ANGOLA/RWANDA : Extradition deal cements Kagame and Lourenço’s strategic alliance
The Rwandan embassy in Angola will soon have a new boss. Major General Charles Karamba is about to take the helm there after several years...
Month : May 2023
ANGOLA : External Relations Minister Tete António appoints key staff
Angola’s foreign service posted around thirty new ambassadors in March and April (AI, 16/03/23) and then had to replace the...
AFRICA : Alassane Ouattara, Paul Biya, Kemi Seba and Nathalie Yamb
Ivory Coast: Ouattara to holiday in French Mougins residenceThe Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara is expected to fly out to France...
AFRICA/ETHIOPIA : AU seeks to placate Addis after audit finds Ethiopian officials not up to scratch
The Skills Audit and Competency Assessment (SACA), launched last year (AI, 26/10/22), has just been completed. The audit, commissioned from accounting...
WEST AFRICA : Paris mulls drastic reduction of French troops in Africa
Alongside the war in Ukraine, the question of France’s military presence in Africa is a top priority for Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu. He is working...
EGYPT : Sudan war deals fresh blow to struggling Egyptian economy
Egypt is already burdened by its foreign debt and risks defaulting on its payments. The outbreak of war in Sudan...
LIBYA : Emirati ADNOC gets into Ghadames basin game
Libyan National Oil Corp (NOC) began negotiating with three major oil companies over the development and exploration of the oil...
IVORY COAST : Ivorian employers’ chief Ahmed Cissé takes over chair of former BNP Paribas subsidiary BICICI
Ivorian businessman Ahmed Cissé, who runs the real estate company Brandon & Mcain, was elected chairman of the board of...
BOTSWANA : President Masisi stifles debate on diamond renegotiations
Gaborone is increasingly upping its tone against those who are critical of its choice to partner with Belgian diamond trader...
AFRICA : The African secrets of wealth management firm Helin International
The Iranian Hedayatollah Bakhtari Musa orchestrates financial circuits and oil shipments between the United Arab Emirates, Ukraine and Tanzania. He is careful to avoid the...
