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Focus FRANCE QATAR CHAD 23/09/2019

Macron manœuvres in secret to save Idriss Deby

CONGO-K 23/09/2019

Tshisekedi halves Inga III's planned capacity

Rather than the 11,000 MW selected by former president Joseph Kabila, his successor has decided the mega dam will deliver less than 50 percent of that. [...]

KENYA Corridors of power 20/09/2019

Uhuru Kenyatta may come to regret anti-corruption drive

Suspicions are growing that a series of investigations launched by the Kenyan authorities, some of which have targeted the clan of Deputy President William Ruto, are being exploited by the family of President Uhuru Kenyatta. [...]

SOMALILAND 20/09/2019

Hargeisa approaches Doha at expense of Abu Dhabi

The diplomatic strategy of the Somaliland president Musa Bihi Abdi (MBA) towards his Arab neighbours is somewhat confused at present… [...]

LIBYA 19/09/2019

NOC, BCL and LIA plead for asset release

Tripoli's three main financial institutions have been in the United States to call for the release of Libyan assets frozen outside the country since 2011. According to our sources, National Oil Corp (NOC) chairman Mustafa Sanalla and Central Bank of Libya (CBL) governor Al Seddik Omar al Kabir, [...]

WEST AFRICA 11/09/2019

Angela Merkel hones her Sahel strategy

Anxious not to be left behind, Berlin has stepped up its initiatives in the Sahelo-Saharan belt. On 1 September, Berlin officialised the signing of a memorandum of understanding on military cooperation with Niger which covers the setting up of a number of training programmes [...]

UGANDA 10/09/2019

Total/Cnooc case: how URA and Tullow took part in the fiasco with Yoweri Museveni

Tullow Oil has clashed with the Ugandan authorities as the cracks begin to appear in the crude oil export project. [...]

GUINEA 17/09/2019

UAE prince and Fortescue join the race for iron ore in Guinea

With President Alpha Conde on a diplomatic trip in the United States, the world's investors have their eyes turned to his country's iron ore assets. Sir Mick Davis, the former treasurer of the UK's Conservative Party, took over the helm of Zogota this year [...]

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MADAGASCAR 20/09/2019

International donors fret at Antananarivo's silence

The generosity of donors towards the government of Andry Rajoelina will be put to the test when the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) convene for their annual gathering from 4 to 20 October. The team of [...]

MOROCCO 19/09/2019

Court of Accounts targets Aziz Akhannouch and Mohcine Jazouli

In criticising the Halieutis fishing industry development plan in its annual report on September 11, the Court of Accounts is targeting both agriculture and fishing minister and Akwa group boss Aziz Akhannouch and his friend, partner and ally, African cooperation [...]

GUINEA 17/09/2019

Washington takes an interest in Conakry's strategic minerals

When on a visit to Washington in September, Guinean president Alpha Conde was able to present his country's strategic minerals, [...]

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MADAGASCAR 20/09/2019

Andry Rajoelina's chief of staff on her way to Ottawa?

LIBYA 19/09/2019

Abderraouf Kara at war with the LNA following his cousin's death

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 17/09/2019

Tetra Tech to coordinate artisanal mining grants

Breaking newsIVORY COAST 13/09/2019

Alassane Ouattara sends Laurent Gbagbo's speech writer to Algiers

The 2020 presidential election campaign has got off to a good start. To deprive Laurent Gbagbo's Front populaire ivoirien (FPI) [...]

NIGER 10/09/2019

Savannah urgently seeking partners for Agadem

The British junior is pressed for time to lock in partners so it can finance the development of its discoveries. [...]

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UGANDA 20/09/2019

IMF steps in to assist Bank of Uganda

A financial institution advisor is to help with the restructuring of the central bank. [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 20/09/2019

Nick Raba expands his private security activities

Already involved in Trident Group and Control Risks, the Executive Logistics boss is now in charge of Olive Group. [...]

MOROCCO 19/09/2019

BMCE DG Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi gets the push from Othman Benjelloun

Brahim Benjelloun-Touimi, who has been director general of BMCE Bank of Africa (BOA) since 2010, is set to leave. According [...]

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MOZAMBIQUE 20/09/2019

New French ambassador David Izzo wants to talk business

ANGOLA 17/09/2019

First bidding round results to be announced in November

CONGO-K 11/09/2019

Sicomines debts reach $2.56 billion

ALGERIA 19/09/2019

Amel Lamari is in negotiations to sell Pharmalliance

Amel Lamari, the daughter of former DRS intelligence and security service director Smain Lamari, plans to sell her pharmaceuticals company [...]

CONGO-K 17/09/2019

Falling cobalt prices at the heart of Och-Ziff and Africo scuffle

A group of former Africo Resources investors has been authorised by court to seek damages from American hedge fund Och-Ziff [...]

GUINEA 17/09/2019

Nimba iron ore: P. Agboyibor's Asafo backs Conakry-Friedland deal

For the agreement signed on September 5 for Canadian mining magnet Robert Friedland's firm High Power Exploration (HPX) to take [...]

Breaking newsMAURITANIA SENEGAL 13/09/2019

Exclusive: Kosmos sells to United Arab Emirate firm

As we revealed (AEI 836), Kosmos Energy had wanted to shed a large portion of its shares in the Senegalese [...]

CAMEROON 11/09/2019

Two contenders in running for Douala container terminal

On 17 September, the Port autonome de Douala will announce who is taking over the Douala container terminal concession. After failing to get shortlisted, Bollore is battling to stay in the running. [...]

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UGANDA 20/09/2019

What were the circumstances of Joshua Ntereiho's murder?

The murder of Yoweri Museveni's nephew on 7 September has sent shockwaves through the private security sector, highlighting as it [...]

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MOROCCO 19/09/2019

Mohamed Hassan Bensalah casts off into leisure boats

TUNISIA 19/09/2019

Garbouj looks to raise funds for Level 4 telecom network

LIBYA 19/09/2019

Jerome Barthe wants to take Bollore and Engie to Misrata

CAMEROON 11/09/2019

Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh governs by correspondence

Addressed to ministers and heads of civil service departments alike, the letters from the president's secretary-general, Ferdinand Ngoh, which invariably [...]

NIGERIA 10/09/2019

New minister of oil-rich Niger Delta, Godswill Akpabio, highly contested

The new minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Obot Akpabio, appointed on August 21, has established his legitimacy and authority [...]

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NIGERIA Infrastructure & Power 23/09/2019

Africa Plus Partners finances its first power station

The Nigerian fund is getting into the energy business, having raised the capital needed to build an 8.5 MW gas-fired power plant. [...]

BURUNDI Infrastructure & Power 23/09/2019

Work to start at last on Jiji and Mulembwe dams

Repeatedly delayed since 2014, construction of the hydro-electric projects in south-west Burundi is finally set to begin on September 23. [...]

ETHIOPIA Corridors of power 20/09/2019

Is mastermind of US embassy attacks under arrest? Free

According to exclusive information in our possession, a Somalian member of Al-Shabaab accused of planning an attack in Addis Ababa [...]

DJIBOUTI Business circles 20/09/2019

Tribulations of Futura Costruzioni place its boss in difficulty

The operations manager of Futura Costruzioni, the Italian construction firm [...]

MOZAMBIQUE Business circles 20/09/2019

AEMC interested in evacuating foreign engineers

Pierre Galzot's firm is studying the possibility of setting up [...]

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Macron manœuvres in secret to save Idriss Deby

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Hargeisa approaches Doha at expense of Abu Dhabi

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Court of Accounts targets Aziz Akhannouch and Mohcine Jazouli

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