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Spotlight | DRC, United States
Oklahoma cobalt refiner eyes DRC's natural resources

Westwin Elements CEO KaLeigh Long at the Cobalt Congress 2023. © Cobalt Institute

KaLeigh Long, a former lobbyist from Oklahoma, has turned her hand to refining battery metals. Her contacts within the Republican establishment have helped her raise funds to build a plant in her home state. And her connections in Kinshasa have enabled her to forge crucial links for sourcing ore.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Central Africa

Central African Republic, South Africa
Touadéra pays visit to Gupta brothers' Indian base

The Central African president Faustin Archange Touadéra recently travelled to Dehradun to meet the Gupta brothers, who have applied for asylum in his country to escape prosecution in South Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali
Oleg Maximov, Nordgold's discreet junta go-between

The Russian mining giant recently entrusted one of its executives with responsibility for strategic talks with the various transitional authorities in West Africa, where the company is trying to defend its interests while also getting around sanctions.

Subscribers only Mining

Nigeria
Turkish defence consortium to secure dangerous Abuja-Kaduna road

Asisguard, Havelsan and Nurol Makina have just finalised a deal with the outgoing Nigerian government for the supply of drones, armoured vehicles and electronic systems to secure the Abuja-Kaduna road, which is frequently attacked by armed groups.

Subscribers only Defence

Ivory Coast
Agétip Energies faces two-year exclusion from public contracts

Après avoir été évincés d'un contrat d'électrification, Agétip énergies & services (AES), le Groupe bâtir Afrique (GBA) et Akura sont sur le point d'être suspendus des procédures d'attributions de marchés publics ivoiriens pour deux ans.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Inner circle | Ethiopia
Mamo Mihretu embarks on central bank reforms

The governor of the National Bank of Ethiopia, Mamo Mihretu. © @NBEthiopia/Twitter

Catapulted to the head of the National Bank of Ethiopia at the beginning of the year, Abiy Ahmed's young protégé is tasked with reforming the institution in preparation for the opening up of the banking sector.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Somalia
Somalia's partners to meet in Doha next week

The group of security partners of Somalia, which includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar and whose goal is to assist the government of Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, is to meet again next week in Doha.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Ramaphosa to call for BRICS summit to be moved to another country

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa. © GCIS/Handout/EPA/MaxPPP

South Africa has not found a way to avoid the ICC legal requirement to arrest Vladimir Putin at the next BRICS summit, which it is hosting in August. Instead, it is poised to inform its partners that a new venue in a different country will have to be found.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria to extradite ex-Mozambican finance minister Chang to US

Former Mozambican finance minister Manuel Chang. © Wikus de Wet/AFP

The Ramaphosa administration is finally wrapping up the Chang case and is set to confirm his extradition to the States after four years in detention on South African soil. The move has been prompted by a Constitutional Court ruling and a desire not to further sour relations with Washington.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Libya
Candidates from west jockey to replace Dabaiba

Libyan prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © Islam Alatrash/Sopa Images/Sip/Reuters

Though it is unlikely elections will take place before the end of the year, prominent figures in Misrata and Zawiya are already manoeuvring ahead of the formation of a new government in Tripoli.

Free access Politics

Morocco
Interior minister thwarts justice reforms

In early May, the cabinet decided to suspend discussions on justice minister Ouahbi's new legal bill, apparently in the face of opposition from interior minister Laftit.

Subscribers only Politics

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