AFRICA : Félix Tshisekedi, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Faure Gnassingbé, Alassane Ouattara
DRC: Tshisekedi’s mysteriously large salaryA Court of Audit report dated October 2022 provides insight into President Félix Tshisekedi’s pay package....
Month : February 2023
SENEGAL : Anti-corruption agency plunged into uncertainty by arrival of new boss
A plan to boost the powers of OFNAC, Senegal’s main anti-corruption agency, was delivered more than six months ago to...
IVORY COAST : Ahead of polls, Ouattara moves to shore up his base
The event promises to be historic. On 8 February, Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara is set to meet his two predecessors, Laurent Gbagbo and Henri Konan...
EGYPT : Government struggles to produce its green hydrogen development strategy
No less than five ministries and public bodies are currently working on Egypt’s future green hydrogen strategy, which will provide...
SOUTH AFRICA : Pencil Club wins over Durban’s business elite
The small world of Durban’s showbiz gathered on the 23rd floor of the tallest building in Umhlanga, the upper crust...
FRANCE/SENEGAL : Senegal opposition party PASTEF’s links with French far left
In the midst of a campaign to boost the image of Ousmane Sonko internationally (AI, 30/01/23), his Patriotes Africains du...
IVORY COAST/FRANCE : Veolia loses water deal to local Ivorian firm Sodeci
The year has barely begun but has already gone badly for Veolia’s Africa team. The French firm was notified in...
NIGERIA : How kidnapping became an industry in Nigeria’s wild northwest
Since Muhammadu Buhari became Nigeria’s president in 2015, the kidnapping industry has become more structured in northern Nigeria. In the northwestern states, highway bandits now...
NIGER : Orano envisages controversial cost-cutting measures at Imouraren
On hold since 2015 (AI, 18/02/15), the Imouraren mining project 80 km north of Arlit remains stalled. Orano is now...
LIBYA : UNSMIL head Abdoulaye Bathily to address UN Security Council
Abdoulaye Bathily, the head of the United Nations mission in Libya (UNSMIL), is due to visit UN headquarters in New York in mid-February. On the...
