Guinea-Bissau : President Embaló’s opponents at action stations
The leaders of Guinea-Bissau’s main opposition parties will hold a meeting behind closed doors in Paris for a few days […]...
Month : April 2025
South Africa : Deputy President Mashatile capitalises on budget crisis
Deputy President Paul Mashatile may well benefit from the conflict between the African National Congress (ANC) and its main coalition partner, the Democratic Alliance (DA)....
Nigeria : Abuja set to recover over a thousand Benin bronzes from Germany
Almost two and a half years after returning 20 bronze statuettes from the former kingdom of Benin, Berlin is set […]...
DRC : Taxman hits Glencore with record multi-billion-dollar bill
A few weeks ago, the DR Congo’s Directorate General of Taxes (DGI), which is part of the Finance Ministry that’s […]...
Angola : Chevron, a long-standing operator in the Congo Basin, sells Blocks 14 and 14T
Chevron will soon no longer be the operator of Angola’s offshore blocks 14 and 14T. The American major has begun to withdraw from the permits,...
Sudan : Ankara side steps controversial London war meeting to go its own way on mediation
Invited to the ministerial meeting on the war in Sudan this Tuesday 15 April at Lancaster House in London, Turkey […]...
Tunisia : Ennahdha’s financial arm shut down
Islamist movement Ennahdha has lost its economic backer, Namaa Tunisie. In March, the Tunisian courts began to implement a ruling […]...
Algeria : New crisis between Paris and Algiers scuppers CMA CGM’s plans
Rodolphe Saadé, the Franco-Lebanese boss of Marseille-based container ship owner CMA CGM, had until the very last minute still been […]...
Burkina Faso : Ibrahim Traoré back on terms with businessman Mahamadou Bonkoungou
The head of Burkina Faso’s junta, Ibrahim Traoré, and millionnaire Mahamadou Bonkoungou have quietly made contact again. Tensions had been […]...
West Africa : Theia Trading takes over Russian oil products market in Africa as sanctions hit Demex
Demex Trading, a Dubai-registered Russian trading company, has been under US Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctions since January and is reorganising to continue distributing...
