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Spotlight | Horn of Africa
MbZ proposes diplomatic package to Sisi and Abiy ahead of AU summit

Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan. © @MohamedBinZayed/Twitter

Ahead of the African Union summit to be held in Addis Ababa on 5-6 February, the UAE's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan has been busy trying to shape a role for the UAE as a mediator in the region.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Angola, Nigeria
Chevron contends with inexorable decline in its continental oil production

There is no escaping the fact that the output of leading oil company Chevron has fallen in the main countries where it operates, namely Angola and Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC
Logistics giants vie for Matadi river port

The port of Matadi in the DRC. © Matadi Gateway Terminal

France's Bolloré has been keen on the modernisation project since 2019 but UAE's Abu Dhabi Ports is also now showing interest.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

West Africa

Algeria, Mali
Algerian meddling in Bamako infuriates ECOWAS

Malian foreign minister Abdoulaye Diop (left) with his Algerian counterpart Ramtane Lamamra, Algiers, 6 January 2022. © Ramtane Lamamra/Twitter

The involvement of Algerian diplomats in the Malian crisis has become increasingly irritating for ECOWAS. Moreover, several of its member countries consider that Algiers has encouraged the deployment of Russia's Wagner paramilitaries there.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Camp Mariama to become centre of cooperation with Western armed forces

At the instigation of Paris, Camp Mariama is gearing up to host joint military exercises involving the Djiboutian army and the many Western forces stationed in the country. A snub for China, which also has armed contingents deployed in Djibouti.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

South Sudan
Kiir keeps accounts under lock and key in face of embezzlement allegations

The number of reports higlighting illicit practices and lack of transparency in South Sudan continue to grow, but President Salva Kiir's government refuses to make its accounts or oil data public.

Subscribers only Politics

Uganda
Museveni tries to connect with Uganda's youth via Kaguta Foundation

A 1980 file photo of Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni, then the UPM candidate for Mbarara North constituency, posted on Twitter by the Kaguta Foundation. © Kaguta Foundation/Twitter

Advised by the children of the Ugandan leader, the Kaguta Foundation is very active in promoting the president's track record and has been focusing on two issues in particular on social media: east African integration and the revival of inter-generational dialogue.

Subscribers only Politics

DRC, Uganda
Elgon Minerals may need to tap DRC gold for new Uganda refinery

The Chinese-owned firm has set up a subsidiary in the DRC while it builds a gold refinery in Uganda. Other Ugandan refineries, which mostly get their gold from the neighbouring country, have often been accused of playing into the hands of smugglers.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Somoil prevails in purchase of TotalEnergies and Inpex shares

The local junior managed to make itself unignorable in unpredictable negotiations for the purchase of shares held by the French giant and the Japanese firm in blocks 14 and 14T.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique
Religious leader and electoral commissioner Daud Ibramogy branches out into construction

Muslim religious leader Daud Ibramogy. © Ussene Daood Daood/Instagram

One of the leading lights of Maputo's Muslim community has decided to invest in the construction sector, one year after occupying one of the five seats reserved for FRELIMO on the electoral commission.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Algeria
Tebboune to travel to Gulf states to organise next Arab League summit

The Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune. © Farouk Batiche/APP/MaxPPP

Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to organise the next Arab League summit on 1 November, the anniversary of the start of the war for independence. In the meantime, he is working on inter-Palestinian reconciliation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Tunisia
Air force chief Mohammed Hajjem touts Djerba defence fair

Tunisian Air Force commander Mohamed Hajjem is working hard to make a success of the International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (IADE), which will be held from 11 to 15 May in Djerba.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

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