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Spotlight | Africa
FIFA boss Gianni Infantino tightens his grip on African federations

The president of FIFA, Gianni Infantino, and the president of the African Football Confederation, Patrice Motsepe, on 4 May 2021 in Abidjan. © Legnan Koula/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

After months of bad blood between FIFA and some African federation members, the head of the international football organisation wants to take advantage of South African billionaire Patrice Motsepe's arrival at the head of the Confederation of African Football to exert greater control of the game on the continent.

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Central Africa

DRC
West China Cement buys out Philippe de Moerloose

Philippe de Moerloose, one of the wealthiest Belgians in the DRC, has been bought out of the cement plants he co-owned with West China Cement. The Chinese giant now aims to ramp up production and become a major player in the sector.

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DRC
Damning audit report casts doubt on Congo Airways' $272m fleet expansion

Allegations of embezzlement and over-invoicing at Congo Airways could not have come at a worse time for the national carrier, which is hoping to finalise the $272m purchase of four new airliners.

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Central African Republic
Embattled MINUSCA launches media counter-offensive

A MINUSCA patrol in the Central African Republic. © @UN_CAR/Twitter

To push back against the often pro-Russian lobbies that are calling for MINUSCA contingents to withdraw from the CAR, the UN mission's communications team is seeking to boost its profile in the local press and in neighbouring Cameroon.

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Congo
How government departments intend to divvy up Total, ENI and Perenco fines

The finance minister recently signed a decree on the sharing of upstream oil fines between the various government departments, but the text raises numerous legal issues.

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West Africa

Nigeria
Buhari's chief of staff Ibrahim Gambari places his diplomatic pawns

Ibrahim Gambari, chief of staff to Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari. © CK/mos/Reuters

For the last year, the Nigerian president's chief of staff has been methodically appointing his inner circle to key diplomatic posts.

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Guinea, Russia
Alpha Condé's team to woo Russian infrastructure companies in Saint Petersburg

Guinean president Alpha Condé flew a delegation to Saint Petersburg to attend the 24th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) from 2-5 June.

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Benin, Ivory Coast
Star architects Koffi & Diabaté secure Cotonou port contract without tender

Having already built the two residences of the Beninese president Patrice Talon, the Ivorian architects Issa Diabaté and Guillaume Koffi have been busy since the beginning of the year overseeing the building of Cotonou's maritime affairs centre.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
Prime Minister Roble reluctantly upstages Farmajo

Somalian Prime Minister Mohamed Hussein Roble. © @SomaliPM/Twitter

Propelled into the limelight by the negotiations that resulted in an electoral agreement on 27 May, the Somalian prime minister Mohamed Hussein Roble is increasingly being seen as presidential material by certain regional leaders.

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Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Governor Tauabo asserts his leadership over Cabo Delgado

The governor of Cabo Delgado, Valige Tauabo, has set up a new entity to channel public funds to his province to stimulate the economy and combat the ongoing insurrection. But the new public company will also serve to enhance the governor's personal influence.

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Botswana
Ex-BCL execs mount joint mining comeback

State-run BCL's upper management did not lose time when the company went into liquidation back in 2016. Many of them have combined their skills and banded together to make it big in Botswanan mining.

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Denmark, Southern Africa
Denmark's Scandi Roll takes a step into African mining

The Danish industrialist Carsten Wernberg-Moller, the owner and managing director of Scandi Roll, incorporated a firm called Scandi Mining. Its role will be to invest in mining exploration and production in Africa.

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North Africa

Morocco
'Billboard baron' Mounir el-Majidi aims to recapture urban advertising

King Mohammed VI's private secretary is using a new company, FT View, to win urban billboard contracts in a sector where his FC Com group has come under fire.

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Libya
London to step up pressure on Russian and Turkish paramilitary outfits to withdraw from Libya

The British Foreign Office is planning to organise a major conference on the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) of armed groups active in Libya.

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