The US treasury has completed its investigation into André Wameso, one of the closest advisers of the DRC president. Though nothing has yet been decided in Washington, if he is placed under sanctions, this is likely to undermine the Congolese administration in the run-up to the next elections in late 2023.
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The DRC president's confrontational stance towards Rwanda in his address to the UN General Assembly was in line with that of several of his government colleagues. Other advisers are trying to soften his tone in the hope of conciliation.
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Diplomacy Phoenix hopes to charm the Cameroonian authorities - and in particular the state investment firm, which holds a 39.5% stake in the Nkamouna project - in order to get authorisation to start building the mining infrastructure in January.
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To kick-start its move into renewable energies in Africa, the British-Dutch major has bought Daystar Power, a solar power producer founded by two German entrepreneurs.
The armed forces of Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin and Gabon will have to wait a little longer to receive the first transfers of French armoured personnel carriers under the Integrated Ground Mobility and Protection Programme that Paris launched last year.
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The government of Tigray accepted yesterday evening a new African Union mediation offer, hours after the Ethiopian government did the same. Three days ago, US envoy Mike Hammer hurried back to the region. Special envoys from Europe and the UN were due to meet on Friday.
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Diplomacy The Tanzanian central government is planning to boost its security presence in the Zanzibar archipelago and in recent months has struck security cooperation deals with India and Mozambique.
The new Kenyan president is seeking to consolidate his support in the regions that have supported him the most, while at the same time leaving a fair share for his main allies. The goal is to maximise his chances of re-election in five years' time.
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The US major does not intend to leave more than 100 trillion cubic feet of gas in the depths of the Mozambique Channel. To extract them, a new crack team of executives is at work to overturn the company's initial choices.
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Energy Zimbabwe sent the young Tapiwa Masenda to Ukraine to observe the Russian "referendums" in Ukraine. He personally embodied Emmerson Mnangagwa and Vladimir Putin's governments' desire for rapprochement.
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The Egyptian president's warming relations with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani could pave the way for the Qatari news outlet to reopen its Cairo office, which has been closed since 2013. However, there are still several Al Jazeera journalists behind bars in Egypt.
The European Union-Arab League gathering scheduled to take place in Cairo on 10 October is likely to be postponed indefinitely.
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