After more than 40 years in politics, the opposition leader, whose late father played a key role in Kenya's fight for independence, is set to quit the domestic limelight as he pursues a continental role. In the absence of a designated successor within the family, the rumour mill is going into overdrive.
In a context of increasing competition between Beijing and Washington in Angola, Xi Jinping has finally appointed Zhang Bin, a diplomat specialising in African affairs and oil, as his new ambassador in Luanda.
The company has just won a major contract for the Baleine field operated by Italian oil major ENI, thanks to its ties to entrepreneur Ahmed Cissé, the well-connected head of Ivory Coast's employers' organisation.
The interception of a tanker full of stolen oil, thought to belong to a number of Nigerian public figures, has put the spotlight on Government Ekpemupolo, aka "Tompolo". Once the leader of a Delta rebel movement, he now works for the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp.
Whether a new unified executive in Libya, as supported by France, Morocco and Egypt, comes into being largely depends on the position taken by Mohamed Takala, the head of the country's advisory High Council of State.