging with Nigeria and ahead of Congo, will get special attention...
MOZAMBIQUE : South Africa’s WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts
French energy giant TotalEnergies has subcontracted the South African construction company WBHO to carry out work on the Mozambique LNG...
SAHEL : Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report
Former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou’s report on the international response to the Sahel security crisis will not be ready in...
SENEGAL : Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker
On 5 November 2022, an Antonov An-124 cargo plane from Turkey landed at Dakar’s Blaise-Diagne airport and unloaded a dozen light armoured vehicles, all emblazoned...
SOMALIA : EU tackles Mogadishu’s business climate
The EU delegation in Nairobi has set aside $2m for a contract to improve Somalia’s business environment and attract foreign investors to the Horn of...
IVORY COAST/FRANCE : Ouattara to dine with Macron at Elysée
Dans le cadre de son séjour en France, le président ivoirien rencontrera son homologue à l’Elysée. Les deux hommes doivent se retrouver dans le cadre...
DRC : Doha’s new diplomatic effort to bring Kagame and Tshisekedi together in Qatar
Qatar is expected to host a mediation on the diplomatic crisis between Kinshasa and Kigali on 23 January. This should...
FRANCE/EQUATORIAL GUINEA : Paris attempts to break deadlock in Malabo over luxury mansion
Teodoro Obiang Nguema had been expecting a visit from Christophe Bigot, the French foreign ministry’s top Africa diplomat, for many...
SOUTH SUDAN : Trinity Energy tries once again to revive Upper Nile refinery project
Late last year, Trinity Energy, a firm specialising in trading, transporting, storing and distributing petroleum products that was founded in...
