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Spotlight | Africa
From Nairobi to Lagos, Moscow wages religious war on Kyiv

In parallel to its military attack on Ukraine, the Kremlin is mixing religion and diplomacy in an offensive against the Orthodox Church of Ukraine in Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Cobalt, gold and carbon credits: the company run by Yves Kabongo changes name to fit with latest strategy

Businessman Yves Kabongo. © The Icon Group DRC

First named Bankers Cobalt to ride the cobalt wave, then Central African Gold as gold prices rose, the company led in the DRC by Yves Kabongo has now morphed again into African Energy Metals.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

Cameroon
Ukraine-Russia: faced with soaring wheat prices, millers unilaterally raise flour prices

Célestin Tawamba, head of Cameroon's employers' federation and owner of La Pasta, is leading the Cameroonian flour mills' revolt against the government. After failing to obtain tax and customs exemptions, he and his competitors have decided to flout their sector's regulations.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

West Africa

Niger
After pressure from new oil minister Abba, CNPC forced to turn to local companies

Until recently, the Chinese major has been able to run its oil operations in Niger almost entirely as it wished, yet the Bazoum government has recently decided to get tough.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Rwanda
Opposition politician Rusesabagina files lawsuit in the US against Kigali

Paul Rusesabagina in Kigali on October 2020. © Clement Uwiringiyimana/Reuters

A fierce critic of Paul Kagame's regime, Paul Rusesabagina has now turned to the US courts to claim hundreds of millions of dollars from the Rwandan state following his arrest in Kigali in bizarre circumstances in 2020.

Subscribers only Politics

Kenya
Kenyatta's éminence grise takes first perilous steps into electoral politics

Former lawyer Machakos Nzioka Waita (left) and Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. © @StateHouseKenya/Twitter

The Kenyan president's right-hand man, Nzioka Waita, is hoping to get himself elected as governor of a strategic county near Nairobi. He knows he needs a major image makeover to convince voters and beat off the competition.

Subscribers only Politics

Sudan
Upstaged by Hemeti's diplomatic tour, Burhan seeks security kudos

Sovereignty council president Abdel Fatah Al-Burhan. © El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters

In a bid to regain some of the limelight stolen by his deputy, sovereignty council president Abdel Fattah al-Burhan is working to unite Sudan's various militia groups into a single armed force.

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Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Chinese Pengxin set to buy historic Tau Lekoa gold mine

Mainly operating in DRC, China's Pengxin is finalising the purchase of its second South African gold mine, Tau Lekoa, a historic site that has been in turmoil for years.

Subscribers only Mining

Mozambique, Rwanda
TotalEnergies puts construction group close to Kagame on Mozambique LNG short list

TotalEnergies chairman and chief executive Patrick Pouyanné with Rwanda's head of state Paul Kagame. © Twitter/@UrugwiroVillage

The Rwandan company has joined, at the last minute, the list of firms bidding to carry out preparatory work at the site of the Mozambique LNG project. French major TotalEnergies has a debt to pay to Rwanda for its role in restoring security in Cabo Delgado Province.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Morocco
Akhannouch protégé MP Mohamed Chaouki, restructures his business

Mohamed Chaouki, RNI MP for Boulemane, 15 February 2022. © Story&Brands via MAP

Mohamed Chaouki, MP for the Boulemane constituency, who already runs the Emirati fund EIIC's Moroccan subsidiary, has created a new asset management company. He is also a director of Afriquia Gaz, owned by the prime minister and billionaire Aziz Akhannouch.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Morocco
Naval Group to freshen up two Moroccan Navy frigates

The French defence contractor has had to firmly defend the cost of its services to keep its MRO contract with the Royal Moroccan Navy.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Tunisia
Angered by Kais Saied's silence over Ukraine, EU commissioner Oliver Varhelyi cancels Tunis visit

Angered by Kais Saied's silence over Ukraine, EU commissioner Oliver Varhelyi has cancelled his trip to Tunis planned between 1 and 3 March.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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