Despite an active campaign, the former Senegalese president now knows his chances of becoming UN secretary-general are slim. Faced with opposition from several African and European states, he is quietly nurturing contacts across the continent in preparation for his next move.
The wave of protest against the British junior shows no sign of abating, despite the company enjoying the government’s full support. Questions remain about its corporate governance and powerful networks.
The heiress Romy Castel has taken legal action in France to denounce the conduct of Castel’s managing director, Gregory Clerc, and one of his business partners in Singapore. However, the clock is ticking.
Taking charge of the north-western city, a hotbed of rival militias, has become a strategic priority for the PM, as it is home to the country’s only operating refinery. To this end, he's promoted militia commander Mahmoud ben Rajab.
The Spanish football club has been in conflict with the Congolese authorities over the role of the intermediaries involved in the €43m sponsorship contract signed in 2025. Kinshasa made the payment of funds for the second season conditional upon the resolution of this problem.
Aden Duale, the president’s key ally in the region, is alienating local leaders with incendiary remarks, even as he works to gain the Somali community's support for the Kenyan president's election bid.
The new Beninese president is seeking to find a solution to the impasse hampering the regional organisation. To do so, he wants to organise a heads of state summit, an event that has been postponed for several years due to persistent tensions among member countries.
The Ivorian airline has applied for a licence to enter the business currently run by Menzies Aviation. The British group, however, is contesting the termination of its concession and has taken the matter urgently to the ICC's International Court of Arbitration.
The Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism, which has so far been deployed as part of the Doha process, could be sent to the highly volatile Minembwe area. The aim is to ensure that DRC and Rwanda honour the commitments made at the peace agreement signed in December 2025.
The Tunisian president’s difficulties have reignited discussions among the various opposition factions. A new initiative, which brings together a broader spectrum of groups than in the past, has been under discussion for several weeks.
Kalonzo Musyoka, leader of the Wiper party, has been drawn into efforts by the president's allies to break a stalemate over Sudan’s embargo on Kenyan tea exports. This was imposed following the reception of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in Nairobi in 2025.
The Libyan army chief is relying on his alliance with Mahamat Idriss Déby to defeat his rivals who have taken refuge in Niger. He is also seeking to enlist the support of rebels opposed to Abdourahamane Tchiani and present in Libya and Chad.
Backed by the ruling party, the evangelist has an unmatched ability to mobilise supporters. Leaders across the spectrum are keen to be seen at his “crusades” as the presidential election draws nearer.
Togolese security officials favoured the choice of an Italian operator to oversee a new €5m aid package approved by Brussels to modernise the navy.
A delegation from BMS is due to travel to the United States in the coming months. To make the most of the trip, it is seeking help through a firm with strong connections in Washington.
The Congolese company Valornet is still refusing to hand over the vehicle ID platform it developed unless the government gives compensation. After a failed mediation attempt by Deputy Prime Minister for Transport Jean-Pierre Bemba, the company is preparing its legal counterattack in Belgium.
The head of state is telling his allies that Kampala did not impose any conditions on its shareholding in the former state-owned company. Keen to fend off opposition criticism, he wants to make the partial privatisation of KPC one of the key achievements of his term in office.
With the opening of his Venice Hall events complex in Yaoundé, the former UFC fighter has kicked off his property ventures in Cameroon, following investments in the United States and Dubai.
After a difficult last year, the parent company of La Vache Qui Rit has appointed a new head to lead its Algerian subsidiary, one year after consolidating its teams at the Koléa processing plant.
Capitalising on the White House’s appetite for strategic raw materials, the US mining company is trying to raise funds to develop several copper deposits close to the fighting in eastern DRC.
Preparations for the opening of two European Union-funded temporary facilities in Senegal are gathering pace, as Brussels advances its plan of outsourcing migration control across the region.
A notable figure in the Swiss Confederation has, since 2022, become a fervent promoter of relations between the kingdom and his own country. He has also recently joined the board of a subsidiary of the powerful Moroccan pension fund CIMR, which is close to the royal palace.
The Rapid Support Forces were quick to highlight training from the global organisation to present themselves as compliant with international humanitarian law, but their recent offensive in Kordofan has raised fears of further abuses after the El Fasher massacres.
The Estonian company is still hoping to recover the 12m dinars (€3.5m) that have been frozen in Tunisia since it left the country in May 2025.
The concessionary company for the Riviera-Marcory bridge (Socoprim) has been selected over its Chinese competitor, China Civil Engineering Construction Corp. The cost of the project is estimated at CFAF 200bn (€305m).
Spurred by the start of production at the massive Simandou iron ore deposit, British, French, and Nigerian companies are ramping up infrastructure projects in the country.
The South African debt recovery fund has acquired the rights to Paramount Group's claim and is turning up the heat on Gabon. In a letter sent to Libreville on 24 August, it demanded that the debt be settled by 3 September.
Although the threat of renewed war is looming, five financial institutions have signed on to a programme to support the recovery of micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises in northern Ethiopia. The EU and German funded initiative is trying to adapt to a deteriorating security environment.
The Banque Nationale d’Investissement's sale of its stake in BICICI to the bank controlled by Ahmed Cissé has still not been given the go-ahead by the regional regulator. The buyer's profile and the terms under which the public institution disposed of its share are fuelling speculation.
Major private companies are growing impatient with the time it is taking Algerian authorities to issue new permits allowing them to import milk powder. The agri-food sector points to the heightened complexity of purchasing procedures over the past year.
By widening the guest list for Sudanese dialogue on its own, AU Commission Chair Mahamoud Ali Youssouf is moving the pan-African organisation away from the mediation group's framework and closer to the position of General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
The Malagasy junta leader wants to bypass the island’s long-standing petrol suppliers. A new tanker, chartered by the Nigerian trader Sahara Energy, is expected to arrive early September at the port of Tamatave, in the east of the country.
With the country in the thick of a financial crisis, the new minister for the budget has been overseas, from Paris to Beijing and Washington. He has been establishing himself as the key figure in negotiations with donors, as a resolution to Senegal’s debt crisis looms on the horizon.
Four months after strikes hit the consortium’s mining sites in the south-east, tensions remain high. Workers are dissatisfied with the union’s gains, while representatives say they acted under junta pressure.
Since the start of the war, the Rapid Support Forces leadership has maintained high-level contacts with Tel Aviv. Its senior figures and leader's family members have made several trips there in a security cooperation that predates the conflict.
A reform under consideration by the Kenyan Parliament would bar legal action against proposed referendums that are still in the preparatory stage. This weighty provision has attracted the criticism of several experts who participated in its drafting.
The transfer of French group Somdia’s shares in the Cameroon sugar company to the consortium led by businessman Joseph Pagop Noupoué was due to have taken place by the end of this month. However, the PM’s office is putting up a fight.
Already facing criticism, the head of the Confederation of African Football is experiencing friction with his closest allies, including FIFA president Gianni Infantino. The possibility that the South African billionaire might move into more political spheres is fuelling speculation.
While a disagreement with the board of directors led to the departure of the chief executive of the state-owned mining company, its chair, Jean-Charles Okoto Lolakombe, wants to cut ties with Asa Resource Group, a minority shareholder. He accuses it of being a shell company.
In view of Morocco's legislative elections, CGEM is preparing to examine the economic programmes of the Parti Authenticité et Modernité, a member of the governing coalition, and the Parti de la Justice et du Développement.
The chief of staff of the Libyan National Army has been mounting a broad communications campaign around his role in the release of Russian and American captives in the Sahel. The operations were carried out via Tuareg channels in Fezzan.
The Malagasy junta leader wants to bypass the island’s long-standing petrol suppliers. A new tanker, chartered by the Nigerian trader Sahara Energy, is expected to arrive early September at the port of Tamatave, in the east of the country.
The US Drug Enforcement Administration has recently closed one of its main West African outposts discreetly, as the White House presses ahead with significant cuts to the agency's ranks.
The armed group Allied Democratic Forces has become more active in Kenya, where authorities suspect recruitment networks and sleeper cells. Counter-terrorism and intelligence units have deployed resources to track them down with the help of neighbouring countries.
The Togolese judiciary is refusing to enforce the ruling handed down by the CCJA in Abidjan against UTB in its dispute with Tele Mobil International, on the grounds that the bank has not been incorporated into the registers of the Togolese revenue office. The company has lodged a final appeal.
The federal administration has recruited several members of the jihadist group operating in Somalia into its security agencies and immigration services. On top of this, a lack of bilateral cooperation, in the midst of a political crisis, is frustrating Mogadishu’s Western partners.
The head of Aftrade, Alexander Zingman, is working to arrange a visit by Faure Gnassingbé to Minsk, while also overseeing preparations for the opening of Togo’s future embassy in Moscow.
More than four years after announcing its intentions to set up its regional headquarters in Cameroon, United Bank for Africa has still not secured a site. Two potential locations, in Yaoundé and Douala, have slipped through its fingers, frustrating the bank’s management.
In July, nearly three months after ex-general Béni Xavier Rasolofonirina was appointed interim head, the FSM sovereign wealth fund adopted a new organisational structure. The team includes members from the presidency, prime minister’s office and finance ministry.
The sector regulator has imposed the use of the 'farmer card' for all farm-gate transactions from the first day of the cocoa season, which has just opened.
Despite losing exclusive use of its railway in favour of US firm Ivanhoe Atlantic, Lakshmi Mittal’s conglomerate remains particularly influential in Liberia. That position has been helped by the US president who has personally involved himself in this matter in West Africa, after intense lobbying by the Indian group.
Having faced serious difficulties since the start of the Strait of Hormuz crisis, the phosphate giant has suspended its main projects, notably its mega-industrial complex at Mzinda.
Less than a week after a failed coup, the Niger junta leader must contend with an army riven by deep internal divisions as he seeks to stay in power.
The group, owned by the China-Africa Jinchuan Investment consortium, has just announced plans for mass redundancies at its Bakubung site. Neither the mines minister nor the ANC, which governs the province, has yet intervened in this matter involving economic relations with Beijing.
After months of faltering negotiations between Bangui and Moscow, the rival Russian paramilitary groups have reached a role-sharing compromise: Dmitri Sytyi's forces will keep their security and business contracts, while Africa Corps will mantain a smaller footprint in the CAR capital.
Nairobi’s proposal could also prove profitable for Tanzania, where the city of Tanga had at one point been considered as the location for Dangote Industries’ future oil refinery, which will now be built at the port of Lamu.
On 1 July, the Court of Justice of the European Union dismissed the appeal brought by the Libyan private security company in the case opposing it to the EU mission responsible for border assistance in the country.
In view of their forthcoming move to a higher international economic category, several East African countries are showing interest in a partnership agreement with the European Union, which Kenya already benefits from. However, a number of obstacles stand in the way of resuming dialogue.
After some 300 days in detention at Melrose prison, ex-president Andry Rajoelina's former key aide continues to battle for release on bail. Three magistrates from the French financial prosecutor’s office went to question the entrepreneur in Mauritius.
The French group is once again locking horns with the authorities in Bangui. This development comes at the same time as the firm vies to retain its contract for the security of the country's EU delegation.
After winning a favourable ruling in its dispute with Yapi Merkezi before the London Court of Arbitration, the Ethio-Djibouti Railway intends to complete its northern rail line linking the town of Awash to Hara Gebeya. Several global giants in the sector have been approached for the project.
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