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Spotlight | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa struggles to rule over bitterly divided party as he eyes re-election

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. © Emmerson Mnangagwa/Twitter

Emmerson Mnangagwa is seeking to consolidate his position in his increasingly divided party, as some inside the party contest the results of elections to pick ZANU-PF provincial leaders. It will be no easy task, given that vice-president Constantino Chiwenga is barely concealing his ambition to become Zimbabwe's next head of state.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Inner circles | Gabon
Gabon boosts its New York diplomatic corps as it joins UN Security Council

The Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Michel Xavier Biang. © Matthew Russell Lee/Alamy Live News

Libreville has beefed up its diplomatic presence in New York for the coming two years. Led by Michel Xavier Biang, Gabon's UN mission has seen the arrival of diplomats trained by former prime minister Emmanuel Issoze Ngondet.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Cameroon
Paul Biya's first public appearance in a year awaited with bated breath

Cameroonian president Paul Biya, seen here in 2016 at the UN General Assembly in New York. © Reuters

The Africa Cup of Nations will provide an opportunity for an update on the physical health of the 88-year-old Cameroonian president.

Free access Politics

DRC
Kinshasa plans tender calls for 19 mini-power stations

In contrast to mega-projects like the Grand Inga dam, which are struggling to get off the ground, the Congolese authorities are elaborating plans for several dozen mini-power plants.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

West Africa

Guinea
UK's Webster family continue on their mine financing spree

At the helm of the investment holding company The 79th Group, the Webster family is aiming to increase its stake in the Guinean mining sector, turning its attention to bauxite and iron after previous forays into gold.

Subscribers only Mining

Africa, Mauritania
US billionaire Wes Edens sets his sights on Africa via basketball and LNG

For several months, former sportsman turned businessman Wes Edens has been focusing his New Fortress Group investment fund on various projects on the African continent, in particular in Mauritania.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Electoral Commission chair caught in crossfire between Ruto and Kenyatta

Kenyan Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) chairman Wafula Chebukati. © Reuters

It is shaping up to be a bruising year for Wafula Chebukati, whose job it is to ensure a free and fair general election in August after an extremely long and divisive campaign. The Electoral Commission head is already in the sights of the frontrunners, namely Deputy President William Ruto and Uhuru Kenyatta's favoured successor, Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics

Somalia
British consultancy Adam Smith expected in Hargeisa to advise Somaliland's army

Somaliland's defence minister Abdiqani Mohamoud Aateye and the head the Somaliland National Armed Forces General Nuh Ismail Tani have contracted London-based consultancy firm Adam Smith International (ASI) to help steer the overhaul of its defence services.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Chrome giant Samancor finally defeats North West and Monageng family

Embroiled for more than three years in a legal dispute over the limits of its chrome mining permits, Samancor Chrome has at long last got its way in the South African courts.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Tunisia
Kais Saied still without European affairs adviser in his battle with Brussels

Le président tunisien Kais Saied. © Yassine Mahjoub/MaxPPP

For several weeks now the Tunisian government has been without a representative in its talks with the European Union, its former adviser on European affairs having returned to the corridors of the foreign ministry.

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Morocco
Mostafa Fraiha tasked with saving KPMG's former partner

Chartered accountant Mostafa Fraiha will be in charge of trying to save the Morocco branch of KPMG, the global auditing giant, which lost its licence in the Kingdom at the end of last year and also its corporate signature.

Subscribers only Business

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