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Spotlight | DRC
Israel repatriates military instructors from DRC after Hamas attack

Israeli defence minister Yoav Gallant in Tel Aviv on 25 October 2023. © Elad Malka (IMoD)/Handout/Anadolu

The mass mobilisation of Israeli reservists after the Hamas attack led to the recall of dozens of instructors employed by private military contractors in DR Congo.

Subscribers only Defence

The Continent

The New Guard
Guinea, Kenya, Ethiopia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

GuineaAboubacar Sidiki Kanté, lawyer and fixer to miners and industry

KenyaBeatrice Waruinge, ‘cinemactivist'

EthiopiaCherinet Hariffo, active in the diaspora

Subscribers only Mining, Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Despite lack of clarity over production, Perenco goes from strength to strength

Perenco oil company managers and technicians near the onshore oil wells in operation on the outskirts of Muanda, on the southwestern tip of the DRC on 19 October 2021. © Alexis Huguet/AFP

Just as Perenco is due to acquire two blocks in an area where it is already operating, the DR Congo government is querying the accuracy of the company's oil production claims, which have not changed for years.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ghana
European Union bails out Ghana's navy

The European Union is working on a new plan to support the Ghana Navy.

Subscribers only Defence

Nigeria
Saudis schmooze Nigeria's billionaires

After the Saudi Arabia-Africa summit in Riyadh on 10 November, [...]

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenya's nuclear power revival sparks anger

Kenyan authorities are reviving the idea of building a power plant in an unspoilt coastal zone after years of inaction, sparking protests from civil society groups who fear the project's negative environmental and economic impact.

Subscribers only Energy

Burundi
World Bank expects to make new payment for Jiji and Mulembwe dams

The two hydroelectric dams were supposed to be up and running by the end of this year. But their construction is two years behind schedule, forcing their financers to fork out more money.

Free access Infrastructure, Energy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Manuel Chang's US lawyer to be grilled over potential conflict of interest

Former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang in Washington, 21 April 2012. © Zhang Jun/Xinhua/Alamy

US authorities want to know why a mysterious third party is paying the legal bills of the former Mozambican finance minister, who is on trial in New York in the so-called "hidden debts" scandal. They suspect a conflict of interest.

Subscribers only Finance

Madagascar
Rajoelina welcomes Liberal International electoral observers

Andry Rajoelina, running for a new term in the first round of Madagascar's presidential polls on 16 November, has with the agreement of interim president Richard Ravalomanana authorised a Liberal International (LI) electoral mission to follow the voting.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Tunisia
French firm Sia Partners to work with Tunisia on smart grid project

France's Sia Partners, which operates in Morocco and elsewhere, will support the Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) in its smart grid project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Morocco
Nizar Baraka to vaunt public-private partnerships at African Infrastructure Forum

Moroccan equipment and water minister Nizar Baraka is due to [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure

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