GUINEA : Rio Tinto hammers out Simandou final deal details with Conakry
Talks on how the Guinean authorities will collaborate with the two consortia involved in the exploitation of the Guinean Simandou...
Month : February 2023
ANGOLA : Manuel Vicente takes Somoil into big league with Lourenco’s backing
Somoil has spent more than $1.2bn on acquisitions in the offshore oil sector since the start of 2022. This has resulted in an exceptional change...
ALGERIA : Candia Algérie beefs up on dairy as Saudi and Qatari rivals move in
The worsening milk supply crisis has forced the Algerian authorities to call on offshore operators. The Algerian group Tchin-Lait (Candia...
MADAGASCAR : Churches in Madagascar enter presidential campaign
In a service on 15 January at the huge Coliseum stadium in Antananarivo, Pastor Zaka Andriamampianina, vice-president of the most...
MOZAMBIQUE/RWANDA : Kigali puts more boots on the ground in Cabo Delgado
Nearly 300 additional soldiers have joined the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) troops already present in Mozambique’s northern province of Cabo...
MALI : Junta leader Assimi Goïta forced to postpone Mali’s constitutional referendum
The leader of Mali’s ruling junta, Assimi Goïta, had committed to 19 March as the date for the constitutional referendum, as...
NIGERIA : Nigerian cement heavyweight Aliko Dangote expands his empire
Nigerian industrialist Aliko Dangote owes his status as Africa’s richest man in part to sugar, fertilisers and flour, but above all to cement and his...
BURUNDI/CONGO : Ndayishimiye heads to Brazzaville for eastern DRC crisis talks
The Burundian president will make an official visit to Congo on 26-27 February at the invitation of his counterpart Denis Sassou Nguesso to discuss the...
DRC : Business and culture on the agenda for Macron in Kinshasa
French President Emmanuel Macron’s official visit to DR Congo will be a busy one on March 4....
LIBYA : African Union calls for national reconciliation conference in Libya
At the 36th summit of the African Union, the High-Level Committee on the Libyan question strongly urged the holding of a national reconciliation conference....
