GUINEA : ECOWAS leaders again push for release of Guinea ministers jailed after coup
The fate of 46 Ivorian soldiers imprisoned since July in Bamako was the central issue at the 62nd ordinary session...
Month : December 2022
TOGO : Togo secretly takes delivery of three Russian Mi-35 helicopters
In great secrecy, Togo took delivery of three Mil Mi-35 combat helicopters in early November. The Russian-built aircraft, which came...
MADAGASCAR : Ex-presidents Rajaonarimampianina and Ravalomanana hatch anti-Rajoelina alliance
A deal to try to defeat President Andry Rajoelina in next year’s elections is being drawn up by Marc Ravalomanana, the leader of the Tiako...
LIBYA : Stephanie Williams keeps an eye on Libya
Since Stephanie Williams stepped down as a special adviser on Libya to United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres earlier this...
SOUTH AFRICA : TotalEnergies and offshore majors keep a close eye on the political crisis
The threat of impeachment hanging over South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, after the publication of a report implicating him in...
NIGERIA : NNPC moves in after Seplat fails to buy ExxonMobil blocks
There’s ever a dull moment at ExxonMobil. It has decided to bring a commercial director onto the team at its Lagos...
EGYPT : Army and intelligence generals reign over Sisi’s museum projects
The ancient pyramids of Giza loom over a huge building of concrete and glass. Beyond, lies a vast expanse of stony desert. The structure is...
UNITED STATES : Biden’s tricky US-Africa summit balancing act
Would it really have been possible to get African heads of state to cross the Atlantic without the promise of...
CONGO/FRANCE/GABON : Sassou to meet Macron in Paris on 17 December
The French presidential palace is to host Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso on 17 December, on his return from the US-Africa summit in Washington, for...
ETHIOPIA : Abiy’s ambassadors gather four months late in Addis
The annual conference of Ethiopian ambassadors will take place in Addis Ababa in mid-December, four months late, as Abiy embarks on a diplomatic campaign following...
