SOUTH AFRICA : ANC pessimistic about 2024 despite Ramaphosa’s re-election
The delight on the “top 7” faces of the African National Congress (ANC) as they celebrated their election on the...
Month : December 2022
MALI : Northern Mali: the junta’s secret dealings with jihadists and local kingpins
The junta is continuing to lose ground in the north. Neither the Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa), the regular army, nor their mercenary allies from the...
BOTSWANA/NAMIBIA : Canadian junior ReconAfrica falls from grace
Canadian junior ReconAfrica has seen better days. Following its announcement in early November that its third exploration well, Makandina 8-2...
MALI : Junta abandons north to jihadists and drug traffickers
The junta is continuing to lose ground in the north. Neither the Forces Armées Maliennes (FAMa), the regular army, nor their mercenary allies from the...
ANGOLA : Acrep looks to operate local Angolan block
The onshore Cabinda South block in Angola, currently operated by the Argentinian firm Pluspetrol, may soon change ownership. Angolan junior...
NIGER : Niger and CNPC set to clinch Agadem pipeline deal
The latest round of talks between Niger’s oil minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, aka Abba, and China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC)...
SOUTH AFRICA : Eskom faces another turbulent year after CEO resignation
Eskom, which supplies 90% of South Africa’s electricity, has been in turmoil for many years and there are few signs of a happy future any...
TUNISIA : The growing rift between Kaïs Saïed and the Tunisian Central Bank
The fact that Marouane Abassi, Governor of the Banque centrale de Tunisie (BCT), was not part of the small delegation...
AFRICA : The New Guard: Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa
Guinea: Louis Camara, a miner taking on the oil sectorMore than five years after creating Kamsar Petroleum (KP), Louis Camara,...
MALI : Aid workers seek solution after Mali junta bans French-backed groups
To discuss the uncertain fate of associations and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) based in Mali, development workers from all European associations...
