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In Focus | Guinea, Russia
Moscow struggles to stay afloat in post-Condé Conakry

Guinea's president, Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, in Conakry on 17 September 2021. © John Wessels/AFP

Guinea's stalwart partner under Alpha Condé, Russia has striven to protect its interests since Col Mamadi Doumbouya came to power in a coup last year. But its diplomats and businessmen have suffered several setbacks and are very short of contacts within the new set-up.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Cameroon
An alliance between Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh and Franck Biya may be in the works

Cameroonian President Paul Biya. © Kepseu/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

As all of Yaoundé is on tenterhooks over Paul Biya's health, the president's entourage is speculating about possible scenarios. One that is emerging is a joint ticket between the president's general secretary and his son, Franck Biya.

Subscribers only Politics

France, Gabon
Time for Tomi to pay French taxes, rules Council of State

After years of court battles over tax on commissions, the French Council of State ruled Michel Tomi had to pay some taxes in France.

Subscribers only Business

Africa, France
Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou appoints chief of staff

The French secretary of state for development, francophonie and international partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou has appointed diplomat Antoine Michon as head of her chief of staff.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
With its NOPL pipeline still shut down, TotalEnergies looks for alternative solutions

The French major TotalEnergies stopped delivering gas to the Alaoji thermal power station several months ago, because its pipeline was vandalised. Yet Greenville LNG has proposed an alternative: transport by truck.

Subscribers only Energy

Guinea
Railway forces UMS to readjust its bauxite operations

The railway of the Société Minière de Boké. © Indigo Publications - 2022

A new railway for hauling bauxite to port for world aluminium markets has forced mining logistic firm United Mining Supply to abandon its operations with the Malapouya site and redeploy to sites further inland. UMS is also a shareholder of the Simandou iron ore project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Tigrayan businesses conditionally reopen in Addis

Since February, the federal government and several Tigrayan business people have been negotiating for a resumption of trade. The hotel and restaurant sector is particularly affected in the capital.

Subscribers only Business

Uganda
Museveni embarks on multiple missions to tackle inflation

Faced with growing popular discontent, the Ugandan head of state Yoweri Museveni has made a number of declarations in an attempt to calm the social climate. His first target is fuel prices.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders

Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
State-owned Kuvimba Mining regains control of a parcel of the Freda Rebecca goldmine

Freda Rebecca's gold mine, Zimbabwe. © Greenshoots Communications/Alamy banque d'images

Artisanally mined since 2018 by a local traditional leader, a part of the vast Freda Rebecca gold site is back under the control of Zimbabwe's new parastatal giant, Kuvimba Mining House.

Subscribers only Mining

Botswana
De Beers-Gaborone deal still stuck on state's share

On 29 June, the diamond giant De Beers and the Botswana government decided to add a third one-year extension to their contract for the sale of diamonds produced by their joint venture Debswana.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Algeria
Oxy keen to move on from post-Anadarko apathy

Occidental Petroleum CEO Vicki Hollub was in Algiers to talk future plans with the government on 30 June. After failing to sell its Algerian portfolio, the oil company has decided to double down and invest more in the country.

Subscribers only Energy

Morocco
Jean-Marie Messier engineering Veolia-Taqa partnership for Casablanca desalination plant

French businessman Jean-Marie Messier. © Francois Lafite/Wostok Press/MaxPPP

Jean-Marie Messier, ex-head of Vivendi and an expert on Morocco, is helping his former employer in their attempt to win the construction contract for Casablanca's future desalination plant. On his advice, Veolia has approached the UAE's Taqa, a heavyweight in the Moroccan electricity sector.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

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