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After almost four months in charge of a regional intervention force deployed to restore peace to eastern DRC, the South African is frustrated by a shortage of men and resources. And a chronically strained relationship with MONUSCO isn't helping.
The bank headed by Slawomir Krupa - which needs to improve its profitability - has decided to leave Tunisia, Cameroon and Ghana. It has asked the investment bank Lazard to find buyers for these African subsidiaries.
Both the Mauritanian and Senegalese governments now have reports contesting BP's estimates of the cost of bringing the big cross-border gas field into production. They plan to join forces to press for a renegotiation.
The company has spoken with representatives of villagers living near its farm in Kenya - who accuse its security guards of acts of violence - in the hope of reaching an out-of-court settlement. The compensation they may ask could be in the tens of millions of dollars.
Top officials are due to meet this week to identify a new head of the Kenya Defence Forces following the death in a helicopter crash earlier this month of General Francis Ogolla. President William Ruto will have to juggle three military branches as well as various Kenyan communities.
Ethiopia is hoping to capitalise on the global momentum for the restitution of works of art looted in Africa, in order to win over both public and private institutions. This was given new impetus with Abiy Ahmed's arrival in power.
The construction of Rwanda's Qatari-funded new airport is set to enter its final phase following the completion of earthworks by Portugal's Mota Engil. Five candidates are in the running to build it.
US tech giant Oracle, which has been present in Morocco since the signing of the Abraham Accords, is looking to speed up its growth there. But it has to contend with competition from China's Huawei, which, despite being under US sanctions, maintains a strong presence in the kingdom.
After a four-year hiatus, Caftan Week will return to Marrakesh next week, running from 9 to 12 May. Underlying preparations for the event, organised by the head of government's family holding company, is a dispute with neighbouring Algeria over the traditional robe's heritage.
Spanish, Turkish and South Korean firms could all enter the competition alongside the French company Naval Group, despite the many financial and technical questions still surrounding the new port activities in the economic capital.