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In Focus | Niger
Niger junta deploys propaganda machine to win popular support

From left to right: Maïkoul Zodi, coordinator of the Niamey office of the TLP movement; the transition president, Abdourhamane Tchiani; Abdoulaye Seydou, coordinator of the M62; and General Salifou Modi. © Télé Sahel/Operation 2022/SOPA Images/Alamy/Joël Saget/AFP/ke77kz/istock Montage : Studio Pachamama

The Niger junta has set up a propaganda machine to rally support among the population in the face of hostility from the West and the regional ECOWAS bloc. To achieve this, it forged alliances with figures hostile to France and the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Gabon
Post-coup, oil companies are being called to account

Despite officially denying that it is carrying out an audit, Gabon's Ministry of Hydrocarbons has asked the oil companies operating there to provide a list of all payments made to the state from 2020 to 2023.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Guinea, Rwanda
Mamady Doumbouya strengthens ties between Conakry and Kigali

The transition government just appointed three diplomats to staff Guinea's first embassy in Rwanda. President Mamady Doumbouya is accelerating the rapprochement his predecessor started.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Niger
Opposition leader Hama Amadou in talks to return to Niamey

An election propaganda panel in favour of Hama Amadou, in Niamey, 16 February 2016. © Arne Gillis/NurPhoto via AFP

An opponent of Mahamadou Issoufou and then Mohamed Bazoum, Hama Amadou intends to take advantage of the 26 July coup to return to Niger.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Ex-Ethiopian Shipping Lines boss could soon rival former employer

Roba Megersa has not been idle since he was dismissed in March as head of state-owned Ethiopian Shipping Lines in the wave of liberalisation reforms that have swept through the industry. At the helm of another transport company, the former CEO is eyeing up the logistics sector.

Subscribers only Business

Kenya
Fortescue set to confirm $1bn fertiliser project

Australian conglomerate Fortescue Metals Group is expected to make its final investment decision (FID) by the end of the year for the construction of a fertiliser and ammonia factory.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Mozambique seeking attack drones for Cabo Delgado

To support its troops battling insurgents in Cabo Delgado, the Mozambican military is looking for attack drones. After rejecting Turkish UAVs because of supply delays, it is now looking at Chinese suppliers. France's I-SEE Group may also throw its hat into the ring.

Subscribers only Defence

South Africa
Planned national oil company still stuck in limbo

The launch of a new state-owned oil company merging three subsidiaries of Central Energy Fund is still a long way off.

Subscribers only Energy

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