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Doha and Kinshasa finally consolidate ties
Investments from Qatar in DR Congo are expected to be announced shortly. Félix Tshisekedi is also preparing to open his first embassy in Qatar. [...]
Italy is keeping a close eye on militia movements in Libya in order to anticipate threats to its oil exports. It had to this end sent a defence ministry delegation to Tripoli two days before Fathi Bachagha's attempt to enter the city and oust the prime minister. [...]
The British major was scheduled to award one of its largest logistics contracts for Grand Tortue in April but has now delayed it. Those in the running include the biggest names in logistics in Mauritania. [...]
The Portuguese firm is seeking to divest its interests in two Angolan producing blocks operated by Chevron. It is reorganising its portfolio in order to finance cash calls on its most promising blocks in Africa and in Brazil. [...]
The French mining group Eramet has held talks with the Luanda authorities to look at the potential of the Angolan subsoil. President Lourenço is hoping that the major players in the sector will start to diversify the minerals being mined, a key element of his mandate. [...]
Mining companies Guinean Lithium Ressources and African Lithium Mining Ressources, registered in #Guinea in April, have applied for exploration permits in the south of the country. #lithium https://t.co/mgVCvGc5l4
New French PM @Elisabeth_Borne has just picked her top diplomatic adviser, with the post set to go to diplomat Hélène Farnaud-Defromont, former French ambassador to Belgium, from July 2019 to November 2021. @francediplo https://t.co/NuRhRziXLo
France's new foreign minister, @MinColonna, has appointed a diplomat previously posted to the UN and to Burkina Faso to be her senior advisor on #Africa https://t.co/PJZRBStFpW
Mining companies Guinean Lithium Ressources and African Lithium Mining Ressources, registered in #Guinea in April, have applied for exploration permits in the south of the country. #lithium https://t.co/mgVCvGc5l4
New French PM @Elisabeth_Borne has just picked her top diplomatic adviser, with the post set to go to diplomat Hélène Farnaud-Defromont, former French ambassador to Belgium, from July 2019 to November 2021. @francediplo https://t.co/NuRhRziXLo
France's new foreign minister, @MinColonna, has appointed a diplomat previously posted to the UN and to Burkina Faso to be her senior advisor on #Africa https://t.co/PJZRBStFpW