DRC : Struggling Sodimico takes a hard look at its mining partnerships
Close to being bankrupt for years, Sodimico (Société de Développement Industriel et Minier du Congo) is trying to bounce back. […]...
Month : November 2024
Sudan : Former Janjaweed warlord Musa Hilal’s faltering comeback
Musa Hilal is a well-known figure in Darfur in western Sudan, where he is accused of having committed numerous crimes between […]...
Ethiopia : Justice ministry stifles Tigray probe into MSF deaths
The order came from on high. In late July, just over three years after aid workers María Hernández, Yohannes Halefom, […]...
Madagascar : World Bank postpones $100m budget support
Following in the footsteps of the International Monetary Fund (AI, 19/11/24), the World Bank is postponing $100m in budgetary support […]...
Gabon : Oligui Nguema launches post-referendum battle for control of BGFIBank
The hostilities began with a simple letter. On 25 November, Jérôme Andjoua, director of Delta Synergie, the family holding company founded by former president Omar...
Africa : Saadé family’s CMA CGM entrusts military and diplomatic veterans with its Africa ops
Franco-Lebanese entrepreneur Rodolphe Saadé’s shipping group CMA CGM posted record profits of €43bn for the 2021 and 2022 financial years, which propelled him to the...
Africa : Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Ahmed Moalim Fiqi
CAR – Touadéra’s party raises funds for Independence Day paradeThe government of the Central African Republic is looking to organise […]...
Niger : EU ambassador’s recall slows down Niamey-Berlin rapprochement
Despite having sent a development ministry delegation to Niamey on 19 November, Germany’s efforts to mend its fences with Niger […]...
DRC : Gécamines backfill project in Lualaba attracts keen interest
The Congolese mining entrepreneur Joseph Kazibaziba, who is the director-general of the state-owned company DRC Gold Trading, better known under its former name of Primera...
Kenya : Graft watchdog homes in on ousted deputy president’s coffee aide
The political tidal wave that toppled Rigathi Gachagua from his post as Kenya’s deputy president last month now seems to […]...
