GUINEA : ECOWAS mediator Thomas Boni Yayi returns to Conakry
Former Beninese president Thomas Boni Yayi, who is mediating in Guinea on behalf of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), will be in...
Month : June 2023
SENEGAL : Lawyer Brice Nzamba talks Senegalese politics in French Senate
L’avocat franco-congolais Brice Nzamba organisera un séminaire sur l’alternance démocratique au Sénégal. Prévu pour le 17 juin, il doit se tenir au Sénat....
KENYA : Ruto drags his feet over issuing new mining permits
As they prepare for Kenya Mining Week in mid-July, the leading mining firms affiliated to the Kenya Chamber of Mines...
SENEGAL : Woodside racing against clock to launch Sangomar
Sometime during the first quarter of 2024 – this is the date that Australian firm Woodside Energy is still reluctant...
MOZAMBIQUE : Cabo Delgado LNG impact report troubles ExxonMobil and partners
A report published on 23 May (AI, 23/05/23) by former the French ambassador and writer Jean-Christophe Rufin on the socio-economic, humanitarian and human rights situation...
LIBYA : NOC boss Bengdara appoints Haftar loyalists to run subsidiaries
With revenues of 105.5bn dinars ($21bn) last year, the National Oil Company (NOC) is by far the Libyan state’s main source of finance. Its chairman...
EGYPT : Gamal Metwally set to be appointed Ankara ambassador
The presidential decree appointing Gamal Metwally to his new job in the Turkish capital could be signed in the coming...
LIBYA : Confidential EY report uncovers Libyan Investment Authority shortcomings
The findings of a report dated 22 May by the financial auditor EY on the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA) are...
NIGERIA : Friends of Nigeria nurtures closer ties between Paris and Abuja
The annual breakfast of the Friends of Nigeria (FON) was held in early June in a small room on the...
SENEGAL : Macky Sall’s unofficial crisis-management team
Over the past few weeks, President Macky Sall’s residence has come to resemble a military HQ, with officers in uniform swarming across the pink courtyard...
