GHANA : Ghana army kept waiting for UkrSpecSystems drones
Ghana’s armed forces are bearing the consequences of the war in Ukraine. They ordered 10 VTOL drones from UkrSpecSystems for an estimated €15m that have...
Month : November 2022
CHAD : Succès Masra derails Doha-N’Djamena relations
The meeting on 10 November between Qatar’s chargé d’affaires in N’Djamena, Abdul Sattar Saleh al-Ansari, and Chad’s new foreign minister,...
KENYA : Victims of US embassy attack count on Biden-Ruto rapprochement
Once the US midterm elections count reaches an end, Congress will be able to examine a proposed amendment to the...
SOMALIA : Moagadishu’s budgetary headache in face of dual threat of al-Shabaab and drought
The Peace and Security Council (PSC) of the African Union agreed on 11 November during a closed session to Mogadishu’s...
TUNISIA : Ex-president Moncef Marzouki cosies up to Radwan Masmoudi
The former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki, who these days is a lecturer at the prestigious Harvard University, has been developing...
EGYPT : EU allocates €19.5m to supply Egyptian defence ministry
The French parastatal Civipol, which reports to the Ministry of the Interior, plans to issue a tender call in November...
GUINEA BISSAU/SENEGAL : Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans
The Chinese state-owned major CNOOC, operator of AGC Profond in the AGC, a joint maritime development zone between Senegal and...
SENEGAL : Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry
The Senegalese authorities are planning to use the coming 2022-2023 groundnut season as a springboard for the renaissance of the...
AFRICA/ITALY : Giorgia Meloni’s Africa policy
Just weeks after moving into her government offices in the Palazzo Chigi, Italy’s new prime minister Giorgia Meloni flew to join other world leaders at...
ZIMBABWE : Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms
The Zimbabwe Mining Development Corp (ZMDC) – the government-owned entity which manages the state’s mining assets – is at the forefront of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s...
