CHAD : N’Djamena calls for French reconnaissance flights along Sudanese border
Chadian president Mahamat Idriss Déby fears that the conflict in Sudan the rearmament and organisation of armed groups hostile to the government from Darfur....
Month : May 2023
BURKINA FASO/MALI : Skygold takeover of Taparko still not a done deal
The Bamako-registered limited company Skygold Resources is hoping to take over the Taparko mine after its offer was accepted by Russia’s Nordgold, but the deal...
CONGO : Sassou invites Brazzaville elite to first lady’s 80th birthday bash
It’s Brazzaville’s VIP event of the year. On Sunday 7 May, the whole of Congolese high society will be making...
ETHIOPIA : Abiy ponders pardon for controversial ex-president of Somali region
The former president of Ethiopia’s Somali region Abdi Mahamud Omar, aka Abdi Ilay, who governed the area between 2010 and...
SUDAN : General al-Burhan dispatches his emissaries on regional diplomatic tour
A crisis unit from Sudan’s foreign ministry consisting of a handful of diplomats selected by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has...
ALGERIA : Ukraine war and drought force Algiers’ hand on French wheat imports
Algeria is in the grip of drought. All the dams and reservoirs used for agricultural irrigation across the country have...
MADAGASCAR : State coffers almost empty in run-up to presidential election
With just six months to go until the presidential election, Madagascar’s state coffers are virtually empty. That was the conclusion...
SENEGAL : Gendarmerie determined to avoid trouble around Sonko appeal
The country’s law enforcement officers are making sure they are prepared for Ousmane Sonko’s defamation appeal hearing, rescheduled for 8...
ANGOLA : Privatisation bonanza for Lourenço’s inner circle
President João Lourenço’s decision to extend the 2019 privatisation programme PROPRIV last month is likely to spell further opportunities for the leaders of the ruling...
EGYPT : Ayman Soliman and Mohamed Amin mastermind sovereign fund’s Gulf strategy
Ayman Soliman appears to have been spending as much time recently flying business class as behind his desk on the 12th floor of an office...
