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Madobe takes the oath of office after Jubaland presidential election, August 22 2019. ©Reuters

UNITED STATES ETHIOPIA KENYA SOMALIA Document 23/08/2019

Jubaland election inflames passions in Horn

Why is it that a presidential election in the autonomous region of Jubaland has given rise to a clash with international dimensions, with the Somalian government, the United States and Ethiopia in one camp and Jubaland with the backing of [...]

GABON Corridors of power 12/06/2019

Ali Bongo due to meet IMF in September

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which has released only $395.9 million of the $642 million package originally agreed with Gabon, is preparing to make a fresh payment [...]

IVORY COAST 24/07/2019

Trump moves in to counter Moscow and Beijing

LIBYA 22/08/2019

UNSMIL freezes its private sector security contracts

Paradoxically, the chaotic security situation in Libya is taking a heavy toll on private foreign security companies. Following the August [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 23/07/2019

TechnipFMC, Fluor and JGC create services colossus

French-American oil services firm TechnipFMC has roped in two heavyweight partners to win new projects in Mozambique where it already [...]

TUNISIA 22/08/2019

Zbidi spearheads Sahelians' comeback dreams

ETHIOPIA 23/08/2019

Abiy Ahmed Ali to pay off debts of Meles and Hailemariam

With privatisations pending, PM Abiy Ahmed Ali will have to repay the debts of state-owned companies inherited from his predecessors. [...]

Focus ALGERIA CHINA IRAN UNITED KINGDOM 29/07/2019

Sonatrach caught in the crossfire between London and Tehran in the Strait of Hormuz

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SAUDI ARABIA ERITREA 23/08/2019

Courtesy visit or military negotiation?

The Eritrean president Issayas Afeworki recently received a Saudi army delegation in Asmara. [...]

ALGERIA 22/08/2019

Benhamza is Gaid Salah's business "angel"

Colonel Nabil Benhamza has been appointed during the summer head of the business monitoring service at the Interior Security Directorate [...]

CONGO-K 30/07/2019

Felix Tshisekedi gives centre stage to diamonds from Kasai stronghold

President Felix Tshisekedi's arrival in power in Kinshasa has had a profound effect on the country's diamond sector. For years largely neglected by the powers that be, this industry now has the head of state's full attention. Diamonds from his [...]

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DJIBOUTI 23/08/2019

Ismail Omar Guelleh senses dissident rumblings within his army

MOROCCO 22/08/2019

Palace-friendly magazine La Semaine du Maroc will not appear

AFRICA 24/07/2019

G7 in Biarritz: Macron plays the African card

GABON 24/07/2019

Ambitions rife at presidential palace

While the Bongo family prepares for the Gabonese president's media comeback, several figures are honing their image as the man for the future. [...]

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 23/07/2019

Teodorin Obiang liability sends oil firms packing

Equatorial Guinea's minister of mines, industry and energy Gabriel Obiang Lima is finding it hard to secure takers for the 25 new offshore blocks as oil firms loose trust in the stability of the regime. The high probability that President [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE 23/08/2019

Will financial institutions stump up again for budget?

The 2016 hidden loans scandal ended budgetary support from international donors, but they stand ready to step in again if the IMF gives them the green light. [...]

TANZANIA 23/08/2019

Rostam Aziz back in favour with Magufuli

The former treasurer of the ruling CCM (Chama cha Mapinduzi) party and fourth wealthiest man in Tanzania, Rostam Aziz, is [...]

MOROCCO 22/08/2019

Boston Consulting set to lose MAD 5m as Vision 2020 gets chop

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) will probably have to forget about the 5 million dirham it is claiming from the Ministry [...]

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KENYA 23/08/2019

Chinese firms orchestrate political pressure on Kenya Revenue Authority

TANZANIA 30/07/2019

Acacia does not rule out shelving operations in North Mara

GABON 24/07/2019

Brice Laccruche to meet Eramet

ALGERIA 22/08/2019

Chelghoum wins ADE contract despite police investigation

Businessman Djamel Eddine Chelghoune, whose public sector contract awards have been under investigation by the Bab Jdid criminal police in [...]

MALI 30/07/2019

Abdul Jabbar Al Sayegh tightens grip of Kodieran gold

While only recently the majority owner of Kodieran mine operator, Wassoul'Or, Abdul Jabbar Al Sayegh has been active in Mali's gold sector for years. [...]

CONGO-K 30/07/2019

With Lualaba Copper Smelter, CNMC takes early hold of ERG copper

Interested in purchasing Kazakh firm ERG's mines, the Chinese group CNMC has already found a way to get its hands on the copper by promising to transform it with its future smelter. [...]

SENEGAL 24/07/2019

Air Senegal takes on Ethiopian Airlines and Air Burkina

The Senegalese national airline is launching two new routes in the sub-region in an attempt to counter Ethiopian Airlines, even though it may be a loss-making venture. [...]

SOUTH SUDAN 23/07/2019

Trading audit clearly points finger at BB Energy and Trafigura

The audit launched in late June ( AEI 844) to examine the crude oil pre-sale deals signed in 2018 under [...]

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Power brokers

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DJIBOUTI 23/08/2019

Philippe Danieau sets new course in the Horn

Six months after returning to the helm of the Djiboutian branch of the French maritime transport firm CMA CGM, Philippe [...]

News In Brief

MOROCCO 22/08/2019

Chamberlain El Alaoui sets up Bayat Project in Tangiers

MOROCCO 22/08/2019

Journalist Nadia Lamlili joins OCP's PR team in Paris

TUNISIA 22/08/2019

Hamadi ben Sedrine hands over shipping agency TSA to his son

IVORY COAST 24/07/2019

Souleymane Kamarate Kone targeted by presidency

Nicknamed ‘Soul to Soul', Guillaume Soro's powerful head of protocol Souleymane Kamarate Kone was recently expelled from his official residence [...]

KENYA 23/07/2019

Could Josphat Nanok become Ruto's future oil boss in 2022?

The politically prominent Turkana County governor, Josphat Nanok, is working on building his national standing. The long-term rival of Kenyan [...]

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KENYA Business circles 23/08/2019

Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry boss ordered to explain himself Free

Richard Ngatia, who has been at the helm of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KNCCI) since 13 [...]

MADAGASCAR Business circles 23/08/2019

Ex-manager of Air Madagascar fleet flies solo

After a short stopover at Inter-Iles Comores as the development [...]

SOMALIA Business circles 23/08/2019

USAID retains IBTCI as its consultant

The international consulting firm International Business & Technical Consultants, Inc [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 23/08/2019

France's CIS to cater to staff of compatriot Total

The imminent arrival of Total in Mozambique has put ideas [...]

ETHIOPIA Business circles 23/08/2019

Addis Glass planning to extend its factory

Ethiopia's Addis Ababa Bottle and Glass Share Co may be [...]

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