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On November 17, the Paris Appeal Court overturned a arbitration ruling ordering Libya to pay €452m to French company Sorelec. In so doing, it has got Fayez Sarrez's government in Tripoli out of a hole... but also caused a major stir in the hush-hush world of international arbitration. [...]
Zambia's state mining company ZCCM-IH has begun recruiting people to represent it on the boards of directors of joint ventures in which it is a shareholder. Some of the firms are jointly run by foreign companies with which it has fraught relations. [...]
The new Mineral Policy just drafted by the Ethiopian government underlines a major weakness in the way that mines have been managed until now. It says that the country has failed to recognise the different realities that need to be taken into account to ensure it makes good use of its mineral resources. [...]
The Elysée has chosen a replacement for Stéphanie Rivoal (@srivoal), who in September left her role as coordinator of #Africa-#France summit which will take place in July 2021. https://t.co/zitptq9Tfz
#Kenya The Egyptian construction firm Wadi El Nile is the favourite to win the tender call for the redesign of the station district of Nairobi, estimated to be worth in the region of $255m. https://t.co/r4VsPU6g6S
Rebel forces in #Tigray claim that they have been bombed by #Emirati combat #drones, while #AddisAbaba has been releasing images of its own drones, which are observation devices made by #China's @ZerotechGlobal. #defence #Ethiopia #UAE https://t.co/VxqyfUKHAX
