TUNISIA : EU and G7 ambassadors take step back from Tunis
The level of mistrust between the Tunisian president’s office and Western embassies is growing fast, with contact between ambassadors accredited...
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA : TotalEnergies’ African oil production falters as renewables remain paltry
The 2 percent decline in TotalEnergies’ overall production last year (2.82m barrels of oil equivalent per day) compared to 2020...
NIGERIA : Abuja’s Turkish TB2 drones deal conditional on Washington’s green light
The Nigerian Army’s plans announced last October by the governor of the northwestern Zamfara State Bello Matawalle to acquire Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, have...
NIGERIA : Abuja’s Turkish TB2 drones deal conditionnal on Washington’s green light
The Nigerian Army’s plans announced last October by the governor of the northwestern Zamfara State Bello Matawalle to acquire Turkish Bayraktar TB2 attack drones, have...
SOUTH AFRICA : Mantashe weaponises nuclear regulator NERSA to rebuff Eskom and champion Karpowership
The seven directors and 230 employees of the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA) followed the epilogue of the latest battle with Eskom over...
AFRICA/EGYPT : Abbas Kamel, Sisi’s spymaster and chief diplomat
Egypt hosted the 17th conference of the Committee on Intelligence and Security Services in Africa (CISSA) in Cairo on 12...
MOROCCO : Would-be foreign affairs number two Mounia Boucetta forced to bide time at OCP
By receiving his 19 new ambassadors on 14 December, King Mohammed VI finally cleared the way for the long-awaited renewal of...
LIBYA : New UN election roadmap makes space for Dabaiba and Haftar but not Saif al-Islam Gaddafi
Having only just stepped back into the Libyan crisis, this time as the United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres’ special adviser, Stephanie Williams is now in...
DRC : Kinshasa’s legal team in Dig Oil case takes surprise turn
Two months after filing a surprise appeal in the District Court of Columbia (AI, 28/10/21), DR Congo’s self-proclaimed lawyer William...
MALI : Wagner and junta close to deal to deploy 500 paramilitaries across Mali
A Tupolev Tu-154M continues to fuel speculation in Mali. The plane owned by the Russian Air Force (RuAF) landed on 19 December at 22:08 local...
