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In Focus | Burkina Faso
How religion and politics provide Moscow with a path to influence

A demonstrator holding a pro-Russian banner in Ouagadougou, 19 February 2022. © Olympia de Maismont/AFP

In its efforts to gain sway in the Sahel, Russia is increasingly forging links with Burkina Faso's political and civil society circles. In so doing, it enjoys the unprecedented support of Wahhabist organisations. So far, the government has turned down Wagner's advances.

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Central Africa

Cameroon
New MD of Castel's SABC has his work cut out for him

Stéphane Descazeaud, the new MD of Cameroon's brewery, Société Anonyme des Brasseries du Cameroun, a subsidiary of French giant Castel, has to make peace with the government.

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West Africa

Burkina Faso
New Karma gold mine owner Nere Mining already worried about its prospects

Nere Mining, which bought Burkina Faso's Karma gold mine from Endeavour Mining in March, recently told the authorities that it was worried about the security situation around the site. It is also in the middle of negotiations regarding the relocation of a cemetery on land where it intends to start mining shortly.

Subscribers only Mining

Nigeria
The Northern dream team behind APC candidate Bola Tinubu

Bola Tinubu won the All Progressives Congress (APC) primary. © Sunday Aghaeze/Imago/Reuters

The former governor of Lagos, Bola Tinubu, easily secured the candidacy of the ruling party All Progressives Congress with the support of key figures that will back him in his race for president in February 2023.

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Burkina Faso
The Chamber of Commerce gets down to business in Paris

On 9 June, the embassy of Burkina Faso hosted an event for business leaders and journalists to promote the 7th edition of the country's Africallia forum.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Ethiopian Airlines' management team flies ahead of new turbulence

Busera Awel, currently vice-president of Ethiopian Airlines (EAL), in charge of strategic planning and partnerships, is due to retire in July, Africa Intelligence has learnt. The company has reportedly identified a replacement.

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Southern Africa and islands

Zambia
Brenthurst Foundation plays promoter of North American interests in Lusaka

Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema at the launch of Greg Mills' book Expensive Poverty on 27 January 2022 in Johannesburg. © Hakainde Hichilema/Twitter

Greg Mills, head of South Africa's Brenthurst Foundation, is showing himself to be increasingly influential with Zambian head of state Hakainde Hichilema. He has recently brokered talks on such major issues as the opening of an Africom bureau in Lusaka and a multi-million dollar investment programme in Zambia by First Quantum Minerals.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

Lesotho
Political instability gives diamond miners a breather on tax reforms

As the country gears up for the general elections in September, miners have been able to put a freeze on the mining tax reform. Given the rocky political climate, it is not likely to be back on the table before the end of the year.

Subscribers only Mining

Madagascar
Private sector hopes for OHADA membership for sunnier business climate

As a World Bank report published on 1 June expresses concerns about the business climate in Madagascar, the country's private sector is still hopeful Madagascar will join OHADA, an organisation of 17 Africa states bound by a system of business laws.

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North Africa

Morocco
Veolia and Suez pray for Macron Morocco trip to resolve Lydec deal

Morocco's King Mohammed VI and French President Emmanuel Macron in April 2018. © Julien Mattia/Le Pictorium/MaxPPP

Veolia and Suez are hoping that a state visit by the French president would help overturn Morocco's "political" refusal to authorise the transfer of shares in Lydec, the economic capital's water and electricity utility. But no such visit is planned for the moment.

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Algeria
GE says its battle with insurers over Hadjret En Nouss plant must go to arbitration court

The Algerian thermal power plant of Hadjret En Nouss. © SCV Enercor

The dispute between the US engineering giant and its insurers over the Algerian Hadjret En Nouss thermal power plant has so far only played out in US courts but it could very soon find itself handling an arbitration case in Geneva.

Subscribers only Energy

Libya
Franco-Libyan business sphere old hands set to meet in Paris on 20 June

The traditional representatives of French companies established in Libya plus their state and private partners will meet at the end of the month at the initiative of MEDEF International and the Franco-Libyan Chamber of Commerce.

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