A dozen energy firms including majors Shell and TotalEnergies are competing to buy the Portuguese group's licence and rights to operate in the largest discovery ever made in the Orange Basin off the Namibian coast.
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Nigeria's National Security Advisor Nuhu Ribadu, tasked by the head of state to prepare the next presidential campaign, is courting opposition heavyweights. Two governors, in the north and southeast of the country, are being targeted.
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Politics The French embassy in Burkina Faso recently completed its handing back of around twenty flats made available to it by the authorities in Ouagadougou.
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The Lord's Resistance Army leader faces a raft of charges before the International Criminal Court, but the chances of his trial taking place appear to be growing ever more remote. Kony's lawyer reckons his client might well be dead, and has questioned the legality of the case being heard in absentia.
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Politics With its new administrative status, the city is hoping for new infrastructure as well as more visits from President William Ruto, who has called on Beijing to help develop the region.
The Madagascan President has chosen Johary Rajobson, who is familiar with the twists and turns of domestic politics, as his ambassador in Morocco.
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The Algerian Union Bank's Mauritanian branch is struggling to achieve its targets a year after its arrival. Despite President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's support, business with Algerian firms wanting to move into the country has been slow.
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