The temporal power of Tshisekedi's pastors
The deeply devout president has a handful of Pentecostal pastors among his team of advisors, who are not shy about wading into the political, diplomatic and economic arenas. [...]
King Mohammed VI's younger sister has ceded her shares in the Sicopa cannery to the businessman close to the royal family. Fahmane remains in partnership with the princess in the Atlas Agrumes agricultural company. [...]
A former senior state agency official has accused South African Marine Fuels of profiting from "roundtripping", a tax-avoiding practice that domestic law does not address. The firm itself denies any wrongdoing. [...]
For all the media spin of President Tebboune, the Algerian-Chinese mega-project slated for 2022 to exploit the phosphate deposits in the south of the country has been torpedoed by the withdrawal first of Wengfu and now of Citic. A new partner now needs to be found... [...]
The rise in copper prices has lead to a reboot of exploration projects in Zambia from sector giants to juniors looking for a stockmarket listing, overshadowing the country's colossal debt and recent spat with Glencore and Vedanta. [...]
The transport minister Moez Chakchouk (@mchakchouk) is struggling to make progress on the Enfidha deepwater port project, which has been in the pipeline for nearly two decades now. #Tunisia https://t.co/YNvlQrFRV9
For want of sufficient funds, the Egyptian navy has turned down @navalgroup’s proposition for new minesweepers but it may fall back on a cheaper offer from @ECA_Group. #Egypt https://t.co/RlkWOwYUsM
Appointed prime minister on 11 June, Henri-Marie Dondra has the difficult task of reassuring the cash-strapped country's financial backers while dealing with heightened tensions over the December elections and growing Russian influence. #CAR https://t.co/Azb5Jmz394
