BENIN : Cotonou looks to both Paris and Moscow for army helicopters
Under the supervision of General Bertin Bada, President Patrice Talon’s military chief of staff, the Forces armées béninoises (FAB) are...
Month : March 2023
KENYA : Ruto turns to Taifa Gas to scupper Odinga’s gas business
The proposal came from the government: the administration of Kenyan president William Ruto has asked Tanzanian billionaire Rostam Aziz to invest in a domestic cooking...
BOTSWANA : Diamond trader HB Antwerp positions itself in Gaborone as alternative to De Beers
HB Antwerp is planning a grand opening ceremony for its precious stone cutting and polishing factory in Gaborone’s Diamond Technology...
AFRICA : Burkina Faso, Kenya, DRCongo
Burkina Faso: Roland Yago, the financier ranking West African banks The 31-year-old Burkinabe entrepreneur Roland Yago claims the firm he...
AFRICA : Afreximbank, the ‘oil companies’ bank’, refuses to give up on black gold
Afreximbank, long an unwavering backer of African hydrocarbon projects, (AI, 17/08/22), will soon no longer be among the handful of...
ANGOLA/DRC : Kinshasa still soft-pedalling on contentious oil blocks run by Angola despite $78bn loss
Losses caused by Angolan oil exploitation between 2009 and 2021 in maritime areas to which DR Congo could lay claim before an international court are...
AFRICA : Denis Sassou Nguesso, Kais Saied, Mamady Doumbouya, François Beya
Congo: Macron’s embarrassing handshake at presidential palace Denis Sassou Nguesso’s closest collaborators flocked to the Palais du Peuple for Emmanuel...
NIGERIA : ENI’s hopes for smooth ride at ICSID over OPL 245 dashed by new stakeholders
Although it failed in its bid for recognition as a plaintiff in ENI’s dispute with Abuja over block OPL 245,...
GUINEA/SENEGAL : Alpha Condé’s last defenders are working for him in Dakar and Conakry
From his place of exile in Turkey, former Guinean president Alpha Condé is relying on strong allies to enable him to...
MOROCCO : Rabat-Paris ties frostier than ever
France’s ambassador to Morocco, Christophe Lecourtier, returned from a few days of home leave in March to a distinctly chilly Rabat. There may not have...
