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Spotlight | Libya
Tripoli 'stabilisation' summit paves the way for postponing elections

Libyan Foreign Minister Najla al-Mangoush © Khaled Elfiqi/EFE/EPA/MaxPPP

The Libya Stabilisation Initiative meeting organised by Tripoli to get the crisis-recovery process back on track could lead elections slated for 24 December to be put off. Foreign minister Najla al-Mangoush is under pressure from prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is in favour of such a postponement.

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Central Africa

Cameroon
Cameroonian army tries to restructure as NWSW conflict becomes more violent

In recent weeks, Cameroon's anglophone separatists have carried out a series of deadly ambushes against the Cameroonian army which have been on a bigger scale than anything yet seen since the start of the conflict five years ago.

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West Africa

Africa, France
Behind the scenes of Macron's Africa-France summit

With the Africa-France summit starting on 8 October, the French president is working behind the scenes on several key announcements. Foremost among them is the end in its current form of the Presidential Council for Africa.

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Ivory Coast
Regime business barons make reality TV their latest battleground

Loïc Folloroux and Fabrice Sawegnon, both linked to the presidential couple, are competitors in television as well as in the corridors of power, and their stations have got caught up in their tug-of-war.

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United States
Biden administration picks up speed in race with Beijing to equip Africa's coastguards

Keen not to be outdone by China in matters of military cooperation in Africa, the US Department of Defense is working on a programme to equip over a dozen maritime security agencies throughout the continent.

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Mali
From Washington to Algiers, Paris manoeuvres behind the scenes to keep Wagner out of Mali

French foreign minister Yves Le Drian at the UN General Assembly on 23 September. © John Minchillo/EPA/Pool/MaxPPP

Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders.

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Nigeria
P&ID trial saga starts afresh in the US

The P&ID case will return on 10 November to a US appeals court, which must go right back to its roots to determine whether it can be tried in the United States.

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Ghana
Springfield tries to outbid Kosmos for Occidental's former Anadarko fields

Ghanaian oil junior Springfield E&P has formed a partnership with Sweden's Lundin family to bid against US group Kosmos for the stakes in the Jubilee and TEN fields held by the Anadarko group prior to its takeover by Occidental Petroleum.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, United States
FBI and DEA invite themselves to Mombasa port

Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has accepted the help of US federal officers to look into the port of Mombasa, a notorious hub for drugs destined for Europe and the US.

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Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Chilean geologist steers Anglo American's quest for copper

The mining giant is building up its presence in Angola so as to make the most of its exploration licences.

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Southern Africa
Elon Musk continues great trek into satellite Internet

The US tech mogul originally from Pretoria, Elon Musk, is working on bringing his services to southern Africa.

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North Africa

Egypt
Let down by Tshisekedi, Sisi turns to Sall, the next AU chair, for GERD support

Macky Sall, Senegal's president and Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, Egypt's president. © HollieAdams/POOL/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Egypt isn't biding its time until the African Union's rotating chair passes to Senegal next year before soliciting its backing over Ethiopia's massive dam.

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Morocco
After European Court defeat, employers' group sends Lemseffer and Open2Europe on lobbying mission

Abir Lemseffer. © Twitter Account @Banquemondiale

The Moroccan employers' organisation CGEM is firing on all cylinders after the cancellation of two trade agreements with the European Union. CGEM's pointwoman for EU affairs, Abir Lemseffer, an acolyte of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, has hired PR firm Open2Europe to craft Morocco's response.

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Tunisia
Tunisian army ties with US military boosted, starting with two spy planes

Despite raising concerns in Washington, President Kais Saied's coup has not called into question military cooperation between both countries. The Tunisian army is set to receive two Cessna aircraft transformed into spy planes by ATI Engineering Services and have its interoperability with its US counterpart strengthened.

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