Three warlords have agreed to disband their movements and join the peace and reconciliation process. This is the result of intense negotiations conducted in N'Djamena by the CAR president's emissaries.
French diplomacy is working on holding a conference on 25 July to address the humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC. Emmanuel Macron hopes to invite Rwandan President Paul Kagame and Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi to the event, which is facing scepticism from the African Union.
The mining company will hand over the operation of its historic Damang gold mine to the authorities next April, with the aim of securing the renewal of its licence to operate the more profitable Tarkwa mine. Its main subcontractor is a company owned by Ibrahim Mahama, the president's brother.
Kenya's president is seeking to enter negotiations with Uganda on the question of the border between the two countries. His ministers and ally Raila Odinga do not exactly see eye to eye on the approach to take.
Brazil's Embraer had appeared favourite to bag an over $600m deal to supply military transport planes to the Moroccan air force. But the US giant Lockheed Martin is still very much in the running, and is even trying to get the State Department to help it clinch the deal.
In Misrata, Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba's joint force has established contact with the Azerbaijan Defence Ministry to acquire offensive aircraft. The head of the Government of National Unity may be preparing an operation against hostile militias in Tripoli.
The chemical giant has yet to find a way to sell off all its oil assets in Libya. The problem is that its partner has been under international sanctions since the start of the war in Ukraine.