Ethiopia : Tigray escalation worries Western embassies
Several foreign ministries have warned their countries’ nationals to take extra care in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region after exchanges of […]...
Month : March 2025
Ivory Coast : Alassane Ouattara keeps Tidjane Thiam at arm’s length ahead of presidential poll
The meeting took place in strict secrecy in November at Nicolas Sarkozy’s office on Rue de Miromesnil in Paris. For over two hours, the former...
Tunisia : The lefty American millionaire playing guardian angel to legendary Tunisian football club
When the hugely popular Tunisian football club Club Africain (CA) needed to pay off a debt of nearly $150,000, it […]...
Namibia : Niger woes prompt Orano to resume interest in Namibia’s uranium
As the nuclear industry enjoys a global uptick, Orano’s major uranium mining project at Trekkopje in Namibia’s Namib Desert may […]...
African Union : Mahamoud Ali Youssouf’s balancing act to appoint his cabinet
The exiting chairperson of the African Union Commission, Chadian Moussa Faki Mahamat, travelled to Djibouti in early March to receive […]...
Central African Republic : President Touadéra turns once again to Russia
Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, eyeing an electoral deadline combined with a possible weakening of Rwanda’s presence in his country and the persistent caution of...
Tunisia : Business tycoon Fathi Neifar seeks respite in Dubai
It’s been over a year since Fathi Neifar has been spotted driving his Ferrari F450 through the affluent Berges du […]...
Angola : Israeli businessman Gilad Myerson makes a new wager on Azule Energy
Former executive chairman of Ithaca Energy, Gilad Myerson, is vying for a stake on the African continent. In 2024 at […]...
Burkina Faso/Mali/Niger : New Sahel passports for Niger and Burkina Faso still need certification
Although they have begun to put their new passports stamped “Alliance des États du Sahel” (AES) into circulation, the governments […]...
Algeria/Nigeria : Abuja turns to Algiers to mediate with its Sahel neighbours to defeat terrorism financing
At the end of last October, Hafsat Abubakar Bakari, director of the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), succeeded in bringing together most of her counterparts...
