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Spotlight | Sudan
Burhan flirts with the Islamists and former Bashir supporters

Following the coup led by General Abdel Fattah al Burhan on 25 October, several political leaders and senior military officers close to Omar al Bashir and his Islamist NCP party were released from prison, although some of them were subsequently locked up again.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
Sceplum partners Gécamines, Trafigura and Pact on small-scale cobalt mining

Run by DRC mining experts and financed by businessman Gad Cohen, Sceplum is the fourth partner on the state-run project to formalise artisanal cobalt mining in the country.

Subscribers only Mining

DRC
Semlex attempt to sign new passport contract thwarted

The Belgian group Semlex, which last June lost its monopoly on Congolese passport production, made a last-ditch attempt to return to the country but was rejected at the last moment by the presidency.

Subscribers only Business

Central African Republic
Paris takes stock of EU military training mission

France has taken advantage of its turn to command the European Union Training Mission to order a wide-ranging audit of its performance. This is expected to result in the mission being completely reorganised or perhaps even being called off altogether.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

DRC
COP26: Between Grand Inga and DRC forestry capital, Félix Tshisekedi attempts grand slam in Glasgow

Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi arrives for the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow. © Phil Noble/Reuters

The DRC presidency has come out in force at the climate summit in Glasgow and is looking to give substance to its carbon reduction projects. Its main asset, the construction of the Grand Inga, will be the subject of a behind-the-scenes meeting with the African Union.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

Cameroon
Sogea-Satom prepares major layoffs

In a circular sent to all staff on 27 October, Pierre-Etienne Latour, head of the Yaounde office of the French construction group Sogea-Satom, a subsidiary of Vinci, announced a 'mass redundancy plan'.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

West Africa

Mauritania, Senegal
Petrosen makes BP spin its wheels over Yakaar Teranga

The 40% cost increase that BP wants to impose on the Mauritanian and Senegalese governments to develop Grand Tortue Ahmeyim is one of the stumbling blocks fuelling tensions between Senegal and the British major.

Subscribers only Energy

France, Mali, Russia
Macron and Putin play game of bluff over Wagner in Mali

Emmanuel Macron receives Vladimir Putin, the Russian president, at the Palace of Versailles. © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

As negotiations between the Malian junta and Wagner step up a notch, Paris is making last-ditch efforts to prevent the arrival of Russian paramilitaries in Bamako. Emmanuel Macron gave Vladimir Putin a stern warning during a phone call last month.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Guinea
Addax gets six-month extension on exclusive petroleum product supply contract

Addax Energy has bagged a six-month extension from the junta led by Mamady Doumbouya on its exclusive contract to import petroleum products to Guinea.

Subscribers only Energy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Cabo Delgado: Washington gives Mozambique's army a helping hand

By sending the humanitarian aid organisation The Halo Trust to oversee the management of arms stocks of the Mozambican forces fighting in Cabo Delgado, Washington has entered into a tentative partnership with Maputo on security matters.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Botswana
Zimbabwean mining group Berkan-Fellmann moves into Gaborone

Zimbabwean mining duo Kevin Makoni and Deric Dube, owners of Berkan-Fellmann, founded two entities in Botswana on 22 October: Excalibur Resources and Bullion Investments.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Former MP and Grand Mosque of Rome president Khalid Chaouki moves into business

The former president of the Great Mosque of Rome Khalid Chaouki. © Pacific Press Media Production Corp/Alamy Banque D'Images

Chaouki, a native of Casablanca and former Democratic Party deputy for the Italian region of Campania has joined infrastructure and construction machinery specialist Tesmec to set up a branch in Morocco. At the same time, he is becoming more involved in lobbying and economic diplomacy.

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