NIGERIA : US lobbying firm Ballard Partners hires ex-minister with ties to Tinubu
Ex-Minister of Culture and Information, Lai Mohammed, did not take long to find a new job. He was freed of...
Month : June 2023
SOUTH AFRICA : State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists
The small town of Mossel Bay clings to the N2 road linking Cape Town to Port Elizabeth and slopes down towards the ocean. The tourist...
CAMEROON/DRC/GABON : Eramet rethinks its African mining strategy
Under the leadership of Loïse Tamalgo, its Burkinabe director for Africa based in Libreville, Eramet has been adjusting its plans...
DRC : MONUSCO withdrawal plan remains unclear
The Democratic Republic of Congo has reaffirmed its wish to see the United Nations mission in the DRC (MONUSCO) begin its withdrawal on 1 January...
NORTH AFRICA : Top French military college gears up for annual Africa forum
The Paris-based Institut des Hautes Etudes de Défense Nationale (IHEDN) will hold the 23rd Forum de l’IHEDN sur le Continent Africain (FICA) from 26 June...
SAHEL : Euro-Sahel prospects for security projects
The Euro-Sahel association is working on the creation of a coastguard unit on the Senegal River, to improve monitoring of smuggling and illegal immigration routes....
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE : Trovoada pays official visits to US and Brazil
After a short stay in Abidjan, where he took part in the Africa CEO Forum on 5 and 6 June,...
KENYA : Critically short-staffed KRA seeks urgent treasury lifeline
The ailing state of the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) is complicating President William Ruto’s efforts to balance the country’s books...
KENYA : Macron and Ruto exchange invites to forthcoming summits
France’s secretary of state for development Chrysoula Zacharopoulou visited Nairobi on 7 June to hand-deliver Emmanuel Macron’s invitation to his...
MOROCCO : Tensions emerge during international economic mission
The parliamentary network of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund organised a three-day trip from 4 to 7 June...
