With less than a year to go to the presidential election, the prospect of Macky Sall running for a third term is increasingly worrying France and the United States. Emmanuel Macron recently raised the question directly with his Senegalese opposite number but the subject is also causing unease in ECOWAS member states.
Just as the ex-governor of Katanga Moïse Katumbi was about to leave the coalition government, the commercial court judge presiding over the case involving him and the French businessman Pascal Beveraggi sent a letter of resignation to Félix Tshisekedi alleging that he was being pressured into finding in favour of the Frenchman.
ExxonMobil is feeling hopeful now that a familiar face has been appointed as the new oil minister. With the goal of selling off its ailing assets in Equatorial Guinea this year, it has already reached out to the country's vice president.
Despite being at an advanced stage, the plan to dispatch a Rwandan army contingent to Benin has been on standby since late last year, though a deployment has not been ruled out in the medium term.
The UN World Food Programme decided on a new support plan for Africa in early February. The budget is close to €30m.
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Diplomacy 
The flagship project of governor Anne Waiguru, a key ally of William Ruto, is attracting growing investor interest and is becoming a priority for the president's first term in office.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni named US national Cody Lorance trade representative to the US.
The commercial aviation company National Airways Corp is preparing to contest a preservation order granted to the South African prosecution service for two helicopters acquired illegally by Joseph Malanji. It claims that upgrades costing €800,000 were never paid for.
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Defence Botswana Oil has hired law firm DLA Piper to help it raise funds in the US to build a $2.5bn coal liquefaction plant.
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Energy 
In recent months the state aluminium manufacturer has been casting around for an injection of capital in order to build a new plant on the Red Sea. The aluminium industry has been hit especially hard by the global rise in energy prices.
La représentation régionale du Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) en Tunisie plie bagage. Sa dissolution a été actée par le CEA le 1er février.
