An International Monetary Fund team left Gabon early this week after a long annual consultation mission during which it laid out its conditions for granting the country a new loan programme. They include the scrapping of numerous tax and customs exemption regimes, and in particular one in place for the Nkok special economic zone. [...]
A proposal from former presidential candidate Noël Tshiani to allow only candidates with a Congolese father and mother to run for president has caused a public outcry in the DRC. It has also brought an angry reaction from the new party of former Katangan goveror Moïse Katumbi, who is thought to be part-Italian. Katumbi himself denies this but there are indications that it could be true. [...]
The Austrian businessman Gerhard Weiser, who planned to build a gigantic hydrotherapy centre in El Khbayet, in the stronghold of Ennahda boss Rached Ghannouchi, has thrown in the towel. Turkish firm Hattusa is working to take over the project, with the help of development minister Ali Kooli. [...]
The Canadian junior is unable to explore its gold, copper and zinc project in northern Ethiopia because of the conflict there. Its boss recently met with mining authorities in neighbouring Sudan, which is riding high after the lifting of US sanctions and good news from the recent Paris conference on African economies. [...]
The calls for tender for Prodigy, the project to digitalise #Madagascar's institutions, have not yet been launched, but @GSipromad, @AlibabaGroup and @itpangea are already keen to get a slice of the $143m the @WorldBank is contributing to the scheme. https://t.co/Lso7bnxf8I
.@GMahamatDeby's Transitional Military Council has placed an order for 60 light armoured vehicles with US-UAE manufacturer The Armored Group (TAG) to handle future rebel offensives. #Chad (free article) https://t.co/kKQ13xsgyx
Europe is busy working on a new migration management roadmap, on which #Libya features prominently. The #EU Border Assistance Mission @EUBAMLibya there is set to be expanded and prolonged, especially in the south of the country. https://t.co/5yaTdLaQNr
