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Spotlight | Kenya
Russia's recruitment of Kenyan fighters sparks political fallout in Nairobi

Alfred Mutua, then foreign affairs minister with his counterpart Serguei Lavrov in Nairobi, 29 May 2023. © Service de presse / EPA-EFE / MaxPPP

Since mid-2025, hundreds of Kenyan soldiers have fought and are still fighting in Ukraine on behalf of the Russian army, suffering heavy losses. A well-connected recruitment network is expanding its activities to East Africa. Although weakened by the scandal, Labour Minister Alfred Mutua remains in office.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Central Africa

Cameroon
Port of Douala in limbo due to politics surrounding SGS and Transatlantic D tenders

Written off at the end of January, SGS Scanning Cameroun has managed to re-enter the race for the award of the cargo inspection system at Cameroon's largest port. The turnaround highlights the executive's indecision over a matter with major security and financial implications.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron cuts ties with Nigerian offshore partner

The US major had accused Atlas Petroleum of delays in payments due on Block I. With Atlas's stake now taken over by state-owned GEPetrol, the multinational is set to move ahead with development of the gas asset.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Mauritania
Mohamed Ould Ghazouani expected on state visit to Paris

The Mauritanian president is set to travel in early April for a visit carrying strong symbolic weight, against a Sahelian backdrop marked by the erosion of French influence and Nouakchott's continued role as a key partner to France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Africa Global Logistics and CMA CGM awaiting arbitration on barge project in Abidjan port

Ivorian Prime Minister Robert Beugré Mambé will have to decide between Africa Global Logistics and the group led by Rodolphe Saadé for the award of the barge freight transport project at the economic capital's port authority.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
QuickMart supermarkets prepare expansion on the continent

With the support of its majority shareholder, Mauritian fund Adenia Partners, Kenya's second-largest food retailer is eyeing new markets in East Africa. The chain has made changes to its top management with this in mind.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Junta leader Randrianirina's mysterious facilitator

Colonel Michael Randrianirina in Antananarivo on 17 October 2025. © Rafalia Henitsoa/Anadolu/AFP

A Mozambican businessman has been operating in the shadow of the Madagascan junta leader in recent weeks. His growing influence is causing concern among those close to Colonel Randrianirina.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa
Business France organises a defence and cybersecurity forum in Gaborone

After showcasing French military industry companies in Pretoria in 2025, Business France is continuing its efforts with a second event in March, geared towards southern Africa.

Subscribers only Defence

North Africa

Morocco
The kingdom now knows its fate on US customs tariffs

Chinese President Xi Jinping received in Casablanca, Morocco by Prince Moulay Hassan and Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, 21 November 2024. © Li Xueren/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Washington has officially set out its conditions to the Moroccan government for exporting goods to the United States, a decision that Asian investors had been keenly awaiting.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Morocco
King Mohammed VI, Jeune Afrique's forgotten shareholder

Ona International, which is owned by the king's holding company, acquired a stake in the Jeune Afrique media group during the reign of Hassan II and still holds a symbolic shareholding, similar to that held by hundreds of other dormant shareholders.

Subscribers only Business

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