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In Focus | Saudi Arabia, South Africa
Energy lobbyist NJ Ayuk smooths relations between Pretoria and Riyadh

The Cameroonian NJ Ayuk, champion of African oil, plays matchmaker between Saudi Arabia and South Africa. © Studio Pachamama

South Africa has never been one of Saudi Arabia's trade priorities, except for armaments. But energy matters and rare metals seem to have sparked a paradigm shift. The kingdom is now conducting a charm offensive in the country and promising major investments.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
Sassou-Nguesso reshuffles key security posts

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso appointed Colonel Basile Boka to take charge of the presidential guard, whose previous boss, General Gervais Akouangué, now runs the gendarmerie.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

DRC, Rwanda
Turkish group TAI touts its combat drones to both Kinshasa and Kigali

The flagship Turkish defence company Turkish Aerospace Industries is leading a spirited commercial offensive in Central Africa against the backdrop of high tension between DRC and Rwanda.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Guinea
In Conakry, Condé's former ministers living under tight surveillance

As Alpha Condé seeks to return to Guinean politics after his ouster, many of his former ministers are living under harsh restrictions imposed by the country's new government.

Subscribers only Politics

Senegal
Dakar speeds up work on its new national port strategy

Port Autonome of Dakar, Senegal, March 2018. © Benoit Doppagne/Belga Mag/AFP

The Senegalese authorities and their partners are continuing to work quietly on a plan to make Senegal an integrated port and logistics hub by 2035. New legislation is being considered to provide guarantees for potential investors.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenya's Davis Chirchir has free rein over petroleum

Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for Petroleum and Energy Davis Chirchir has appointed two principal secretaries that would not dare go over his head, much to the satisfaction of his allies within the administration.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Sudan
Khartoum tackles complex matter of dismantling Bashir-era Islamist networks

Themed working groups will now begin meeting, after the signing of a framework agreement in December between the ruling military and some of the political class. The discussions will include focusing on breaking up former president Omar al-Bashir's regime.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Ambatovy fine-tunes its industrial strategy

The Malagasy mining and industrial consortium wants to make the most of its upturn in profits from rising global nickel and copper prices. It has spoken with the ministry of industry and trade to learn of the terms required for building a new refinery.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya
Former SNC-Lavalin executive Riadh Ben Aissa wins legal battle to keep Paris flat

Riadh Ben Aissa, convicted in Switzerland in 2014 for bribing the son of late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, has had the seizure of his Paris apartment overturned by a French court.

Subscribers only Energy

Algeria
Algerian intelligence officials to join port security commission

After a series of incidents involving Algerian ships, an executive order was made to add the DGSI director to the port security commission, indicating the urgent nature of the situation.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

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