WEST AFRICA : MTN to downsize in Africa in 2023
Telecomms giant MTN has mandated the South African bank Absa for the sale of some of its smaller operations in Africa. The financial services company...
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GUINEA : Bpifrance set to finalise Eiffage’s €200m hospital contract
The state-owned French investment bank Bpifrance is working on the final details of a €198m contract that construction firm Eiffage won last month to build...
UNITED STATES/SUDAN : Robert B. Crowe, Sudan’s lobbyist in Washington
The US law firm RB Crowe signed a two-year lobbying contract with the Anglo-Sudanese company Barkal on 15 December. Lawyer...
ALGERIA : Bettahar Boudjellal, the discreet guardian of Qatar’s secrets
The labyrinthine investigation involving Qatar and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) football club has now taken on an Algerian dimension. In late...
MADAGASCAR : Base Resources presses Rajoelina for green light to mine Toliara Sands
When Tim Carstens, the managing director of Australian mining firm Base Resources, discreetly met with Madagascan president Andry Rajoelina mid-October,...
DRC : Foreign private military contractors flood into North Kivu
For several weeks, rumours have run wild about Russian paramilitaries from Wagner allegedly being present in the eastern DRC city of Goma, and influential social...
ALGERIA : Cevital’s tourist mega-complex finally given green light
After a lengthy court battle, Algeria’s leading agri-food and industrial conglomerate Cevital has finally secured permission to resume works on...
SOUTH AFRICA : Mashatile manoeuvres to succeed Ramaphosa
The latest stage of his potential rise to the top is complete, but it was a close call. Party treasurer...
GUINEA : Junta helps Barry Angola to jettison his Emirati bauxite partner
Businessman Thierno Madiou Barry, otherwise known as Barry Angola, is in the good books of Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya’s junta, despite...
ALGERIA/MOROCCO/PALESTINE : Morocco and Algeria exploit Palestinian question to bolster support at home
The rivalry between Algeria and Morocco has spilled over into their respective relations with Palestine in recent months. The subject has come up regularly on...
