Angola's national oil company Sonangol has accused local businessman Sindika Dokolo of buying into its Dutch offshoot Esperaza at a discounted rate and has managed to convince a Dutch court to examine the case. [...]
Several ministers, including the prime minister, will be running for office in the Central African general elections scheduled for 27 December and are therefore obliged to step down from their posts. [...]
To pre-empt a potentially explosive situation in Guinea following the presidential election on 18 October, the Sierra Leonean military is already stepping up its capacities along the borders. [...]
Le groupe de sécurité privé Amarante est en négociations pour céder ses activités aéroportuaires au Sénégal à Securicom Mali. [...]
One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state. [...]
At a pivotal moment in US-Sudan relations, the State Department is funding a major contract for American consultancy firm Chemonics to support the Sudanese government. [...]
After the failure of negotiations with President Ismail Omar Guelleh over the Doraleh port concession, the Dubai operator has turned to the US justice system in its efforts to recover $485m. [...]
The decision of the American investment fund to continue domiciling its companies on the island could reassure the financiers and fund managers of Port Louis, who are in the sights of the European Union. [...]
The members of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement were to nominate their candidates in early September ahead of the general elections scheduled for February, but the results have caught the president off-guard, forcing him to intervene swiftly. [...]
France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations. [...]
The majors present in Tunisia, already struggling to contend with Covid-19, could leave the country altogether because of the highly volatile social situation there. New energy and mines minister Salwa Sghaier is taking up her post at a time of tension in the Tunisian oil sector. [...]
Since early August, mining operators in the DRC have been pushing back against recent fiscal and budgetary measures introduced by the central government in Kinshasa. On 8 September, the leading industry players turned out in force for a meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi. [...]
Registered in Mauritius on 14 September 2020, Lazarosy Mining (the Malagasy name for the biblical figure Lazarus) boasts among its board members the American-British duo Tom Cushman and John Ffooks. [...]
