Senegal's prime minister, who had long kept his distance from the thorny Casamance issue, has now stepped into renewed talks with the southern region's separatist rebels, choosing largely to maintain the strategy pursued by former president Macky Sall.
Félix Tshisekedi's government, which seeks to rival Rwanda's soft power in sport, is ready to spend some €4.8m on a partnership with Monaco football club.
Representatives of the US, France and Togo are headed to Qatar, where discussions are underway on a pre-peace agreement. In a declaration of principles signed on 25 April in Washington, Kinshasa and Kigali gave themselves a week to chalk out a deal that could put an end to the conflict.
The meeting between President Umaro Sissoco Embaló's main political opponents that was held in Paris late April took place with the help of a French lawyer and a former Mexican ambassador to Europe.
The Council of Economic Advisors, regularly expanded to include allies of the president and his former opponent Raila Odinga, is now riven with tensions. William Ruto is considering a reshuffle, even though the move could come at a hefty political cost.
Kenya's national airline hopes to obtain a ten to fifteen year extension from the Treasury to repay the 19.4 billion shillings ($150.4m) the Treasury advanced.
French lawyer Wiliam Bourdon has sent a letter to Emmanuel Macron concerning his client, Franco-Malagasy journalist Rolland Hubert Rasoamaharo, also known as ‘Lôla’, who is being held in Antanimora prison.
While UReputation has recently been back in the news with revelations about Paris Saint-Germain's "digital army", its former technical director is under investigation in Tunis.
The World Bank is offering Société Générale a financing facility to ease its withdrawal from its former Moroccan subsidiary, acquired in 2024 by businessman Moulay Hafid Elalamy.