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Spotlight | DRC
DP World puts pressure on Tshisekedi over Port of Banana

DP World, which signed a new concession agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo in December, claims that the commitments for the construction of the Port of Banana have not been fulfilled. These accusations were made by the Emirati operator in a letter to the president.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Central Africa

DRC
Anglo American shows renewed interest in Lualaba and Haut-Katanga

Many years after ceasing exploration in Katanga, the mining giant Anglo American appears to be considering a return to the country.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa
Business airlines hit jackpot with AU summit in Malabo

The African Union summit in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea. © Twitter/@_AfricanUnion

The latest African Union gathering held in the capital of Equatorial Guinea in May was a golden opportunity for a handful of business airlines to make some serious money by flying various presidents around.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Africa
Swiss Singapore takes over Phoenix Global's rice business in West Africa

Registered in Singapore but run from Dubai, the trading group Swiss Singapore, which is well-connected in New Delhi, has successfully started exporting rice to Africa. It has made a name for itself in Dakar, Abidjan and Cotonou thanks to the recruitment of two former traders from Phoenix Global, which went bankrupt in August 2020.

Free access Commodity traders, Business

Nigeria
Buhari's heavyweights line up to face Abubakar in 2023 presidential election

The candidate of the main opposition party, the People's Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar. © Reuters

By the end of next week, the names of the candidates of the two main parties competing in Nigeria's presidential election, the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party, will be known. Yet who will stand is still far from clear.

Subscribers only Politics

Ghana
Ocea and Wight merger reshuffles Accra patrol boat market

Finalised in March, the merger between France's Vendée-based shipyard Ocea and the UK's Wight Shipyard has stoked the French shipbuilder's hopes for Ghana Navy's patrol boat market.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Nigeria
Columbia court refuses to deploy full panel of judges in P&ID case

On 10 May, the appeal court of the District of Columbia rejected a request by Nigeria for the court to sit at full strength to hear the case involving Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID). Abuja still owes the firm $9.

Subscribers only Energy

Africa, France
French military institute IHEDN holds its annual African jamboree

France's Institut des hautes études de défense nationale (IHEDN), an academic institution devoted to defence matters, will be holding its 22nd Africa forum from 12 to 18 June.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Libya, Sudan
Libyan diplomats and businesses make beeline for Darfur

The Libyan diplomatic corps is preparing to open a consular office in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur,. The establishment of this diplomatic post should, among other things, enable the Libyan business community's drive into Darfur to gain momentum.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Pretoria quietly drops threats to withdraw from International Criminal Court

In July, the ANC is intending to formally confirm its change of stance towards the court based in The Hague. However, it is still not moving against suspected perpetrators of human rights abuses who are present on South African soil.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Inner circles | Tunisia
UGTT trade union at heart of economic and political negotiations with Kais Saied

Noureddine Taboubi, secretary-general of the UGTT. © Mohamed Messara/EPA/MaxPPP

The powerful UGTT trade union has reaffirmed its role as a key player in Tunisian politics by refusing to participate in the national dialogue as defined by President Kais Saied. Noureddine Taboubi, its secretary-general, is taking part in negotiations with the IMF and at the Carthage Palace with the head of state.

Subscribers only Politics

Libya
Opposing military camps discreetly resume disarmament talks

Suspended since April, the discussions of the Joint Military Commission, which resulted in the ceasefire of last October, are set to resume next week in Tunis. The focus will be on negotiating the disarmament of the militias and the withdrawal of foreign forces - two domains in which little progress has been made to date.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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