Newly freed from the US sanctions that locked it out of the world's financial markets, Khartoum is set to make its international comeback. The next six months will see France, the UK, and the US jostle to become Sudan's leading partner, especially when it comes to debt restructuring. [...]
Under pressure from the IMF, which for the past 18 months has been blocking the second tranche of the $448.6m loan it approved in 2019, Congo is trying to revive talks with traders who have extended oil-backed loans to the country. Having long been advised by banks, the country is now going it alone. [...]
Following the example of Rada, the Ghneiwa militia has now accepted the authority of Fayez Sarraj's Presidential Council. This brings the prime minister a step closer to gaining control of the Tripoli government's security system, which is normally answerable to the Ministry of the Interior, and, by the same token, to thwarting the ambitions of Misrati interior minister Fathi Bachagha. [...]
As the country gears up to April's presidential election, former oil minister Djerassem Le Bemadjiel remains detained awaiting trial following his arrest in September. Running for a sixth term, Idris Déby would have liked his support on the campaign trail. [...]
As Cécé Noramou, technical advisor to Guinea's ministry of mines, awaits his imminent retirement, he is finalising a project to decide upon the best approach for relocating, resettling, and compensating people affected by mining projects. He is also setting up his own consulting firm. [...]
The Congolese state has chosen French lawyers Thierry Lauriol of law firm Jeantet and Kevin Grossmann to represent it in its dispute with the two mining companies, which are seeking compensation after having been deprived of their iron ore mining permits. [...]
Bathusi Letlhare, the local cattle magnate and chairman of the country's largest rhinoceros reserve founded and financed by the former president Ian Khama's family, has embarked on a family venture into mining. [...]
The Algerian foreign minister Sabri Boukadoum (@Boukadoum_S) has paid a visit to the few, still pro-#Polisario capitals in Africa with the hope of gaining room for manoeuvre on the matter of #WesternSahara. He came away disappointed. https://t.co/7l78Ey2q1s
The arrival of the @JoeBiden administration should help rekindle talks for a replacement of the current @UN_MINUSMA head, Mahamat Saleh Annadif, whose mandate ends in April. #Sahel #Mali https://t.co/UQmvZO4BuL
For months @AbiyAhmedAli has offered his full support to @M_Farmaajo in his bid for another term. But the Ethiopian Prime Minister is beginning to lose patience with the outgoing Somalian head of state's failure to return the favour. #Ethiopia #Somalia https://t.co/P0lMAtJTQY
