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Spotlight | Gabon
Noureddin Bongo arrest puts Western consultants out of a job

Noureddin Bongo Valentin in Libreville on 1 December 2019. © Steeve Jordan/AFP

The arrest on 30 August of the son of ousted president Ali Bongo has left a whole raft of British, US and French consultants at a loose end. Some had been working on his father's re-election campaign, while others had already been preparing for the first months of a new term.

Free access Politics, Business

The Continent

Africa
Rome calls off its Italy-Africa summit

African governments have just been notified that the Italy-African summit planned for 5-6 November in Rome will not go ahead.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Kinshasa keeps new EU ambassador waiting for his accreditation

Brussels has yet to receive accreditation from the Congolese authorities for its new ambassador - a reflection of fresh tensions between the EU and the DRC in the run-up to the presidential election.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Congo
Sassou to travel to China for Belt and Road Forum

President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has decided at the eleventh hour to attend a Beijing summit marking the 10th anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
Nigerian intelligence asks Washington for more drones

The securocrats in Abuja would like to use US security gear to equip their intelligence agencies and police to secure the country's porous north-eastern borders against various terrorist groups, including Boko Haram.

Subscribers only Defence

Sierra Leone
President Bio fears US entry ban

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio fears that he will be banned from entering the United States. This would seriously compromise his chances for furthering cooperation with Washington.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
ECMA finalises IPO rules

An Ethiopian delegation travelled to London this week to present the country's upcoming new stock exchange to potential investors. A directive governing initial public offerings is soon to be put to a public consultation.

Subscribers only Finance

Kenya
Al Shabaab attacks threaten president's coalition

Kenyan police officers check vehicles in the coastal region of Lamu on 2 January 2020. © AFP

Backed by Kenya's deputy president, a group of MPs unhappy with the government's inaction over insecurity in the coastal county of Lamu is threatening to withdraw its support for William Ruto.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Mitrelli-Suez duo tackle Luanda's water shortage

The Angolan government is poised to greenlight the PROAGUA project led by Suez and Mitrelli subsidiary Owini, now a year behind schedule.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

North Africa

Inner circle | Egypt
Sisi ponders future of army chief Osama Askar

The Chief of Staff of the Egyptian Armed Forces, Lieutenant General Osama Askar, in Nicosia (Cyprus) on 29 March 2022. © Danil Shamkin/NurPhoto via AFP

Osama Askar is about to be either reappointed or replaced as commander of the Egyptian army. He was already a member of the powerful Supreme Council of the Armed Forces before the election of Sisi and has support among the army top brass as well as the country's powerful construction conglomerates.

Subscribers only Defence

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