KENYA : William Ruto makes his influence felt at Radio Africa Group
Kenyan head of state William Ruto is continuing to try to extend his influence over the country’s media groups. According to sources close to the...
Month : June 2023
LIBYA : EU border assistance mission struggles to reach agreement on new mandate
The European Union Border Assistance Mission (EUBAM) in Libya has not yet had its mandate renewed, with less than a...
ANGOLA : More MPLA associates do well out of privatisation programme
The full list of the 94 companies benefiting from the 2019-2022 privatisation programme is now known, but there is no...
AFRICA : Alassane Ouattara, Patrice Talon and Faustin-Archange Touadera
Ivory Coast: IMF wraps up Ouattara’s 2023 budget The IMF’s $495.4m (302.3bn CFA francs) aid package for Ivory Coast released...
BURKINA FASO : EITI unhappy with Ouagadougou’s implementation of its rules
The international secretariat of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), which is headed by Mark Robinson, is not satisfied with...
DRC : From Kigali to Pretoria, Joseph Kabila’s covert schemes
Out of public life and silent, former DRC president Joseph Kabila is causing concern. Kabila, who was president from 2001 to 2018, is exasperated with...
NIGERIA : Siemens delays deprive former VP Yemi Osinbajo of parting prize
The former vice-president of Nigeria, Yemi Osinbajo, who was replaced on 29 May by Kashim Shettima, failed to win his...
NIGER : China tightens grip on Niger’s oil with Sinopec
Niger could shortly welcome a second Chinese oil major after its oil minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, known as Abba, and...
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC : Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic’s Chinese mining queen
Zhao Baomei shuns publicity, especially if it might damage her business. So in the early hours of the morning of 19 March, the powerful Chinese...
LIBYA : Candidates from west jockey to replace Dabaiba
Candidates vying to take over Abdelhamid Dabaiba’s role as interim prime minister in Tripoli are finding the lack of clarity...
