Gabon : GOC scrambles for funds to pre-empt Carlyle assets
A team from the Gabon Oil Co (GOC) were in Paris on 17 and 18 January to address the crucial...
Month : January 2024
Chad : Mahamat Idriss Déby pays strategic visit to Moscow
Chad’s junta leader had several securocrats with him when he visited the Russian capital at Vladimir Putin’s invitation from 23 to 25 January....
Central African Republic : MPs plot to oust speaker of parliament Sarandji
The first week of the new parliamentary session, during which MPs were gearing up to vote on the founding laws...
Kenya : Big tobacco steers Nairobi’s cigarette tax revamp
William Ruto’s government is considering a proposal from the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) that could shake up tobacco taxation. In...
Libya : Central bank governor’s tug-of-war with Dabaiba paralyses economy
The governor of the Central Bank of Libya (CBL), Al-Seddik Omar al-Kabir, has told the country’s commercial banks to take...
Angola : Senior MPLA figures continue to snap up oil permits
The late José Eduardo dos Santos, who was president of Angola from 1979 to 2017, continues to cast his long...
Senegal : Presidential candidate Daouda Ndiaye’s wide-ranging networks
His detractors describe him with a hint of irony as Washington’s Trojan horse in Senegal. Presidential candidate Daouda Ndiaye, the...
Ethiopia/Somalia : Mogadishu seeks to thwart Addis promise to recognise Somaliland
Somali president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud has made a series of trips this month to try to convince his regional counterparts to put pressure on Ethiopia....
Liberia : Boakai draws on Sirleaf-era talent to form government
Liberia’s current politics smacks of déjà vu. President Joseph Boakai, who was sworn in on 22 January, is putting together his team by relying first...
Kenya : Nairobi looks to increase its Ethiopian electricity imports
Two-and-a-half years after signing an energy deal with Ethiopia, the Kenyan government is hoping to relaunch talks with Addis Ababa...
