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Spotlight | Congo
Oil minister Itoua uses OPEC to help him raise Saudi and UAE funds

Mohammed Barkindo, Secretary General of OPEC (foreground, light outfit) was received on August 22 in Congo-Brazzaville by Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, Congolese Minister of Hydrocarbons, to his left. © SNPC

Oil minister Bruno Itoua and SNPC chief Raoul Ominga want OPEC secretary general Mohammed Barkindo to intervene on their country's behalf to obtain funds.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC, Nigeria
Frontier Services Group, founded by Erik Prince, cashes in on Chinese mining and oil firms

The firm founded by PSC veteran Erik Prince saw revenue from security contracts with extractive industry firms in DRC and Nigeria increase a lot in recent months.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

West Africa

In Focus | Ivory Coast
The quiet attempts to reconcile Alassane Ouattara with his former ally Guillaume Soro

The former president of the Ivorian National Assembly Guillaume Soro. © Reuters/Charles Platiau

Supporters of the Ivorian National Assembly's former president Guillaume Soro, exiled in Europe since 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment in June, have been trying to reconcile him with the head of state Alassane Ouattara, with the backing of Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso.

Subscribers only Politics

Nigeria
Nigeria turns to Russia after being deprived of its US helicopters

By stopping the sale of 12 urgently needed attack helicopters to the Nigerian Army, the US has inadvertently boosted Nigerian-Russian military cooperation. Arms broker Ahmed Vanderpuije plans to seize the opportunity to finalise the sale of Russian Mi-35 helicopters to Abuja.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Liberia, United States
Liberian ship registry brings ex-Trump adviser on board to woo Washington

David Peyman, counsel in DLA Piper's international trade practice. © Twitter/@FDD

After a few months of bad press, the Liberian International Ship and Corporate Registry hired DLA Piper and David Peyman, a specialist in maritime compliance and former Trump adviser, to help boost its lobbying campaign in the US.

Subscribers only Business

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang lambasts half-brother Gabriel amid oil crisis

The Minister of Petroleum of Equatorial Guinea Gabriel Obiang Lima. © Christian Bruna/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

In an attempt to weaken his half-brother's position as a potential successor to their father President Teodoro Obiang Nguema, vice president Teodorin Obiang Nguema has had harsh words for the oil minister, whom he holds responsible for the sector's lack of results.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast
Behind the scenes of ENI's Block CI-101 find

The first exploratory well drilled by ENI in Ivorian waters led to a discovery of oil and associated gas reserves. And the major does not intend to stop there.

Subscribers only Energy

France
The five themes of the Africa-France summit

The New Africa-France Summit will be held on 8 October at the Sud de France Arena in Pérols, near the southern French city of Montpellier, in the presence of Emmanuel Macron

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Guinea
After Guinea coup, regional leaders debate reaction to military junta behind closed doors

Guinean President Alpha Condé. © Benoît Tessier/Reuters

Breaking news published on 05/09/21 at 7:40 p.m. - Less than 24 hours after the coup that ousted Alpha Conde, ECOWAS presidents started consulting with each other ahead of an extraordinary summit planned shortly to decide what stance to adopt on Guinea and whether or not to apply sanctions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Port of Djibouti barons at loggerheads

The Doraleh Multi-Purpose Port, managed by the state company Port of Djibouti. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

State-run Port of Djibouti, the country's main source of income along, in equal measure, with the rent from foreign military bases, is in the throes of a management war.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Tanzania
Dar es-Salaam rail freight project still waiting for rolling stock

The planned start this year of a block train service between Dar-es-Salaam and Isaka 970 km to the west, where there is a dry port serving neighbouring countries, looks likely to be delayed.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Windhoek bets on sustainable mining future to lure foreign capital

The Namibian mining industry's annual conference demonstrated how ESG is at the core of Windhoek's mining development strategy. The private sector is very much on board in the bid to give the country an advantage over its African rivals.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Tunisia
Tunis grounds plan to buy second-hand Kuwaiti F-18s

Tunisian air force chief Mohamed Hajjem, who urgently needs to replace his fighter jets, has finally ditched plans to purchase the F-18s that Kuwait is preparing to withdraw from service.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Libya
Crisis specialist Henriette von Kaltenborn-Stachau is new World Bank representative

New World Bank representative in Libya, German national Henriette von Kaltenborn-Stachau, arrived in Tripoli on 25 August to meet prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and finance minister Khaled al-Mabrouk Abdullah.

Subscribers only Business

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