Soon after Sheikh Shakhboot became the Emirati minister for African affairs in February last year he took on the hot potato of Ethiopia's vast GERD dam. This gives the young diplomat a perfect opportunity to demonstrate his abilities on an issue that affects two of the UAE's traditional allies.
Lobbyists in the UK parliament are campaigning to diversify Britain's supply of critical minerals. To the delight of the country's juniors, who are exploring for rare earths, graphite and manganese in Africa.
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The South African subsidiary of CMC di Ravenna and the Egyptian Orascom have blamed project owner, public company Regideso for project delays.
The Central African Republic government's search for fresh sources of cash has prompted prime minister Félix Moloua to focus on locally-based international non-governmental organisations as they represent a cornerstone of the country's economy.
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Lacking a successor to the post of director of police following a passports of convenience scandal, Patrice Talon has reappointed General Yaya as head of the organisation for two years. The Beninese head of state also promoted his former military chief of staff Bertin Dada, who played a pivotal role in the police crackdown just ahead the presidential election last year.
As the Barkhane convoys leave Mali one after the other, France has already begun to prepare its next steps in the Sahel.
The former prime minister is making it loud and clear that he is once again a trusted member of the president's entourage after a difficult period out in the cold.
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Politics Kenya has refused to allow Ethiopian and international investigators to travel to Nairobi to investigate the abduction of a Tigrayan businessman. This further complicates relations between the two countries that were already damaged by the conflict in Tigray.
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Diplomacy There is every chance the first stone of the refinery promised by Yoweri Museveni to accompany TotalEnergies and Cnooc's development of Tilenga will not be laid this year as banks continue to pull out of the hydrocarbons sector.
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Zambian public mining company ZCCM-IH is creating a framework to integrate environmental, social and corporate governance into its business to appease both foreign investors and local communities.
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The Egyptian government, which has until now always avoided sourcing from India, has reached out to New Delhi in a bid to obtain large volumes of grain to compensate for the lack of Russian and Ukrainian suppliers.
Riding off the launch of the Francophone employers' alliance in Tunis late week, Quebec business leaders called for a common framework on training workers throughout the French-speaking world. Shared protocols would help the qualified workers Quebec needs migrate to the country.
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