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Spotlight | Gabon
The long shadow of the Bongo clan looms over the BGFIBank shareholder battle

Henri-Claude Oyima, at the launch of the Senior Executives Conference in 2024 in Douala, Cameroon. © BGFIBank

The dispute surrounding BGFIBank's IPO has escalated into a legal battle. A group of shareholders linked to French-Gabonese billionaire Christian Kerangall is attempting by all means to derail the operation.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Central Africa

Chad
Canadian CGIP lacks funds to develop discoveries on former Delonex permits

The Canadian junior is trying to do something that has never been done before. No oil company has yet managed to bring the DOC, DOD, and H blocks in the south and west of the country into production.

Subscribers only Energy

Congo
Kempinski Hotels soon to make its mark on Brazzaville

In early December, President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will inaugurate a new luxury hotel on the banks of the Congo River, a year after the Hilton opened. The works were carried out by the Congolese group MPTB.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

West Africa

Togo
Lomé raises issue of extradition of diaspora activists again with Paris

A Togo minister visiting France has asked the French authorities to cooperate in the arrest and repatriation of some of its nationals who are accused of seeking to destabilise Faure Gnassingbé's government.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Prominent guests absent from the inauguration of Renaissance mega-dam

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), 20 February 2022.
Ethiopian Government HO/EPA/MaxPPP — The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), 20 February 2022. Ethiopian Government HO/EPA/MaxPPP © Gouvernement éthiopien HO/EPA/MaxPPP

Ethiopia wants to celebrate the launch of the GERD in style. This project, on the Nile, is the largest water project on the continent. Although Abiy Ahmed is taking advantage of an international conference to invite foreign leaders, several heads of state will be absent.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Somalia
Djiboutian developer Al Nasri in charge of major road works in Galguduug

The Djiboutian construction company will carry out the rehabilitation and construction of a 60 km section of road between Dhusamareb and Qaridi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Luanda makes plans to secure its maritime zone

For several months, the government has been trying to speed up the creation of a coastguard force. It may put Teleservice, a major player in the country's private security sector, in charge of the project.

Subscribers only Defence

South Africa
Washington increases pressure on Pretoria via its chargé d'affaires

Donald Trump displays news articles on violence in South Africa during Cyril Ramaphosa's visit to Washington DC on 21 May 2025. © EPA/MaxPPP

During several meetings in recent weeks, diplomat David Greene has outlined the reforms sought by Donald Trump to ease the current crisis between the two countries. The South African government has asked him to address these grievances in writing.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Morocco
American senators organise an economic forum in Dakhla

A think tank bringing together US Republican lawmakers is planning an event on governance issues in the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Congo, Egypt
Two candidates wrangle for African support in UNESCO leadership run

With the election of the future head of the UN institution looming on the horizon, the race for support has gathered momentum, but not without a few hiccups.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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