Sudan : Washington, Brussels and London seek common ground on new sanctions
For the past few weeks, diplomats from the US, EU and the UK have been engaged in a discreet dance. In mid-June, a team from...
Month : August 2024
Morocco : From Kigali to Santo Domingo, Western Sahara serves as compass for Rabat’s representation at investiture ceremonies
Morocco was disheartened to hear Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (SADR) spokesman Hamma Salama Ali Salem’s would be attending Rwandan president […]...
Angola : Tete Antonio hopes international organisations will help Angola shine
The Angolan foreign ministry welcomed several seasoned diplomats to its staff at the Palácio do Comércio in Luanda this month. […]...
Niger : GoviEx looks for talks with junta to save uranium mining project
Pressure from the military authorities looks to have decided GoviEx Uranium (Govi High-Power Exploration) to wind up its activities in […]...
Kenya : New finance minister Mbadi already under presidential pressure
Appointed in late July, the new cabinet secretary for the national treasury and economic planning, John Mbadi, is already finding that his room for manoeuvre...
Somalia : President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud suffers mid-term blues
The campaign for the November presidential election in the federated state of Galmudug constitutes a crucial issue for Somali leader Hassan […]...
South Africa : Ministers wrestle for control of energy sector
The rift between Mineral and Petroleum Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and his electricity and energy counterpart Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, who are […]...
Burkina Faso : Insecurity drives down gold production
The new “sovereignty”-focused measures of Burkina Faso’s mining code will not be enough to offset the country’s sluggish gold output […]...
Ivory Coast : Ouattara grapples with disgruntled ex-allies ahead of 2025 presidential poll
The rumour wound its way right to the top of the Ivorian government: a handful of Alassane Ouattara’s former advisers have supposedly been negotiating for...
Mauritania/Morocco : Nouakchott surprised by Paris’s Western Sahara policy change
The authorities in Nouakchott were caught totally unawares by the announcement that French President Emmanuel Macron had sent a letter […]...
