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Spotlight | Niger
Relationship between Veolia and Abdourahamane Tchiani's junta dead in the water

A water outlet in the Goudel Maourey district of Niamey, Niger. © Nicolas Remene / Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

Veolia's withdrawal from Niger will end a particularly painful period for the French utilities group. Its relations with the Nigerien authorities have deteriorated sharply since the July coup, with the group's grievances including several million euros in unpaid invoices.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

The Continent

The New Guard
South Africa, Angola, Zambia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

South Africa Dire Tladi, first South African judge on ICJ

Angola Elisabete Dias dos Santos, AKA Betty the egg queen

Zambia Mfekiyi Makayi, a miner with an eye on AI

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Central Africa
Indian bank Blend Finance's big CEMAC promise

The Dubai-based Indian bank has pledged to raise €5.6bn from Emirati financial institutions in support of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa, while multilateral donors remain reserved.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Abidjan bides time on tax incentives extension for local cocoa processing

Cocoa giants Cargill, Barry Callebaut and Olam, which have been investing heavily in industry in Ivory Coast since 2016, have still not received a guarantee from government that it will continue with a tax policy that favoured local processing.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
New EU rules prompt coffee sector to seek fresh markets

Africa's largest coffee producer is set to bear the brunt of Brussels's new traceability directives. Consequently, it has begun to turn its attention to India and China.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Djibouti
Ruling party ructions as congress looms

Djibouti's finance minister, Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh, is seeking to take charge of preparations for an extraordinary congress of the ruling party, scheduled for early 2024.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Gaborone pressures Lucara Diamonds to re-engage with HB Antwerp

President Mokgweetsi Masisi and his mines minister are refusing to approve the termination of a distribution partnership between the Canadian miner and the Belgian trader, in which the Botswanan state is preparing to take a 24% stake.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Madagascar
Paris appeals court throws out Sutter brothers' case

Fourteen years after the event, a French court has closed another chapter in the dispute between Belgian brothers Peter de Sutter and Kristof de Sutter and the state of Madagascar.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Libya
Siba Plast dealt fresh blow in Libyan asset dispute

The Paris Court of Appeal has ruled that the Tunisian firm's seizing of assets belonging to the Libyan sovereign wealth fund in 2021 was illegal.

Subscribers only Business

Tunisia
Former minister Jhinaoui seeks support for think tank

Former Tunisian FM Khemaies Jhinaoui in Tunis, Tunisia, 28 October 2019. © Khaled Nasraoui/DPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Khemaies Jhinaoui, a man who strongly influenced Tunisian foreign affairs for over a decade, is looking for funding to keep his think tank afloat. Though now distant from government, the former foreign minister does know how to work his vast network from Germany to China.

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