Angola : Alrosa negotiates exit from Catoca diamond mine
Hampered by US sanctions on Russian diamond imports since March 2022, Russian state-owned diamond producer Alrosa wants to sell its...
Month : October 2023
Ivory Coast : Abidjan weighs cost of sustainable cocoa
Ivory Coast reckons it will cost €648m over three years to bring its cocoa sector in line with European sustainability and...
Nigeria : Elbit, Thales and Nexter approached to arm Leonardo fighters
Negotiations are gathering pace in Abuja to finalise the Nigerian Air Force’s (NAF) largest ever procurement contract: 24 M-346 FA...
Chad : Idriss Youssouf Boy and the sinuous arms routes of Chad’s junta
Pegasus Logistic and Handling Dangerous Goods (PLHDG) is a company with no head office and no employees, but it is one that is very active...
Congo : Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum
President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has decided at the eleventh hour to attend a Beijing summit marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative....
Africa : Rome calls off its Italy-Africa summit
African governments have just been notified that the Italy-African summit planned for 5-6 November in Rome will not go ahead....
Sierra Leone : President Bio fears US entry ban
Sierra Leone’s President Julius Maada Bio fears that he will be banned from entering the United States. This would seriously compromise his chances for furthering...
DRC : Kinshasa keeps new EU ambassador waiting for his accreditation
It is now over a month since the departure of Jean-Marc Châtaigner, but the European Union still does not have...
Kenya : Al Shabaab attacks threaten president’s coalition
Repeated terrorist attacks in Kenya’s north-eastern Lamu County could spell trouble for the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), a cornerstone of...
Ethiopia : ECMA finalises IPO rules
The Ethiopian Capital Market Authority (ECMA), which regulates the nascent Ethiopian Securities Exchange (ESX, AI, 25/09/23), is this week putting...
