BOTSWANA/UNITED KINGDOM : Lord Hain takes up case of former president Ian Khama in House of Lords
Former Botswanan president Ian Khama, who has been living in South Africa since November last year, has found an important...
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AFRICA : Palace intrigues: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Alassane Ouattara, Nasser Bourita
Congo – Sassou to holiday in TurkeyDenis Sassou Nguesso plans to travel to Turkey for a fortnight’s holiday on 15...
IVORY COAST/MALI : Mohamed Nientao, political baron in Mali, dabbles in defence in Ivory Coast
Mohamed Sanous Nientao, a native of Mali and director of Geo Security-Power (GSP) in Abidjan, is currently helping reinforce the...
GABON : Pascaline Bongo and Omar Denis Jr Bongo are latest to be charged in ‘ill-gotten gains’ case
The presidential families of Gabon and Congo-Brazzaville, the Bongos and the Sassous respectively, have not yet seen the end of the ‘ill-gotten gains’ case. Africa...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : Bitcoin project splits Touadéra’s entourage
Dominique Strauss-Kahn received a worried visitor in his villa in Marrakech in mid-May. Ali Chaibou, director of the Central African offshoot of the Bank of...
EQUATORIAL GUINEA : Trident bids again for ExxonMobil’s Zafiro as Savannah lies in wait
Jean-Michel Jacoulot has tried his luck one more time. The managing director of Trident Energy, formerly with Perenco, contacted ExxonMobil...
LIBYA : Bachagha counting on powerful allies to help him evict Dabaiba
Elected as prime minister on 10 February by parliamentarians after a deal with the House of Representatives speaker Aguila Salah Issa and Libyan National Army...
NORTH AFRICA/FRANCE : Morocco at epicentre of battle for 9th constituency of French citizens abroad
Rabat is watching with interest – as well as a degree of satisfaction – the start of the race for...
EQUATORIAL GUINEA : Vaalco eyes Chevron and ExxonMobil’s assets
In its latest press release announcing its fourth-quarter 2021 results, Texan firm Vaalco Energy remained intentionally vague about its new...
NAMIBIA : After Shell, Windhoek hopes for double win with TotalEnergies
Shell and its partners on Namibia’s PEL 39 in the Orange Basin got off to a good start this year....
