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Under pressure from the IMF, which for the past 18 months has been blocking the second tranche of the $448.6m loan it approved in 2019, Congo is trying to revive talks with traders who have extended oil-backed loans to the country. Having long been advised by banks, the country is now going it alone. [...]
As Cécé Noramou, technical advisor to Guinea's ministry of mines, awaits his imminent retirement, he is finalising a project to decide upon the best approach for relocating, resettling, and compensating people affected by mining projects. He is also setting up his own consulting firm. [...]
The Congolese state has chosen French lawyers Thierry Lauriol of law firm Jeantet and Kevin Grossmann to represent it in its dispute with the two mining companies, which are seeking compensation after having been deprived of their iron ore mining permits. [...]
After presidents Mohamed Ould Ghazouani (@MCGhazouani) of #Mauritania, Idriss Déby (@MIdrissDebyItno) of #Chad and Mahamadou Issoufou (@IssoufouMhm) of #Niger visited @EmmanuelMacron in Paris, it’s now #BurkinaFaso Roch Kaboré’s (@rochkaborepf) turn. https://t.co/AMBJ0coEaX
#Cameroon Government ministers clashed with the president's office over the route to be taken by the official convoy bringing #FIFA (@FIFAcom) chairman Gianni #Infantino and his entourage to the opening match of the African Nations Championship. #football https://t.co/JJ0w4OKj42
#Kenya Months ahead of the scheduled delivery in June of six locomotives from #Spain ’s Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca (@sferroviarism), the procurement contract has already landed new @KenyaRailways_ Corp (KRC) director Philip #Mainga in the hotseat. https://t.co/mHHquCHSfw
