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In Focus | Botswana, South Africa
Southern African lottery giants fight each other for new Botswanan jackpot

Lottery station with hand-painted advertising adorning the shop in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. © Kim Ludbrook/EPA/MaxPPP

Southern Africa's highly popular lotteries, which offer the prospect of colossal winnings for modestly priced tickets, have over the last two decades become a highly profitable business for the private sector companies awarded government licences to operate them.

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The Continent

Africa
French judges turn up heat on Montessus on eve of Teranga-Endeavour merger

On 21 January, the Endeavour CEO Sébastien de Montessus is set to defend the proposed merger with Teranga, majority-controlled by David Mimran, to his shareholders. In the meantime, French judges are conducting extensive inquiries into a number of transactions that he oversaw when he was with Areva.

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West Africa

Guinea
Rio Tinto and Chinalco seek social and environmental harmony at Simandou

Rio Tinto and Chinalco, co-owners of blocks 3 and 4 of the Simandou iron ore project in Guinea, are recruiting a team they hope will soothe relations with locals and shield the firms from accusations of damaging biodiversity.

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Burkina Faso
Re-elected Kaboré juggles loyalties to form his new government

Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré was re-elected on November 22, 2020. © Legnan Koula/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, who was returned to office in November, is set to announce his new cabinet in the coming days, after more than a week of intense negotiations.

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West Africa
Le Drian's trip to Ouagadougou reset for mid-January

French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian. © Aziz Taher/Reuters

The French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian is expected to travel to Ouagadougou in the first half of January.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Abiy advisor eyes senior UN post

An advisor to occupants of the prime minister's office for over two decades, Arkebe Oqubay is vying for the top job at a UN agency. He is being supported by the Abiy administration, despite being a member of the TPLF.

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Djibouti
Mohamed al-Amoudi tightens his family's grip on hotel business

Saudi-Ethiopian magnate Mohamed al-Amoudi. © Mohamed al-Amoudi/Facebook

By appointing one of his sons-in-law to the board of the firm whose portfolio includes the Sheraton hotels in Djibouti and Addis Ababa, the Saudi-Ethiopian magnate has consolidated his control over his Djiboutian subsidiary.

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Kenya
Carrefour in the running to buy Tuskys

The troubled supermarket chain is negotiating its acquisition by three major retail operators, including France's Carrefour.

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Southern Africa and islands

France, South Africa
Setback for consultant Patrick Landau in his litigation with Alstom

Tens of thousands of confidential documents are going to be returned to the French company Alstom. They had been seized on the instructions of the French consultant Patrick Landau, who is seeking compensation for the role he played in securing various contracts in South Africa.

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Angola, Brazil
Christmas truce between Lourenço and Bolsonaro

At daggers drawn with his Brazilian opposite number for the last six months, the Angolan president João Lourenço nevertheless enjoyed a short private stay in Brazil with his family over the festive period.

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