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Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI seals major Emirati investment to shake up energy sector

Morocco's King Mohammed VI (left) with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in Abu Dhabi, in December 2023. © UAE Presidential Court via AFP

The surprise partnership between Emirati operator Taqa and the royal company Nareva has redrawn the map for energy players in Morocco, without however overshadowing the deal agreed a few months earlier between OCP and Engie.

Subscribers only Energy, Business, Diplomacy

The Continent

Africa
Macron finalises new top postings at African embassies

France's President Emmanuel in Paris on 5 June 2025. © Christophe Petit-Tesson/Pool/AFP

Around a dozen French embassies in Africa will see new chiefs appointed this summer. The Élysée Palace has already signed off on several names, while further moves are expected within the foreign ministry's Africa Directorate.

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Central Africa

Inner circles | Gabon
The securocrats at the service of Oligui Nguema

Gabonese President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema in Libreville, in September 2023. © AFP

A former commander of the Republican Guard, the president has ensured that the elite corps retain its dominance over the rest of the Gabonese army, placing his most loyal men at its head, as well as at the head of the intelligence agencies.

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Equatorial Guinea
President or son could lead delegation at French summit

French diplomats expect Equatorial Guinea's president to lead the delegation at this month's third United Nations Ocean Conference. Yet the role may still fall to the vice president.

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West Africa

Nigeria
Air Force weighs up Airbus and Embraer for transport planes

Europe's Airbus has been slow in finalising the sale of C295 cargo aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force, despite interest shown by the latter. At the same time, Brazil's Embraer is hoping to tempt Abuja with its larger plane.

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Niger
Sopamin wins its arbitration against uranium trader Curzon

Sopamin has won its arbitration case against British trader Curzon Uranium at the International Chamber of Commerce tribunal in Geneva.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Africa
UN high commissioner for refugees on brief visit to Washington

Filippo Grandi is extremely concerned about the situation in Sudan. He was able to share his feelings with the head of the US Bureau of African Affairs in May.

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Africa
Jeune Afrique loses disparagement case against Africa Intelligence

The pan-African magazine took Indigo Publications, publisher of Africa Intelligence, to the Paris Commercial Court, claiming that our disclosures about its financial situation and shareholding amounted to ‘disparagement’. On 4 June, the Paris Court of Appeal rejected Jeune Afrique's case.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Security services prepare for protests over finance bill

Kenya's intelligence services want to set up a special unit to contain any social unrest - sparked by the draft budget - akin to the violence that racked the country last year. They fear that this time round, unlike in 2024, the opposition parties could join the protests.

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Djibouti, Ethiopia
Djibouti foils Ethio-Djibouti Railway's plans

Addis Ababa's former mayor promised to relaunch the state-owned railway company after years of financial losses. But his strategy for breaking into Djibouti's multimodal logistics sector is not on track.

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Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Who will lead the Scattered Islands mixed commission?

The Franco-Malagasy mixed commission, charged with adjudicating on the handing over of the Scattered Islands, under French sovereignty but claimed by Madagascar since 1970, will meet on 30 June in Paris.

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