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Spotlight | Botswana
Masisi banks on sale of BCL assets to boost his fortunes

Botswanan President Mokgweetsi Masisi, 23 September 2021. © Spencer Platt/EPA/Pool/MaxPPP

In Gaborone, the government of Mokgweetsi Masisi is hoping to capitalise on the sale of the assets of the former public copper-nickel-cobalt flagship BCL to promote job creation, which until now has been touted as the main weakness of its economic programme.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa

Chad, France, Germany
Macron engineers rapprochement between Déby family and Merkel

German Chancellor Angela Merkel was received by French President Emmanuel Macron on 16 September 2021 at the Elysée Palace. © Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Germany has been highly critical in recent years of N'Djamena and the Déby regime, but in late September it shifted its foreign policy to supporting the transition process, and Angela Merkel has even spoken by telephone with Mahamat Idriss Déby.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Congo
Congolese trader Lucien Ebata in custody in Paris

The Congolese businessman Lucien Ebata. © Lucien Ebata/LinkedIn

Breaking news published on 06/10/21 at 7.30 pm - Oil trader Lucien Ebata was detained this morning (6 October) at Paris's Le Bourget airport in possession of a large quantity of cash.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

West Africa

Guinea
Monaco Resources and its co-shareholder back in court

On 8 October, a hearing over a contested increase in capital by Société des bauxites de Guinée, majority-owned by Monaco Resources, will take place.

Subscribers only Mining

Niger, West Africa
Sahel's best-connected middleman Moustapha Limam Chafi back in business

Lacking an official status since the downfall of Blaise Compaoré in Burkina Faso in 2014, the desert fox Mustafa Chafi has returned to the limelight in Niger where he is leveraging his ties with regional leaders.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Senegal
Deutsche Bank comes to rescue of new Senegalese city Diamniadio

Deutsche Bank plans to finance a series of infrastructure projects in the new Senegalese city of Diamniadio, which is being built to ease population pressure on the capital, Dakar.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
CNOOC quietly makes progress on Kingfisher in TotalEnergies' shadow

The Chinese major hopes to start construction of the infrastructure for the oilfield in 2022.

Subscribers only Energy

Somalia
Post-AMISOM future begins to take shape

The African Union and the Somali government have until the end of December to agree on the shape of the pan-African organisation's next mission in Somalia.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Rwanda
Rwandan army eyes Turkish drones for Mozambique

Rwandan President Paul Kagame (left) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi (centre), during a review of troops from both countries in Pembe, 24 September 2021. © Baz Ratner/Reuters

Photos of the Rwandan army and its deployment to Mozambique have been on the front page for weeks and Rwanda's armed forces awant new weapons.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Ex-intelligence boss hires top-notch lawyers for Privinvest hidden loans trial

Gregorio Leão is the main defendant in the so-called "hidden loans" trial, alongside the son of former president Armando Guebuza. The former intelligence chief has hired legal heavyweights to conduct his defence.

Subscribers only Politics

Mozambique
TotalEnergies shows first signs of rapid return

TotalEnergies will hold a meeting with its Mozambican partners on the Mozambique LNG liquefaction project on October 7 in Pemba, Cabo Delgado province's capital.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Morocco
Mohammed VI hesitates over Madrid, Berlin, Brussels and Paris embassies

The King of Morocco may leave several of his embassies without ambassadors, as a sign that diplomatic tensions still abound.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Libya
Haftar's US lobbyists bail out under pressure

Despite having just hired two consultants, the American lobbyists Lanny Davis and Bob Livingston have given up representing the military commander Khalifa Haftar, who is now a candidate in the Libyan presidential election.

Subscribers only Politics

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