Gabon : Sale of Pozzo di Borgo mansion in Paris held for ransom by Gabon’s creditors
A bailiff appeared three weeks ago at the towering doors – listed historical monuments in their own right – of...
Month : May 2024
Central African Republic : ITHS loses M’Poko airport concession
On 30 April, just a year after losing its handling contract for Bangui-M’Poko Airport, Aviation Handling Service Centrafrique (AHS-RCA), the...
Botswana/South Africa : BHP boss flies into Johannesburg to defend Anglo American takeover
Mike Henry, the Canadian CEO of Australian mining giant BHP, was in Johannesburg from 28 April to 3 May to...
Guinea Bissau/Senegal : Diomaye Faye in balancing act with Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau’s former prime minister Domingos Simões Pereira was one of very few African opposition figures to attend the inauguration of...
Niger : Junta calls bluff of foreign uranium miners
Since the end of last year, the Nigerien junta has been trying to negotiate the sale to Tehran of nearly 300 tonnes of uranium from...
Morocco : Former Moroccan senior diplomats set up think tank
Abdellatif Bendahane, who was the Africa director at Morocco’s foreign ministry between 2005 and 2012, has set up a new...
Senegal : Sonko probes sale of state buildings during Macky Sall reign
The letter, marked “very urgent” and dated 25 April 2024, came from the office of the new prime minister, Ousmane...
West Africa : French generals set sights on the continent’s embassy posts
France’s Ministry of the Armed Forces has put itself in the running for major diplomatic posts in Africa, with the...
Mauritania : Nouakchott walks a tightrope to keep both Algiers and Rabat happy
President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani sensed a trap when invited to a debriefing meeting at the end of the seventh Gas Exporting Countries Forum summit, held...
Algeria : French firm takes Algerian football federation to court
The Fédération Algérienne de Football (FAF) will soon face Evol Sport before the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne,...
