Mozambique : Mozambique seeking attack drones for Cabo Delgado
The Forças Armadas de Defesa de Moçambique (FADM) want to buy attack drones to support counter-insurgency operations in Cabo Delgado,...
Month : September 2023
Niger : Opposition leader Hama Amadou in talks to return to Niamey
In the wake of the coup d’état in Niger led by General Abdourahmane Tchiani, opposition party politician Hama Amadou has...
Guinea/Rwanda : Mamady Doumbouya strengthens ties between Conakry and Kigali
Three diplomats will soon be posted to the future Guinean embassy in Rwanda, including a head of protocol and a...
Niger : Niger junta deploys propaganda machine to win popular support
Abdoulaye Seydou sported a panama hat and a perfectly trimmed beard for his first press conference on 22 August after seven months’ detention in Niamey’s...
DRC : EU prepares electoral observer mission
In preparation for the presidential and legislative elections this December, the European Union is planning to send an electoral observer mission to the DRC....
Niger : Paris paves the way for its ambassador to head home
In office since September 2022, the French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, could soon be returning to France....
African Union : AU court slams commission’s hiring process
“It is as good as having given him the post without an advertisement.” In a ruling issued on 1 September,...
Tanzania : Appointment of new energy minister may speed up Equinor and Shell gas projects
Norway’s Equinor and Anglo-Dutch major Shell have struggled to develop the tens of trillions of cubic feet of gas (tcf)...
Egypt : Afreximbank inks $32m move to Cairo’s New Administrative Capital
In a boost to the Egyptian government’s troubled New Administrative Capital (NAC) project, the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) on 31...
Zimbabwe : Mnangagwa’s visit to Russia reactivates Alrosa’s diamond mining plans
Following Emmerson Mnangagwa’s victory in the 23-24 August general elections, Russian diamond giant Alrosa should be able to speed up...
