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In Focus | DRC
NB Mining affair: bumpy road ahead for opposition candidate Katumbi in run up to presidential elections

For nearly three years, Pascal Beveraggi has been engaged in an all-out hunt for the funds, debts and assets recovered by his great rival Moïse Katumbi. © Pictures : Emmet Livingstone/AFP/Justin Makangara/Anadolu Agency via AFP/FC Saint Eloi Lupopo officiel Texture : Aleksandr Matveev/Alamy Design : Studio Pachamama

Africa Intelligence has gained access to previously unpublished documents that shed harsh new light on the legal battle over the assets of NB Mining that pits Congolese politician Moïse Katumbi against French businessman Pascal Beveraggi.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics

Central Africa

Gabon
Coup in Gabon: General Oligui reassures Paris

Brice Oligui Nguema in Libreville, on 16 August 2023. © AFP

The day after his coup against his cousin and president, Ali Bongo, General Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema was keen to make his strategy clear to the French authorities. He claims to want to strengthen relations with Paris.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Algeria, Burundi, Morocco
Burundi looks to its own interests as Algeria and Morocco fight for its favours

Evariste Ndayishimiye in New York on 22 September 2022. © Jason Szenes/EPA

Although there are a growing number of indications that Burundi is moving closer to Morocco, Algeria is striving to maintain its influence in the small East African country. The rivalry between the two North African countries is boosting Burundi's diplomatic ambitions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Africa
Riyadh fine-tunes plans for Arab-African summit

The Saudi foreign ministry has been ironing out the details of the meeting which will bring together Arab League and African Union leaders in Riyadh in November. While the kingdom hopes the event will lead to a long-term partnership with the AU, several issues remain.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Niger
Niger coup: international solar energy conference forced to look for another venue

Niger's new energy minister is not ready to host the country's first International Solar Energy Conference in October as planned. The organisers are hoping to maintain the event but are looking for an alternative venue.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenyatta family assets in central Kenya in the firing line

Former Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, in Nairobi, in November 2022. © Yasuyoshi Chiba / AFP

Residents of a county in central Kenya accuse the former president Uhuru Kenyatta of having acquired land that they are claiming from agri-food multinational Del Monte.

Subscribers only Politics

Somalia
New Somalian ambassador to Qatar to be announced in September

A decision over the future ambassador to Doha is currently being made in Mogadishu. Somalia has long held strategic importance for Qatar.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia, South Africa
TotalEnergies Block 5/6/7: PetroSA to sell stakes to CNOOC to fund exploration

South Africa's state-owned PetroSA plans to sell half of its 20% stake in the offshore block in the Orange Basin to fund its share in a long-awaited exploration well.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique
In rare alliance, EDF and TotalEnergies team up to build Mphanda Nkuwa hydroelectric dam

In Mozambique, the consortium bringing together EDF and TotalEnergies is currently negotiating concession agreements for the Mphanda Nkuwa dam construction project.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Morocco
Mohammed VI's ambassadors-in-waiting

Several diplomats have been posted in Rabat for over a year but have not had the opportunity to present their letters of accreditation to the king.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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