Algiers and Paris are at odds over a swathe of issues such as the deportation of Algerian migrants, Western Sahara and the legacy of France's colonial rule. French companies are bearing the brunt of these tensions.
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Despite a missed meeting that was due to take place in early March in Washington, the DR Congo is hoping to convince the United States to support it in its battle with M23 rebels. It will make its case during a special visit from a US congressman later this month.
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Diplomacy The leader of France's far-right Rassemblement National party is to visit the country from 15 to 17 March. There she'll hold talks with President Déby, with whom she has been in contact for several months.
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Former Ivorian oil minister Abdourahmane Cissé last month joined the international investment bank, which will now surely benefit from his considerable contacts across Africa.
Lufthansa Consulting, a subsidiary of the German airline which provides aviation sector consultancy services, has been prospecting in Senegal in recent months. The firm's Africa director, Catrin Drawer, travelled to Dakar in February to meet with the director of Blaise Diagne international airport (AIBD), Cheikh Bamba Dièye.
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The newly-formed Sudan Founding Alliance is expected to pave the way for a future alternative government to that in Port Sudan. A yet-to-be revealed transition timetable is also in the works.
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Politics Skirmishes broke out on 11 March in Tigray, as tensions grow between the two rival factions in the Ethiopian region. Some countries have warned their nationals to take precautionary measures.
Faced with the threat of his country being excluded from the economically beneficial African Growth and Opportunity Act, President Cyril Ramaphosa has asked four of his closest aides to lead a delegation to the US.
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The Libyan company Farwa Shipping is about to open two new routes to the Syrian port of Latakia. Following the fall of Bashar al-Assad, this marks the debut of new opportunities in the Syrian market.
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