NIGER : Legal uncertainty surrounding diaspora MPs’ election
The special by-elections for the five MPs from the diaspora have still not been organised, more than two years after...
Month : January 2023
MOZAMBIQUE : ExxonMobil and ENI shareholders clash over Coral plans
Develop onshore or offshore? The operators of the Mozambican Area 4, ExxonMobil and ENI, are still undecided. A few weeks after launching the first floating...
ALGERIA : Cevital aims to resume sugar exports to Europe
When the European Union’s ambassador in Algiers, Thomas Eckert, went to Béjaia on 23 January to attend the European Film Days in Algeria...
MADAGASCAR : Madagascar’s inertia and French law scupper east Mozambique Channel exploration
Ampasindava, Grand Prix, Manja, Juan de Nova : those are some of the oil permits located east of the Mozambique...
SENEGAL : Opposition leader Sonko’s team tasked with enhancing his image abroad
An interview Ousmane Sonko gave jointly to the French media RFI and France 24 on 6 January gave a foretaste...
IVORY COAST : Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader
From his childhood in the antechambers of power, politics and business, Loïc Folloroux learned to be discreet. Today, at the age of 47, the businessman...
GABON : Final throw of legal dice over Grand Marché de Libreville
In the coming months there will be an epilogue to the dispute over the Grand marché de Libreville between the Malta-based firm Webcor ITP and...
CONGO : Sassou raises retirement age for his generals
Via two decrees signed in late 2022, Congo’s president Denis Sassou Nguesso has extended the tenure of generals who have reached the official retirement age...
MOROCCO : New EU visit to Rabat in midst of Moroccogate
Just three weeks after the visit of the European Union’s top diplomat Josep Borrell, the European neighbourhood and enlargement commissioner, Oliver Varhelyi, is due in...
WEST AFRICA : African leaders plan trip to Kyiv and Moscow
A handful of African heads of state are planning a joint visit to Moscow and Kyiv to meet Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky. Details could...
