NIGERIA : EU ambassador steps up criticism of Tinubu’s election victory
Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s displeasure with the European Union (EU) is unlikely to die down any time soon. On...
Month : July 2023
MOZAMBIQUE : Washington plays long game to have Manuel Chang extradited to US
Washington has welcomed a 23 May decision from the Constitutional Court of South Africa that paves the way for Manuel Chang’s extradition to the United...
AFRICA : Alassane Ouattara, Denis Sassou Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi, Mahamat Idriss Déby
Ivory Coast: Ouattara and Sassou neatly avoid the Soro issueDenis Sassou Nguesso’s visit to Abidjan from 12 to 15 June...
WEST AFRICA : Nigerian President Tinubu favourite for ECOWAS chair
Bola Ahmed Tinubu, the newly-elected president of Nigeria, has yet to appoint his government but is poised to become the...
IVORY COAST : Local companies say government ignored their demands in tobacco traceability tender
The answer came on 9 June. In a letter seen by Africa Intelligence, the CNP-PPP, Ivory Coast’s public-private partnerships steering...
WEST AFRICA : Brussels and London face Accra Initiative headache
Ghanaian diplomats have been telling their British and European counterparts for several weeks now : the international community needs to make good on its commitments...
EGYPT : Mining companies prove stand-offish as Cairo pursues gold mining promotion drive
The Egyptian Minister of Petroleum and Mining Resources Tarek el-Molla is trying to cash in on his initial success. After...
MOZAMBIQUE : 2024 presidential election: former first lady Graça Machel at war with agriculture minister Celso Correia
Mozambique’s former first lady Graça Machel, who was married to the late President Samora Machel (1975-1986), and then South African...
SENEGAL : Political tensions in Dakar put off miners
It could not have been worse timing for the holding of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) conference on 12-14...
GUINEA : Barry Angola relaunches bauxite project with junta’s backing
Thierno Madiou Barry, aka Barry Angola, has reason to celebrate. After more than three years of conflict with his former...
