Kenya : Ruto takes on opponents of mega-dam project
Kenyan President William Ruto wants to put a lid on opposition to the planned High Grand Falls dam, a vast...
Month : April 2024
Africa : Senegal, Morocco, Ethiopia
Senegal: Senegalese engineer Frédéric Zanklan takes charge at Eramet companyFrédéric Zanklan, who was appointed director general of Grande Côte Opérations...
Gabon : Creditor may seize TotalEnergies Gabon assets to recover unpaid flight bills
Junta leader Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema is having to deal with the seemingly trivial matter of unpaid bills for private jet trips taken between 2006...
Morocco : Mining magnate Benoît La Salle targets big Moroccan copper find
Quebecker Benoît la Salle, who is president and CEO of Aya Gold & Silver and a well-known figure in the...
Senegal : Repatriation flights from US continue under the radar
The US authorities have conducted no fewer than five repatriation flights to Dakar since October last year, most of which...
Senegal : Media pros battle to land job as Bassirou Diomaye Faye’s spin doctor
The announcement of the line-up of Senegal’s new government, which was revealed on the evening of 5 April, has sparked...
Libya : US military contractor trains Prime Minister Dabaiba’s militias
US private military personnel have been quietly arriving in Libya over the past few weeks, at a time when Washington is focusing again on security...
Tunisia : National sanitation office revives bid to conquer international markets
The head of Tunisia’s Office National de l’Assainissement (ONAS) Abdelmajid Bettaieb’s announcement in February that the organisation was going to...
South Africa : Empty coffers hamper ANC election campaign
With South Africa’s general election set to take place on 29 May, Cyril Ramaphosa’s ruling African National Congress (ANC) is struggling...
Benin : Atos to boost Benin’s aviation intelligence
The French tech giant Atos has been picked to work on an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) programme for the...
