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Since September, France has refused to grant visas to a dozen Central African Republic officials in a sign of the tense relations between the two countries. The situation is unlikely to improve with several investigations on the horizon. [...]
Breaking news published on 23/09/21, 12.30 p.m - Increasingly strained relations between the director of the ruling RHDP party Adama Bictogo and Prime Minister Patrick Achi have led Alassane Ouattara to create a new committee, aimed at bringing the party into line. The president has picked three close allies to head the new body, sidelining Bictogo in the process. [...]
The Tunisian firm Impact and two French companies are bidding for the contract to take care of communications for the next summit of the organisation of French-speaking nations. However, the budget is tight, as are the deadlines. [...]
The blocks, which were held until recently by businessman Dan Gertler have awakened the appetites of several oil companies with money to spend. A takeover by Israel's Delek Drilling would fit in neatly, however, with the company's diversification strategy. [...]
Botswana may have the largest uranium reserves in Africa, but many obstacles stand in the way of its ambition to produce yellowcake. The lack of an appropriate legal framework is one of them. The country's science minister used a visit to the IAEA to try to boost cooperation between his country and the organisation to get the country on the road to producing the prized ore. [...]
The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the Ndassima gold mine. Canadian firm Axmin is challenging Bangui's 2019 cancellation of its two licences there. Illustrating the tension between them, the two parties even had trouble agreeing on a date for the talks. [...]
Norway's @EmpowerNEnergy headed by @OsmundsenTerje has launched in Morocco and is on the lookout for industrial companies with self-consumption projects to fund. https://t.co/CWsI14rDPP
On 20 September, a direct Tripoli-Valletta flight was operated by @Medavia_Malta, inaugurating the opening of a regular route between #Libya and Europe, a first since 2014 and the EU ban on Libyan operators. https://t.co/o4zA8luSkt
#Guinea's mines and geology minister post is up for grabs. The job, which involves overseeing the country's biggest economic sector, is attracting candidates in droves. https://t.co/Jsys2uhCrA
