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Ghana, the driving force behind the Accra Initiative since its 2017 launch, has yet to secure funding for its planned military arm despite repeated requests to Western partners. And with Ghana's elections just days away, the regional security partnership's very survival is hanging in the balance.
A confidential report by the French audit firm commissioned by Senegal's oil and mines ministry found that the British major overestimated its costs surrounding the GTA project. A valuable trump card for the Senegalese government, which must repay BP's costs before getting any money in its own coffers.
The heads of state of the West African regional organisation will meet next month in Abuja. The main issue at their summit will be the ratification of the withdrawal from ECOWAS of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, which are all now run by military juntas.
The recent ousting of deputy president Rigathi Gachagua audibly deepened antigovernment sentiment in his Mount Kenya stronghold. The head of state hopes sending eight "peace caravans" laden with local talent will revive his fortunes in the country's most populous region ahead of elections in 2027.
The South African national oil company looks like it will not after all be calling on Russia's Gazprombank - recently placed under US sanctions - to get the Mossel Bay gas-to-liquids refinery back up and running. And it doesn't yet have a plan B.
Passed just before the May elections by an ANC-majority parliament, the land reform bill is still awaiting the signature of the president, who now has to deal with the DA, his main ally in the Government of National Unity.
The bosses of diamond giant De Beers, which operates mines in Botswana, have had an initial meeting with the country's new leader and are delighted with the political changeover. But the state's deal with HB Antwerp, which wanted to market the country's precious stones, appears to be in jeopardy.
Deals under which Russia is supposed to ship more than 3.5 million tonnes of wheat to Egypt have run aground. Moscow has not taken kindly to the meddling of a company little known for grain trading that is owned by a very powerful Sinai businessman.
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