Chad
Former head of general intelligence soon to be extradited to Belgium

Abderahman Moussa, who has been held in France since August after a European arrest warrant was issued in his name, will shortly be heard by the Belgian courts. He is suspected of having helped the builder of the grand hotel in N'Djamena to bribe local officials.

Cameroon
Opposition still weighing up consensus candidate for looming presidential election

While a new political movement, the Union Pour le Changement, is pushing for a united opposition nominee, who exactly that may be remains unclear. The choice has been narrowed down to Issa Tchiroma Bakary or Bello Bouba Maigari, with Maurice Kamto already sidelined.

DRC
Tshisekedi presidency readjusts its strategy towards M23 at Doha talks

Cameroon
Dredging issues at the Douala port spark anger among shipowners

Central African Republic
Karim Meckassoua's nephew arrested after Yevgeny Prigozhin memorial service

Africa
Sidi Ould Tah has his work cut out at helm of AfDB

No sooner had Mauritanian Sidi Ould Tah taken up his post as head of the African Development Bank than he was faced with a real pile of sensitive issues: managing the liabilities left by his predecessor and the thorny task of recapitalising the concessional window.

Guinea
Junta's roadmap for new GAC CEO

Engineer Patrice L'Huillier, who has worked for Eramet and ERG, has been brought in to head up Nimba Mining Co, the state-owned buyer of GAC's bauxite mines. Negotiations with subcontractors, including Bouygues, are expected to be tense.

Ivory Coast
Cargill among cocoa grinders in difficulty in Abidjan

Senegal
Turkish defence industry's ambitions thwarted in Dakar

Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed tightens military organisation amid tensions with Asmara

Kenya
Ruto races against clock with privatisations to reassure IMF

DRC, Rwanda
Choice of bidders to build Ruzizi III dam postponed once again

South Africa
Conservative US think tank Hudson Institute extends an ambivalent hand to Ramaphosa

The South African president has received an invitation to speak at the Hudson Institute during his upcoming visit to the United States. However, given that the organisation has become a hub for anti-ANC propagandists in recent months, he has not accepted the offer.

Zimbabwe
South African businessman Mlonzi busy selling Russian and Chinese arms in Harare

Businessman Mcebisi Mlonzi, head of arms brokerage TFM Defence, is about to enter into a contract with the Zimbabwean army that will include a large number of small arms from Russia and China.

South Africa
The 10 new rail freight groups selected by Pretoria to support Transnet

Madagascar
Gervais Damasy, the civil aviation boss arrested in connection with Iran Boeing affair

South Africa
Armed forces pressured to cancel naval drills with China, Russia

Algeria
On the brink of a shortage, Algiers relaunches milk powder imports

Libya
Turkish Petroleum joins NOC mega project left in limbo due to Debeibeh

Tunisia
New international legal actions brought against authorities for violation of migrants' rights