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Spotlight | Morocco
Mohammed VI's abandoned Zanzibari palace

Moroccan King Mohammed VI with former Tanzanian president John Magufuli, in October 2016. © Story & Brands via MAP

Since 2017, the king of Morocco has owned a grand property in the archipelago. But despite spending several million euros on refurbishments, he has yet to actually stay there.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Angola, Gabon, Guinea-Bissau
Umaro Sissoco Embaló fails to mend fences between Libreville and Luanda

Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embaló looks on during the 64th ECOWAS Head of States and Government ordinary session in Abuja, Nigeria, on December 10, 2023. © Kola Sulaimon/AFP

Guinea-Bissau's president has failed in his attempt to mediate between Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema and João Lourenço. The Angolan leader is the only African head of state not to have recognised the new Gabonese president since he seized power four months ago.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

DRC
French government reshuffle delays DRC ambassador's accreditation

Despite being appointed DR Congo ambassador to Paris and Monaco in August, Emile Ngoy Kasongo has still not been able to present his credentials to the French authorities. The reason? The government reshuffle currently underway in Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
France's Wide Int scoops up big police intelligence equipment contract

French cyber intelligence company Wide Int has signed a €30m-plus equipment supply deal with the Ivorian police.

Subscribers only Defence

Ivory Coast
US agro-trading giant ADM turns the page in Abidjan

US agricultural trading group Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) is to [...]

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Amid Gaza war, tea sector braces for Lipton boycott

Lipton Yellow Label is a key partner for Kenyan tea producers and exporters but is facing headwinds in Arab and Muslim countries, particularly Pakistan, prompting the sector to look for alternatives to the famed brand.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Luanda seeks to return to AU Peace and Security Council

President João Lourenço can count on a handful of trusted men and women to support his country's bid to return to one of the most important institutions of the African Union.

Subscribers only The Continent, Politics, Diplomacy

Botswana
Oscar Motsumi, the rising star of Masisi's coal policy

Extraction at Botswama's main coal mine has been entrusted to a domestic consortium, again demonstrating President Mokgweetsi Masisi's desire to promote local groups in the sector.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Algeria
COSIDER forced to delay key rail project

Financial difficulties are delaying the project to duplicate the railroad between Béjaïa and Beni Mansour. The new line is designed to allow zinc and lead to be transported from the Tala-Hamza mine.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Morocco
Rabat looks after its students from France's grandes écoles

Morocco's Energy Transition and Sustainable Development minister Leila Benali in Rome, Italy, on December 02, 2022. © Riccardo De Luca/Anadolu Agency via AFP

For the past three decades, a plethora of associations has been working to counter the brain drain resulting from Moroccan students' success at the best French universities. They are supported by the kingdom's leading firms.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

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