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Spotlight | Africa
Albright Stonebridge, an incubator for all things African at Biden's disposal

Former US secretary of state Madeleine Albright, with Joe Biden and his wife Jill (left), in 2012. © Shawn Thew/EPA/MaxPPP

Former Democratic secretary of state Madeleine Albright's consulting firm is increasingly influential in Africa, thanks to a network of carefully selected diplomats and business executives.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Gabon
Alex-Bernard Bongo sidelined as state digital agency focusses on privatisation

The freeze-out of Alex-Bernard Bongo, the president's half-brother who has run Gabon's digital infrastructure for the past ten years, is the sign of greater changes to come in the management of the country's networks.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Guinea
Kuwait's Al Khaldiya opts for an earlier, smaller-scale production start at its Diecké iron ore project

The iron ore project of Kuwait's Al Khaldiya group. © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications - 2020

Al Khaldiya, which is controlled by Kuwaiti interests, has revised its strategy for its Diecké iron ore project in southeastern Guinea. It has lowered its initial production target from 4m to 1.5m tonnes with the aim of getting the mine into operation more quickly.

Subscribers only Mining

Ivory Coast
Talks heat up ahead of government reshuffle

Abidjan is abuzz with talk as Alassane Ouattara prepares his new cabinet, which could spell RHDP executive director Adama Bictogo's great comeback.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
'Dormant' and untested Alsandross mysteriously chosen for Djibouti refinery

The contract to build the Damerjog oil refinery in Djibouti, destined to receive crude from South Sudan, has been given to a mystery company which has no experience whatsoever in this type of project.

Subscribers only Energy

Uganda
Museveni uses Kilembe copper mine sale to demonstrate his good governance credentials

Entrance to the abandoned Kilembe mine in 2012. © Michael Branz / Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY-SA-2.0

Despite the market uncertainty caused by Covid-19, the Ugandan president has opted to organise a tender call to find a buyer for the Kilembe copper mine rather than negotiate a contract with an already known buyer.

Subscribers only Mining

SADC
SADC sits on its hands over Cabo Delgado

An extraordinary summit meeting of Southern African Development Community states has failed to offer much-needed solutions to the growing security crisis in Mozambique's Cabo Delgado province. Maputo's reluctance to accept foreign help has certainly played an important role.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ethiopia
Abiy locks down Tigray and keeps Europe and the US in the dark

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali, during a question-and-answer session to the government, 30 November. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The long European tour just made by Ethiopian deputy prime minister Demeke Mekonnen was intended to disarm the regime's critics and enable prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali to complete his military programme in the Tigray region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Southern Africa
Botswana, Mauritius and Zimbabwe put on best show to impress money-laundering watchdog

From 24 November to 4 December, the reputation of Botswana, Zimbabwe and Mauritius will lie in the hands of the Eastern and Southern Africa Anti-Money Laundering Group, a body of the global money laundering watchdog FATF.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Mozambique, Saudi Arabia
Cabo Delgado governor Tauabo gets Saudi help to battle jihadists

The governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, tries to persuade Saudi Arabia to help finance President Filipe Nyusi's war against jihadist rebels in his gas-rich province.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Morocco
Foreign ministry gives Rahal Boulgoute's real estate expansion a discreet helping hand

The ministry helped Rahal Boulgoute win construction contracts in Gambia and Guinea Bissau. Now the businessman wants to build a luxury diplomatic quarter in Rabat.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Taïeb Ezzraïmi heirs say no to leading the family food-processing Groupe SIM empire

The sons of the late company founder Abdelkader Taïeb Ezzraïmi did not want to take on the daily running of the SIM group's strategic branches but will remain part of the family empire.

Subscribers only Business

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