Spotlight
The Djibouti budget for 2022, passed last December, contains several tax increases. The economy of the small port country has been hit hard by the combined consequences of Covid-19 and, in particular, the civil war in neighbouring Ethiopia. [...]
Short of ideas as to how to deal with the coup leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at the start of this month the US State Department opened a dialogue with the resistance committees in Khartoum who are campaigning actively for an end to the military regime. [...]
The Swiss commodities trader Vitol has become a trump card in British junior Savannah's game. In exchange for financial support for Savannah's purchase of ExxonMobil-Petronas's Doba assets, it should end up well placed to market the crude produced there. [...]
Perenco's negotiations for the takeover of three blocks in the Ivorian offshore have been dragging on for several months. Africa Intelligence reveals the reasons behind this stalemate. [...]
Burkina Faso withdrew Patel's permit for the Inata mine because it deemed his firm, Balaji, had neither spent enough money on it nor done enough work at the site. Patel is now pulling out all the stops to make sure the same thing doesn't happen at his Kalsaka gold mine. [...]
An agreement has been reached between the Tanzanian authorities and the Australian junior Evolution Energy Minerals (formerly Marvel Gold) to recover its exploration rights in the Chilalo graphite mining operation. [...]
Merafe Resources is looking to move into the platinum sector, globally dominated by South African producers. This move comes on the back of the company's joint venture with Glencore, Merafe Ferrochrome and Mining, which is the world's largest producer of ferrochrome, a mineral needed to make stainless steel. [...]
#Zambia The authorities are shortly due to launch a feasibility study on a project to generate 40 MW of energy. #windpower #electricity https://t.co/6NpDFZvdaA
#SouthAfrica The partners of block 2B, at which a drill is scheduled for the end of 2022, are relieved by the arrival of the new operator after doubts as to the financial capacity of its predecessor, #Azinam. #oil https://t.co/pQFxiTAfjK
#Sudan Since last November, West Sudan has once again become rife with tension. Though the violence never completely subsided after #Bashir's fall, it is now feeding off and into political instability in the capital. #Darfur https://t.co/ksXp7jT1KE
