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In Focus | Central African Republic
Zhao Baomei, Central African Republic's Chinese mining queen

Faustin-Archange Touadéra, Brigitte Touadéra, Zhao Baomei. © Montage Studio Pachamama // Indigo Publications // Barbara Debout/AFP // Aleks Taurus/Alamy banque d'images // Lukasz Szwaj/Shutterstock

Zhao Baomei has established herself as a key figure in the Central African Republic's mining sector. The mysterious and formidable Chinese businesswoman owes her success to her networks and her sharp business practices.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa

Gabon
Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments locks horns with Monaco Resources

The decision by Handling Partner Gabon's board to dismiss its French CEO, Olivier Berni, on 4 May, gives the Gabonese Fund for Strategic Investments greater control of the airfreight company. His departure edges out Monaco Resources Group, which had appointed Berni in 2020.

Subscribers only Finance

West Africa

Niger
China tightens grip on Niger's oil with Sinopec

China's state-run oil major Sinopec has set it sights on the western African country, where it is poised to become the second largest Chinese firm operating there behind China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC), an old hand in Niger.

Subscribers only Energy

Nigeria
Siemens delays deprive former VP Yemi Osinbajo of parting prize

Yemi Osinbajo, former vice-president of Nigeria. © Sikarin Thanachaiary /World Economic Forum via Abacapress.com

Before standing down, the VP had hoped to announce a record investment for Nigeria's energy transition and tried to convince Germany to back him until his very last days in office. But delays in a current $2bn project with Siemens put a damper on his plans.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Energy

Senegal
Senegalese army finalises anti-terrorism 'manual'

Senegal's top security officials are busy putting the finishing touches to an operational manual on how to fight Islamist terrorism destined for the country's army and internal security forces.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Museveni cautiously cedes ground to his ambitious son Muhoozi

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, in 2021. © Abubaker Lubowa/Reuters

The president is avoiding confrontation with his eldest son, who hopes to succeed his father in 2026. But he is working to assert his authority over the army and win back the regions most defiant of his power.

Subscribers only Politics

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt and Ethiopia at loggerheads over AU human resources budget

Frosty relations between Addis Ababa and Cairo as a result of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam project are likely to stall processes in the African Union. The Egyptian head of the budget subcommittee still refuses to agree to a budget increase which would allow staff on temporary contracts, many of whom are Ethiopian, to be given a permanent status.

Subscribers only Politics

Ethiopia
Russia beefs up its trade diplomacy in Addis Ababa

The Russian embassy in Addis Ababa is shortly due to welcome new trade representative Yaroslav Tarasyuk, who was appointed by decree by prime minister Mikhail Mishustin in mid-May.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Eunice Mpoloka to become mining baroness in Gaborone

Eunice Mpoloka has just received approval from the Competition and Consumer Authority in Gaborone to acquire 51% of Hoisting Solutions, one of Botswana's main drilling and construction rental companies.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Egypt
Sisi to bring Egypt's 2024 presidential election forward

Campaign posters for Abdelfattah al-Sisi during the last presidential election, in central Cairo. © Fethi Belaid/AFP

Candidates can now apply as early as October, allowing the current administration to move the next presidential election up a few months. In the meantime, intelligence services are looking for a potential candidate to run against al-Sisi.

Subscribers only Politics

Libya
TotalEnergies sparks tensions by choosing Basalt as its security provider

Under the watchful eye of TotalEnergies' compliance department, security companies are squabbling over the award of a protection contract by the oil group to a small service provider, Basalt SAS, which is causing much resentment.

Subscribers only Business

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