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Spotlight | Rwanda
Macron-Kagame rapprochement boosts French business in Kigali

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2021 in Paris. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EFE/EPA/MaxPPP

Buoyed by the Franco-Rwandan rapprochement, French entrepreneurs have been flocking to Kigali since late last year. They have formed a business club and launched a charm offensive in the land of a thousand hills.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

The Continent

Brazil
Bolsonaro entrusts Africa foreign ministry department to novice

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro (L) with South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa in Osaka, Japan, 28 June 2019. © Sputnik/Mikhail Klimentyev/Kremlin/Reuters

Inside the Brazilian foreign ministry, numerous voices are calling for the country's foreign policy to once more focus on Africa. However, President Bolsonaro has just appointed Ana Paula Simoes Silva, who has no experience on the continent, to head the dedicated department.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Turkish paramilitary firm Sadat goes on charm offensive in Kinshasa

The private company is taking an interest in the DR Congo's security market, lured by opportunities to train its armed forces and police and by the country's need for military equipment.

Subscribers only Defence

Central African Republic, France
Lawyers prepare for long battle in Castel affair

A week after the French national prosecutor's department for counter-terrorism, war crimes and crimes against humanity announced it would launch a preliminary investigation, Castel is preparing its defence.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

West Africa
New ECOWAS commissioners unveiled following intense lobbying

Umaro Sissoco Embaló (centre), president of Guinea-Bissau and new chairman of ECOWAS, in Accra, Ghana, on July 3, 2022. © Seth/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Following the change of president at the ECOWAS commission, seven new commissioners were appointed at the regional organisation's 3 July summit in Accra. Yet Dakar is not happy that it didn't get the "peace and security" post.

Free access Diplomacy

Nigeria
Litigation funder Drumcliffe shares Abuja's Malabu court rout by JPMorgan

Nigeria was not the only loser when the US bank saw off a $1.7bn lawsuit in London; Abuja's defeat had a knock-on effect for Drumcliffe Partners, a firm that specialises in bankrolling court cases and arbitration.

Subscribers only Energy

Senegal
Ambassador Philippe Lalliot to stay on in Dakar

The ambassador of France to Senegal and Gambia, Philippe Lalliot is to stay on for an additional year on top of the standard three-year mandate.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Cash-strapped Addis faces fertiliser shortage

The Ethiopian government stockpiled fertiliser before the crisis and price hike. At a time when foreign exchange reserves are at their lowest, this hoard could help finance farming subsidies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Southern Africa and islands

Zambia
Mining appeals tribunal takes shape

Zambia has at last launched its new appeals tribunal dedicated to settling disputes in the strategic mining sector. It is manned by several big names from the legal and mining worlds.

Subscribers only Mining

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