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ANGOLA 15/10/2019

Luanda picks out new diamonds with old allies

President João Lourenço may be working hard to breathe fresh life into the country's diamond industry, doing away with the practices of his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos's era is proving more difficult. [...]

Focus AFRICA 07/10/2019

Monaco Resources, the principality's mysterious African trading company

CONGO 14/10/2019

Turkey's Aksa Enerji to build two gas-fired power stations

Having arrived in Congo thanks to an alliance with influential businessman Paul Obambi, Aksa Enerji, which is close to Turkey's ruling AKP party, is gaining strength in the country. It now has a permit to generate and sell electricity. [...]

LIBYA 10/10/2019

Angela Merkel stymied over Libyan summit

Angela Merkel's efforts to regain the initiative on the Libyan question are marking time. According to our sources, the "international [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 04/10/2019

Russia snatches defence contract from Erik Prince

Having been supplanted by Russia, in mid-September Erik Prince's Frontier Service Group (FSG) withdrew the helicopters that it had deployed [...]

ETHIOPIA 04/10/2019

EPRDF to mutate into Ethiopian Prosperity Party

The EPRDF (Ethiopian Peoples' Revolutionary Democratic Front) coalition is to mutate into a single unified party called the Ethiopian Prosperity [...]

SENEGAL Exploration-production 08/10/2019

Sparks fly at BP boss Dudley's meeting with President Sall in NY

QATAR MAURITANIA 09/10/2019

Emir al-Thani courts Nouakchott

Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz having abruptly severed diplomatic ties with Doha in June 2017, the oil-rich Gulf state is hoping the arrival of the new president Mohamed Ould Ghazouani will revive its relations with Mauritania. [...]

Corridors of power

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GUINEA 15/10/2019

SMB or Fortescue? Taskforce in place to award Simandou iron ore

The Guinean government has picked out a team to decide which of the two offers submitted on October 4 for [...]

TUNISIA 10/10/2019

Tunisia's prime minister Youssef Chahed. ©Reuters

Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

ANGOLA FRANCE 09/10/2019

Emmanuel Macron is set to visit Joao Lourenco in Angola early next year. ©Reuters

Hollande, Macron, Pouyanné: three presidents in Luanda

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BENIN 15/10/2019

Authorities makes plans for own mineral trading stations

LIBYA 10/10/2019

Italian MEP Martusciello gets Al Houij into the European Parliament

AFRICA 09/10/2019

Control Risks, Abu Dhabi's private consultant for its African diplomacy

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 08/10/2019

ExxonMobil & Co: Trump worried about Obiang's thirst for oil independence

The American government's support of Teodoro Obiang Nguema's regime, in power since 1979, is being to waver. Malabo's handling of ExxonMobil and other American firms' interests and its desire to work more with European, Russian and Chinese firm are beginning [...]

MOZAMBIQUE 04/10/2019

FRELIMO manoeuvres to maintain its dominance

This time round, President Filipe Nyusi has opted to promote his new guard within FRELIMO in the run-up to the general election of 15 October. These rising figures reflect a shift in priorities. Although the party, which has governed Mozambique [...]

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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC 15/10/2019

Bangui dishes out guarantees to prompt lifting of KP ban

The Central African Republic (CAR) government is keen to show it is willing to take steps to reform its mining [...]

BURKINA FASO CAMEROON 15/10/2019

Eramet's blatant local mining ambitions

French mining group Eramet, which has taken a recent interest in strategic projects in Cameroon and Burkina Faso, was sure [...]

MOROCCO 10/10/2019

BL Harbert lands $181 million US Casablanca consulate contract

On September 26, the American State Department chose Birmingham, Alabama-based construction group BL Harbert to build its new consulate in [...]

News In Brief

EQUATORIAL GUINEA 15/10/2019

EG Ronda Mining bids opened at last

CENTRAL AFRICA 09/10/2019

After the Sahel, Turkish Airlines deploys in the south

IVORY COAST 08/10/2019

Cairn Energy comes out of period in purgatory to team up with Tullow Oil

ALGERIA 10/10/2019

Zergoun Green Energy and Mondragon struggle with solar plant

Zergoun Green Energy (ZGE) has been beset by mishaps as it tries to complete a plant for the assembly of [...]

Breaking newsKENYA 09/10/2019

NOCK board fires MD Mwangi

As we predicted (AEI 849), Mary Jane Mwangi is no longer in charge of the National Oil Corp of Kenya [...]

AFRICA 09/10/2019

Struggling in Ivory Coast and Senegal, Heetch tries to bounce back

The French vehicle for hire firm Heetch, which recently closed down its service in Abidjan after barely three months, is hoping to expand its business into other French-speaking African countries. [...]

TANZANIA 08/10/2019

Shell/Equinor: dreaded contract renegotiations begin

According to our sources, the ministry of energy sent out a letter in mid-September to the vast majority of oil [...]

ETHIOPIA 04/10/2019

Big ambitions brewing for Axereal

The French cooperative Axereal is seeking to supply local malt to Ethiopian brewers. But it will need the resources to do so in order to meet local demand… [...]

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Power brokers

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IVORY COAST 09/10/2019

Life difficult after football for Didier Drogba

Officially retired since the end of last year, the former star striker of the English football club Chelsea, Didier Drogba, [...]

News In Brief

MOROCCO 10/10/2019

Bennis hopes to regain control of the Gazelle d'Or in November

TUNISIA 10/10/2019

The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

MOROCCO 10/10/2019

Anas Sefrioui goes into waste business to feed his cement plants

KENYA 08/10/2019

Mary Jane Mwangi's future at the helm of NOCK on tenterhooks

Although in theory her mandate as the managing director of the National Oil Corp of Kenya (NOCK) runs through to [...]

UGANDA 04/10/2019

Who is Stephen Chebrot, future ambassador in Doha?

In early September, parliament approved Stephen Chebrot's appointment as Uganda's first ambassador to Qatar. The embassy in Doha opened for [...]

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Former Tenke Fungurume and Mutanda execs set up shop to help miners

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Kimberley secretariat wants fixed abode

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GUINEA Supply Chain 15/10/2019

Turkish trader Dianoor sees bright future in diamonds

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AFRICA Supply Chain 15/10/2019

New partner MineRP should help Karuschain expand business

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Italian MEP Martusciello gets Al Houij into the European Parliament

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