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In Focus | Ivory Coast
Tidjane Thiam secret phone tap agitates Ouattara's inner circle

From left to right: former president Henri Konan Bédié, Ivorian banker Tidjane Thiam, French president Emmanuel Macron, and current head of state Alassane Ouattara. © Studio Pachamama//Legnan Koula/Ennio Leanza/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP//Sia Kambou/AFP//PhotoPQR/Sud Oouest/MaxPPP//Vkulieva/Istock

As the Franco-Ivorian banker sets his sights on the leadership of the PDCI opposition party, a recording made by Ivorian intelligence in 2020 has resurfaced in Alassane Ouattara's inner circle. It's a delicate matter which Emmanuel Macron is mixed up in.

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Central Africa

DRC
Managem's bitter divorce from Congolese gold partner

Despite agreeing in May 2022 to part company amicably, the Moroccan firm and its local partner TSM will meet again in January at the ICC arbitration tribunal in Paris.

Free access Mining

Congo
Security services dismantle Commisimpex side channel

Several senior officials in charge of coordinating the long-running legal battle with Commisimpex have been questioned by the security services. They are suspected of conducting parallel negotiations with this company, to which Congo has been ordered to pay $1.

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DRC
US ambassador Lucy Tamlyn expected in Goma

The American ambassador to the DRC, Lucy Tamlyn is due to visit Goma next week. Her visit takes place against the backdrop of an increasingly tense security situation in the region.

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Foxtrot and Tullow Oil hone their drilling plans

Several operators will be embarking on new offshore drilling campaigns in 2024, while Italy's ENI develops its huge Baleine reserves.

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Mauritania
Three firms vie for contract to build Mauritania's second submarine cable

Sonatel, the Senegalese subsidiary of French giant Orange, Mauritania Submarine Link Consortium and Ireland-based EllaLink are competing for the contract to build Mauritania’s second submarine cable link.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Inner circle | Ethiopia
Abiy's well-travelled team of financiers prepares for stock exchange launch

Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed. © Amanuel Sileshi/AFP

To attract investor support for the new Ethiopian Securities Exchange, which he sees as a key reform measure, the Ethiopian prime minister has brought in professionals from the Ethiopian diaspora, who have been trained by the leading international finance groups.

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Burundi
Bujumbura to make fresh EITI mining transparency application

Burundi did not go through with its initial application in 2015 to join the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative and is now keen to try again. The country has significant reserves of gold, rare earths, coltan and nickel.

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Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Diplomatic community shores up speaker of parliament

It was a close call for Christine Razanamahasoa, the speaker of Madagascar's lower house, who was almost dismissed by her peers after sharply criticising Andry Rajoelina during her speech at the opening of the parliamentary session on 17 October.

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North Africa

Tunisia
Court revisits banking practices of Ben Ali era

A man walks out of the Central Bank in Tunis, Tunisia, on 27 April 2016. © Zoubeir Souissi/Reuters

This week a Tunisian court is to hear from two former managers of the country's central bank about banking irregularities that favoured the former president's family.

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