SOUTH AFRICA : Hurdles hinder launch of Nordwind’s Moscow-Pretoria air route
Despite what South African ambassador to Russia, Mzuvukile Jeff Maqetuka, and Russian Ambassador at Large Oleg Ozerov suggested late January,...
Month : March 2023
NIGER : President Bazoum hunts for electronic eavesdropping technology
The Niger presidency’s technical directorate is scouting for equipment to monitor telecoms services after a cabinet meeting last month decided...
BURKINA FASO : Traoré’s cabinet greenlights mysterious Tambao buyer
Few in the mining industry seem to have heard of Afro Turk, a Turkish-owned company based in the Togolese capital...
ALGERIA/MALI : Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali
The former Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra, got lost in the delicate negotiations over a peace deal for Mali known by its initials APR. The...
TANZANIA : Army supports Suluhu’s military diplomacy drive
To support President Samia Suluhu Hassan’s policies of economic openness, the chief of staff of the Tanzania People’s Defence Forces...
GABON : Ex-Addax temp workers pursue fight over pay
Several Addax Petroleum and Sino Gabon former temporary workers have doubled down on their fight against Sinopec’s two subsidiaries....
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC/CHAD : Mahamat Idriss Déby expected in Bangui to signal grand reconciliation
The Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby, aka Kaka, will pay an official visit to his Central African counterpart Faustin-Archange Touadéra in Bangui this spring to...
ETHIOPIA : Addis lays groundwork for new stock exchange
Addis Ababa wants its stock exchange: The Ethiopian administration is seeking external consultants to assist the newly established Ethiopian Capital Market Authority, tasked with creating...
ALGERIA : DGSE chief meets with Algerian counterpart in Germany
In the utmost secrecy, the heads of France’s DGSE and Algeria’s DGDSE met in Berlin in mid-February, scarcely a week after an earlier meeting was...
ANGOLA : AEG Fuels claims its due from Angolan Air Force
Both the US subsidiary of Angola’s state oil company Sonangol and the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC) are identified as structures to which...
