Ivory Coast : Troubling times for speaker of parliament Adama Bictogo
In recent months, several companies founded by the businessman and president of the Ivorian National Assembly have been subject to tax audits or had certain...
Month : May 2024
Libya : Aguila Salah Issa, the parliamentary kingpin with myriad networks
On 24 April, the South Tripoli Court suspended Aguila Salah Issa’s decision to approve the 27% tax on foreign exchange transactions requested by Libyan Central...
South Africa : Deputy President Mashatile in firing line over corruption allegations
General elections took place across South Africa, yesterday, 29 May, but the political future of Deputy President Paul Mashatile was...
Africa : Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Pascaline Bongo, Patrick Achi
Gabon – General Oligui loyal to Omar Bongo’s favourite Parisian hotelOn an official visit to Paris, General Brice Clotaire Oligui...
Guinea : AMR bauxite operations still paralysed despite court rulings
Guinea’s financial and economic crimes court CRIEF, created in late 2021 by Mamadi Doumbouya’s junta, has confirmed a Boké district...
Sierra Leone : Idris Elba’s secret deal over new eco-city
The project was well publicised a few weeks before Idris Elba left for France in April to shoot his next blockbuster called Heads of State....
Angola : Health minister Lutucuta’s no-tender method
On 21 May, President João Lourenço issued a decree authorising a new direct award contract (ajuste direto), which doesn’t require...
Africa : Senegal, Madagascar, Uganda
Senegal: Fatima Mbengue, PASTEF’s ‘Madame Solidarity’ and presidential insiderFatima Mbengue was appointed head of Senegal’s Office National des Pupilles de...
Nigeria : Dubai trader ITL undermines Nigerian president’s fertiliser import system
A ship chartered by Dubai-based Intercontinental Trade DMCC (ITL) that recently left China is ruffling feathers in Abuja. The vessel,...
Djibouti/Kenya : Great powers jostle over east African space ports
From Djibouti to Nairobi, space sector announcements have been growing in number, particularly those related to launch sites. In mid-May, amid much fanfare, the Kenya...
