UCB, the official drinks supplier of the 33rd Africa Cup of Nations, is threatening to take African football's governing body to court for breach of contract. The bone of contention is the presence of its rival Castel at fringe tournament venues. [...]
There has been no dialogue between the Cameroonian government and Anglophone separatists in the North-West and South-West regions since the crisis began in 2016. In the run-up to the Africa Cup of Nations, a string of ill-prepared initiatives from the English-speaking separatists has failed to change the situation. [...]
The Swiss commodities trader Vitol has become a trump card in British junior Savannah's game. In exchange for financial support for Savannah's purchase of ExxonMobil-Petronas's Doba assets, it should end up well placed to market the crude produced there. [...]
Perenco's negotiations for the takeover of three blocks in the Ivorian offshore have been dragging on for several months. Africa Intelligence reveals the reasons behind this stalemate. [...]
Burkina Faso withdrew Patel's permit for the Inata mine because it deemed his firm, Balaji, had neither spent enough money on it nor done enough work at the site. Patel is now pulling out all the stops to make sure the same thing doesn't happen at his Kalsaka gold mine. [...]
#Togo's president @FEGnassingbe made a secret visit to Bamako on 19 January to hold talks with the president of the Malian transition, @GoitaAssimi. #Mali https://t.co/bAY4ILdN3X
A specialist in luxury events management has been tasked with setting up a sumptuous “bivouac” on the bank of the Dakhla lagoon to host King Mohammed VI. The last time the sovereign was seen in public in Western Sahara was in 2016. #Morocco https://t.co/7thBlKAcCy
The Sudanese political parties that were excluded from the Forces of Freedom and Change (FFC) coalition last weekend do not intend to remain on the sidelines. Several parties have decided to join forces to defend their position. #Sudan https://t.co/R7dHmZzQtt
