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Spotlight | Ethiopia
Tigray conflict puts Abiy's back against the wall

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali © Terje Bendiksby/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The government has announced a unilateral ceasefire in Tigray, which has been in the grip of a civil war since last November. The prime minister has half-heartedly acknowledged the debacle suffered by the Ethiopian army in the region.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Thales and Huawei wrestle for northern border surveillance contract

Abidjan is considering deploying and coordinating border detection systems and land and air surveillance systems to push back incursions from rebel groups fighting in the Sahel. France's Thales and China's Huawei are competing against each other to win over the armed forces.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Benin, West Africa
Shipping company MSC caught up with Bolloré in Talon's anti-drug swoop

Patrice Talon, President of the Republic of Benin. © Bernd von Jutrczenka/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Two executives from Italian-Swiss container shipping company MSC were arrested and taken into custody in the course of an anti-drug operation carried out by the Beninese police on 25 June. The case is complicated by political considerations and internal police rivalries.

Free access Commodity traders, Politics

Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast freemasons battle over Bakayoko's succession

The death in March of Ivory Coast grand master and prime minister Hamed Bakayoko created a vacuum that has still not been filled. Interim grand master Sylvère Koyo, assisted by retail distribution magnate Adnan Houdrouge, is trying to take his place but is meeting growing resistance.

Subscribers only Politics

Mauritania
First Quantum primed for its second ICSID copper-related arbitration

The ICSID tribunal that will arbitrate between First Quantum and the Mauritanian state over disputed millions in unpaid taxes is now ready to start. The Canadian firm is also still locked in a battle before the international arbitration centre against Zambia over a separate copper mine.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Nekemte-Bure road project attempts to get back on its feet after Indian firm IL&FS fiasco

China's Chongqing International Construction Corp was roped in late 2020 to replace IL&FS Transportation Networks to upgrade a 258-km stretch of road between Nekemte and Bure, but it may struggle to make up for lost time.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Sudan
Herbert Smith Freehills well placed to revise mining code

A revision of Sudan's mining code is being considered as part of the series of reforms planned by Abdallah Hamdok's government aimed at attracting foreign investors.

Subscribers only Mining

SADC
SACU wants to help SADC speed up free-trade treaty

On 25 June, SACU's executive secretary, Paulina Elago of Namibia, addressed a virtual meeting of the SADC Parliamentary Forum, to offer assistance in the implementation of the new pan-African free trade agreement.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
BP staff prepare for forced exit ahead of ENI merger

As the two firms are about to set up a joint entity in Angola, employees of the British major expect to be laid off with no hope of a transfer.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique
Having turned the page on CR Aviation, Miguel Ribeiro makes quiet comeback with Indico Aircraft

Former CR Aviation director Miguel Curado Ribeiro returned to the business world last month after several years battling fraudulent loan charges.

Subscribers only Business

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