Africa : African leaders lobby for AfDB presidency from Abuja to Pretoria
The search of the African Development Bank (AfDB) for a new president has leaders all over Africa working on their candidacies. The incumbent chair, Akinwumi...
Month : November 2024
South Africa : How petroleum minister ignored warnings over launch of new state oil firm
The Ministry of Mineral and Petroleum Resources, headed by Gwede Mantashe, is hoping to submit the South African National Petroleum Company […]...
Benin : Campaign teams try to reposition for 2026 elections following arrest of Olivier Boko
The supporters of Olivier Boko – “OB” – have been left shaken by his arrest during the night of 22-23 September for breaching state security,...
Morocco : Yossi Ben David takes charge of Israeli liaison office in Rabat
Israel’s new diplomatic team in Morocco arrived in the country very discreetly in August. Without any public announcement, Yossi Ben […]...
Madagascar/Mauritius : APG Network behind Emirates’ new flight to Antananarivo
In early September, Dubai-based Emirates, run by Ahmed bin Saeed Al Maktoum, launched a route between the UAE and Antananarivo, […]...
Senegal : Guns and oil drive Russia’s Dakar courtship
A secret defence document, stamped with the seal of Russia’s double-headed eagle, currently sits on the desk of Senegal’s Armed Forces Minister Birame Diop. Numbered...
Africa : Kamala Harris’s African networks
Paradoxically, Africa is not among the foreign policy priority regions set out by Kamala Harris’s advisers, and yet the Democrat candidate expressed a marked interest...
