The Douala port authority shipowners collective wrote to Paul Biya at the end of August to complain about access problems to the docks due to insufficient depth. Several ships have run aground in recent months, forcing more and more boats to divert to Kribi.
Despite proactive declarations and an intensification of exchanges between security officials, progress in defence cooperation between Senegal and Turkey is hampered by the budgetary constraints prevailing in the African country.
France's DGSE foreign intelligence service chief Nicolas Lerner met with Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye in Paris last month after making a secret visit to Dakar to meet his counterpart there. Lerner is particularly worried about the Sahel jihadist threat spreading to coastal countries in West Africa.
The Ivorian president will travel to the United Nations headquarters in person for the first time in three years. He is expected to attend the conference for the recognition of Palestine, co-chaired by French President Emmanuel Macron and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.
Former Goldman Sachs executive Colin Coleman has made a series of approaches to the South African company. The businessman, along with others, is trying to get himself involved in talks between Pretoria and Donald Trump's administration.
For weeks, diplomats have been trying to hammer out the details of the Moroccan royal's official visit to France. Although a date had been agreed upon, discussions are now on hold. The sovereign's entourage is no longer convinced by the relevance of the trip.