Algeria : Macron extends hand to Sétif in memorial gesture
The French president has not given up on reestablishing ties with Algiers. While most political, diplomatic, and security contacts have […]...
Month : May 2025
Southern Africa : Expert duo out to conquer Portuguese-speaking military markets
In late April, the American energy systems giant EnerSys chose the low-key Portuguese company Iberian Falcata to be the distributor […]...
Guinea : Targeted by President Doumbouya, Falcon’s graphite mining project in turmoil
The offices of Emirati-Canadian mining company Falcon Energy Materials (formerly SRG Mining) were taken over without warning by armed soldiers […]...
Congo/Gabon : Bongo, Sassou, Oligui: presidential family reunites in Paris
In a coincidental alignment of the stars, Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema’s private trip to Paris at the end […]...
Ethiopia : How miner KEFI Gold lobbied Addis Ababa to join Africa Finance Corp
In the corridors of Ethiopia’s House of Peoples’ Representatives, earlier this month, the phones were ringing off the hook. On the other end of the...
North Africa : Italian PM Meloni spins a business web from Rabat to Cairo
Being president of the far-right Italian party Fratelli d’Italia does not preclude an interest in Africa. On the contrary, for Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni,...
Tunisia : USAID: Development programmes interrupted by Donald Trump
Even though the dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) has been ruled unconstitutional by a US judge, […]...
South Africa : Despite Africa Finance Corp’s advances, Pretoria refuses membership
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and head of Africa Finance Corp (AFC), the Nigerian Samaila Zubairu, were both in the […]...
Africa : Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Tidjane Thiam, Alassane Ouattara
Congo – Isabel Dos Santos, low-key guest at Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso’s weddingInternational Cooperation Minister Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso’s wedding in Dubai […]...
Madagascar : AGOA and tariffs: Antananarivo’s diplomatic balancing act in Washington
A 15-minute video conference call in the middle of the night between 10 and 11 April set the tone for future negotiations between the United...
