Mauritania/Morocco : Nouakchott retaliates for Rabat drone attacks on artisanal miners
On 1 January, the duties on goods imported to Mauritania tripled, much to the dismay of Moroccan farmers. The administration...
Month : January 2024
Africa : George Weah, Faure Gnassingbé, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Faustin-Archange Touadéra
Liberia – Weah strands Monrovia mayor at airportOn 22 January, at the end of the handover ceremony with the new...
Africa : Probe accuses African Union head Faki of flouting recruitment rules
The office of the African Union Commission’s Congolese human resources director, Nadège Tandu, and its Rwandan deputy chairperson in charge of recruitment, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, had...
Uganda : Madagascar, Angola, Uganda
Madagascar – Max Andonirina Fontaine is new environment ministerIn 100 or so days, Franco-Madagascan Max Andonirina Fontaine, 28, will have...
Ivory Coast : Abidjan picks banks for Eurobond issue
Five banks have been selected by the Ivorian authorities to take part in their planned Eurobond issue. Among them is...
Italy : Rome summit to test Meloni’s African diplomacy
Rome will on 28-29 January host an Italy-Africa summit, coordinated by Antonio Tajani’s foreign ministry and supervised by Prime Minister...
DRC : Beijing, privileged military partner of Kinshasa
In early December, the cargo vessel Kota Bahagia travelling from the Chinese port of Tianjin arrived in Matadi, DRC, where it unloaded a large shipment...
Tunisia : Judicial police target Tunisia’s presidential candidates
Thirty-one people and companies are in the sights of Tunisia’s financial crime investigators on suspicion of money laundering. The unit,...
Senegal : French spy boss Bernard Émié’s valedictory voyage to Africa
On 19 December, a day before the announcement of his replacement Direction Générale de la Sécurité Extérieure (DGSE) director, Bernard...
Niger : Lake Chad states quietly mull Niamey’s return to counter-insurgent force
As negotiations between Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) leaders and Niger’s junta continue, separate talks have begun between Nigeria’s military and those of...
