Washington back in the mining game in Kinshasa

Paris plans to arm IOG with Riyadh's money

Emmanuel Macron's government is actively seeking to supply Djibouti with French military equipment with the financial help of Saudi Arabia. An exclusive investigation. [...]

Kenyatta doggedly negotiates AMISOM's contributions

The Kenyan president has been seeking to secure an increase in UN compensation for Kenyan troops deployed in Somalia, but so far in vain. [...]

Total fires up Gabriel/Teodorin Obiang rivalry

Negotiations with the French major have stoked the flames of the Obiang vs. Obiang conflict. [...]

Maersk bets on Ennahda to save its local operation

Number one world shipping company Maersk is waiting anxiously for the government reshuffle planned by prime minister Youssef Chahed. It is praying that transport minister Radhouane Ayara will lose his job. [...]

Stormy times ahead within the judiciary

Ideological splits and the handling of ultra-sensitive cases have prompted a grave crisis of confidence within the profession. [...]

Charcoal trafficking casts a dark shadow over Mogadishu and Djibouti

An essential resource for financing Al-Shabaab, charcoal is informally commercialised throughout the Horn of Africa. [...]

Chami and Cambre show disunited front

Ouagadougou welcomes Beijing mining projects with open arms

Just days after renewing diplomatic ties with China on May 24 after cutting off its historical relations ties with Taiwan, [...]

Relations with Moscow flounder

Although its influence in central Africa is growing, Russia is struggling to break into the Ivorian business sector. Here's why. [...]

To avoid ruin, Barrow strikes new deal with African Petroleum

Rather than risk a costly case against the oil company, the Gambian government is negotiating a settlement. [...]

China's economic zones sow discord

Although attention has been focused on the Chinese SEZ in Djibouti City, two new SEZs are about to be created in a region hostile to the government… [...]

And the winner of the Rabat bus concession contest is…

The saga over attribution of the Rabat-Sale-Temara bus concession is finally coming to an end. According to Maghreb Confidential's sources, [...]

Will AIG have to pay off Kaboko Mining's losses?

Manganese explorer Kaboko's former insurance holder, AIG, could very well be made to pay off the debts incurred by the miner's managers. [...]

The controversial Joseph Djogbenou, president of the Constitutional Court

The former minister of justice, the 48-year-old Joseph Djogbenou, attracted an avalanche of criticisms after his election on 8 June [...]

Who can Pascal Ambouroue count on to amend code?

Gabon's minister of oil Pascal Ambouroue Houangni recently got stuck into the colossal task of negotiating the amendment to the [...]

Yohannes Ayalew suffers the wrath of Exim Bank

On 30 May, the deputy governor and chief economist of the National Bank of Ethiopia, Yohannes Ayalew, learnt that he [...]

John McTaggart all set to develop Kamativi lithium

The CEO of Mauritius-registered firm Zimbabwe Lithium Co (ZMC), Zimbabwean engineer John McTaggart, recently secured two strategic allies to push [...]