President Mahamadou Issoufou's chosen heir, former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, has secured the all-important support of Seini Oumarou and his MNSD party in return for promising Oumarou the position of speaker in the National Assembly. Former prime minister Albadé Abouba looks set to follow Oumarou's example. [...]
The Liberian ship registry and the consulting company which it hired to promote it have jointly begun a discovery process in a US court in an attempt to prove that the other party is at fault. [...]
While he waits for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Guelleh is desperately looking for a challenger so as not to run alone in the 9 April election he counts on delivering him a fifth term in office. [...]
After putting on the charm to rally Kenyatta clan buddies to his presidential cause, deputy president William Ruto is now trying to win over the Kalenjin businessmen that had offered their unwavering support to former president Daniel arap Moi. [...]
By reviving efforts to stage a referendum on constitutional reform, the heads of the Tobruk House of Representatives and the High Council of State are trying to keep control of the crisis exit process even if it means undermining plans to hold elections at the end of 2021. [...]
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. [...]
A public housing agency has awarded a billion euros of contracts to three Turkish firms over the course of a single month. #Algeria https://t.co/L1tYxXViWi
Natalie Brown (@USAmbUganda), the new American ambassador in Kampala, did not mince her words when she issued a statement criticising the organisation of the elections that returned Yoweri Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) to power yet again. #Uganda https://t.co/BhJn2IVrql
Along with the launch of a vehicle aimed at raising $300m to invest in African gold, businessman Rob Hersov, heir to the founding family of mining giant AngloVaal, is also pouring money into politics ahead of municipal elections in August. #SouthAfrica https://t.co/By8fiLzC9i
