Mauritania : Nouakchott plans to retake control of Mbera refugee camp
The refugee issue has become a priority for Mauritanian head of state Mohamed Ould Ghazouani. In recent weeks, his government...
Month : December 2023
Liberia : US banks on Boakai to let miners use railway monopolised by ArcelorMittal
The US consultancy firm R.L. Banks & Associates, which specialises in the railroad sector, still hopes to bag the contract...
Ethiopia : Castel’s Ethiopian beer subsidiary in ferment over restructuring
BGI Ethiopia is embroiled in a tug-of-war with its distributors, who want more money for their services. The subsidiary of French wine and beer giant...
West Africa : Macron dismisses his foreign ministry’s Africa director
The decision appeared simply as a single line in the French council of ministers meeting of 12 December: “Mrs Emmanuelle...
Liberia : Washington keeps up pressure on George Weah
As predicted by Africa Intelligence (AI, 29/09/23), the United States finally decreed sanctions against senior Liberian officials on 8 and...
Guinea : Eiffage enters home straight on financing for hospitals
Eiffage completed the financing of hospitals in Kindia and Labé in February (AI, 06/01/23) and now hopes to do the...
Africa : How Bucharest aims to regain lost influence in Africa
Romania is back in Africa. The trip to the continent last month by its president, Klaus Iohannis, last month took him to Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal...
DRC : ‘Prophet’ Mukungubila eager to return from South African exile
The self-proclaimed “prophet of the eternal”, Pastor Paul Joseph Mukungubila, is champing at the bit to return home to the DRC after a decade in...
Zambia : Hichilema to compensate opposition militants for unlawful detention
No fewer than 1,000 supporters of the United Party for National Development (UPND), Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema’s party, look set to receive financial compensation for...
Equatorial Guinea/Kenya : Lukashenko selects intriguing team for his African tour
A delegation consisting of dignitaries and a handful of loyal allies accompanied Alexander Lukashenko on his mini-tour of Africa following...
