Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved. [...]
The death of Baram group head Alhaji Gujja Attom could lead to a shake-up in the Nigerian defence sector, where he was the agent of Chinese giant Norinco. [...]
Now associated with a Putin associate's research institute, French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier's Brazzaville Foundation is keen to offer its mediation services to Libya's warring factions. But the new partnership is prompting the departure of Ollivier's scientific allies in the fight against contraband drugs. [...]
Long a key component of France's low-key but continuing electronic intelligence cooperation with Gabon, Ali Bongo's eavesdropping service is struggling to adapt to Libreville's new political landscape. [...]
Now that the European Union has decided to blacklist Mauritius over money laundering and terrorist financing concerns, Luxembourg sees an opportunity to attract financial flows destined for Africa. [...]
The Indian foreign ministry has called in the small Djiboutian company Daallo Airlines to repatriate Indian citizens stranded in Mogadishu. [...]
After heading the national tourism office, a public phosphates company, and the secretariat of Youssef Chahed's government, Abdellatif Hamam is now in charge of retail distributor Ennakl Automobiles. [...]
The PAM member of parliament for Rabat, Sidi Brahim El Joumani, has bought all the shares in Al Karama Bus Kenitra, the city's concession holder, which is open war with the town hall. [...]
Oran construction firm Altime Services won a second big Sonarach contract on 21 June. [...]
Cayman Islands-registered asset manager VR Advisory Services, which has a 25% stake in the capital of P&ID, has asked an American court to quash the summons with which it has been served in its $9bn legal dispute with Nigeria over a failed LNG project. [...]
Shomka Resources, the company which has just acquired Congo's Namoya gold mine from Canada's Banro group, is headed by Victor Kasongo Shomary, a former deputy mines minister during the presidency of Joseph Kabila. [...]
