Nigeria/South Africa : Pretoria invites Abuja to host a G20 event
South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ronald Lamola, intends to take advantage of his country’s presidency of the […]...
Month : April 2025
South Africa : Dan Marokane and his backers seek to reenergise Eskom
A year after taking over as CEO of South Africa’s electricity public utility Eskom, Dan Marokane can already boast a relatively positive record in this...
Cameroon/Morocco : Moulay Rachid nurtures business ties with Yaoundé over a round of golf
Moulay Rachid is adept at mixing business with pleasure. The president of Morocco’s Fédération Royale Marocaine de Golf (FRMG), who is also […]...
Africa : Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema, Félix Tshisekedi
Congo – Jetsetter Sassou off to Paris and then MoscowReceived in Abu Dhabi on 8 April by Emirati President Mohamed […]...
Ivory Coast : Abidjan’s new archbishop reconsiders predecessor’s projects
Less than a year after his appointment in May by Pope Francis as Abidjan’s archbishop, Ignace Bessi Dogbo, who is […]...
Mozambique : US lobbying plays crucial role in obtaining US Exim Bank loan for Mozambique LNG
Immense relief was felt in the TotalEnergies tower in La Défense business district on the western edge of Paris when the $4.7bn loan from US...
Libya : With Haftars circling, Abdelhamid Dabaiba clings to control of NOC
Abdelhamid Dabaiba, prime minister of the Tripoli-based Government of National Unity (GNU) is playing for time as he seeks to […]...
Egypt : Arab group at UNESCO calls for clarity over allegations against director-general candidate
The head of the group of Arab States at UNESCO, Emirati ambassador Ali Alhaj Al Ali, sent a letter on […]...
Zimbabwe : US company Namib Minerals’ plans for redeveloping gold mines face possible complications
US company Namib Minerals plans to begin redeveloping this month the Redwing and Mazowe gold mines in eastern and central […]...
Senegal : Russians, Chinese, Israelis eye Senegal’s defence and security market
Sales representatives from the Israeli cyberintelligence company Cognyte travelled to Dakar in early March to make an initial approach to the Senegalese government. Cognyte is...
