SpotlightSUDAN
Having negotiated a rescheduling of its debts with China Development Bank and obtained nearly a billion dollars from the IMF, Angola is relying on a top team of consultants to handle dealings with its two other Chinese creditors as well as auditing its external debt and developing trade with the United States. [...]
They fall out, make up and then fall out again... Now, the Gabonese president's sister and the first lady have patched up up their differences once again. But their reconciliation is having repercussions in the president's family and even on the functioning of the president's office. [...]
After a wait of five years, the decree providing for greater local company involvement in the oil industry is set to come into force at a difficult time, with the country still in the throes of the Covid-19 crisis. It introduces new sanctions which could upset the oil majors. [...]
