WEST AFRICA/MOROCCO : OCP plans more fertiliser plants in West Africa
After opening its first fertiliser plant in Nigeria last October, phosphate giant OCP, 95% owned by the Moroccan state, is keen to repeat that success...
Month : May 2023
GABON : Libreville on edge as French investigators examine Santullo affair emails
At the request of the Swiss authorities, for over two months, the financial division of Paris’s judicial court has been...
TANZANIA : AD Ports, Adani and DP World vie for Dar port contract
Around 95% of Tanzania’s foreign trade passes through the port of Dar es Salaam, so it’s no surprise that a...
IVORY COAST : Government steps in to protect cocoa trader Malick Tohé from Olam
The Abidjan authorities have called the Singaporean trading giant Olam to order after it had the bank accounts frozen in...
GUINEA : Simmering tensions result in ousting of army chief Koulibaly
On the evening of 10 May, the decision to appoint General Ibrahima Sory Bangoura as head of the army in...
MOZAMBIQUE : Viability of SADC force in Cabo Delgado in doubt
The Southern African Development Community Mission in Mozambique (SAMIM), the name of the force dispatched to the northern province of Cabo Delgado by the regional...
AFRICA : Modi’s diplomatic drive in Africa
Since Prime Minister Narendra Modi delivered his keynote address to the Ugandan parliament on 26 July 2018, India has significantly increased its diplomatic presence on...
MOROCCO : Bugshan clan gears up to import Lamborghinis
The huge Saudi conglomerate owned by the Bugshan family is consolidating its position in Morocco by adding a prestigious make...
ANGOLA : Lourenço aims to undercut UNITA by redrawing provincial boundaries
João Lourenço’s government should shortly present to parliament a plan to change Angola’s political and administrative structure. The bill containing...
MADAGASCAR : Rajoelina pulls Eiffage off Sahofika dam project
When Andry Rajoelina took office in 2019, he promised to complete the construction of the massive (205 MW hydroelectric dam...
