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Spotlight | Ethiopia
African Union makes a quiet exit

The pan-African Parliament in Addis Abeba. © African Union website

Ethiopia's civil war is prompting growing unease among ambassadors stationed in Addis Ababa, where the AU is headquartered. The pan-African organisation has discreetly told its staff it's time to leave.

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Central Africa

DRC
How Banana deepwater port got back on track

The Emirati Minister of State for Cooperation, Khalifa Shaheen al Marar, and the Congolese Minister of Transport and Disenclavement, Cherubin Okende, during the signing ceremony of the concession contract for the construction of the deepwater port of Banana between the Congolese State and DP World on 11 December 2021. © @Presidence_RDC/Twitter

Félix Tshisekedi's government and the Dubai-based DP World have both had to make concessions to reach a deal on constructing the Banana deepwater port.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Congo
Brazzaville secures reopening of billion-dollar Commisimpex arbitration

On 9 December, the international arbitration court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) wrote to the lawyers of the Congolese state and of Commisimpex to inform them that it had decided to reopen the proceedings.

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West Africa

Nigeria
Erin Energy ex-shareholders return to haunt Kase Lawal

Nigerian billionaire Kase Lawal. © Reuters

Following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Delaware, Erin Energy's creditors will now have their day in court.

Subscribers only Energy

Africa
Helin and Orano uranium sale probe speeds up with Paris searches

A lawyer who worked closely with wealth manager Helin International had his home and office searched last month in Paris. Investigators were looking for documents related, among other things, to companies registered by Hélin and used to channel proceeds of the loss-making 2011 sale of uranium from Niger by Orano (formerly Areva).

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Guinea
Doumbouya seeks to combine Rio Tinto and Winning rail plans for Simandou

Rolling stock being installed on the Dapilon-Santou railway constructed by Winning Consortium Sandou for transporting bauxite in Guinea. © Winning Consortium Simandou/Facebook

Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is trying to assert its interests in the Simandou iron project over those of Winning Consortium, which is reputedly close to the president ousted in a coup in September, Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

Sahel
Macron to talk Wagner and elections in Bamako

French president Emmanuel Macron during his previous visit to Mali in May 2017. © Christophe Petit Tesson/Pool/MaxPPP out

The French president will visit Bamako from 20 to 21 December. In the Malian capital, he will meet interim president Assimi Goita for the first time to discuss the ongoing talks between his junta and the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.

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Ghana
Harland & Wolff jump into endless patrol boat contract race

The Ghana Navy (GN) has begun negotiations with Belfast-based Harland & Wolff over patrol boat contract.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Cameroon, Senegal
Macky Sall to be Biya's guest of honour at CAN kick-off

Macky Sall, President of Senegal, at the FIFA World Cup in 2018 in Moscow. © Pierre Teyssot/MaxPPP

Senegalese President Macky Sall will be among the few African heads of state to travel to Yaoundé on 9 January for the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations (CAN).

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Southern Africa and islands

DRC, South Africa
South African taxman scores victory over China Molybdenum's private airline

China Molybdenum has been ordered to settle unpaid VAT on the importing by its South African subsidiary of an Embraer aircraft that runs services between Johannesburg and the company's flagship mine in the DRC.

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Mozambique
Karim Premji, the well-connected partner of Turkish luxury real estate tycoon Hasan Toprak

The management of Hasan Toprak's real estate portfolio has just been placed in the hands of a brand new company created in November with the well-connected Canadian businessman Karim Premji, who operates in South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal.

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Angola
Washington visa ban on Isabel dos Santos boosts Luanda's asset hunt

The Biden administration has banned Isabel dos Santos from entering the US. The ban signals US support for Angola's worldwide hunt for her assets, which allegedly come from embezzled public funds.

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North Africa

Libya
As the political process falls apart, the military return to centre stage

With the postponement of the 24 December elections all but certain, the army chiefs of staff in the west and east of Libya are intensifying their discussions. The aim is to maintain the ceasefire... and also to stand united against the rehabilitation of the former Gaddafi regime, which badly damaged the military system.

Subscribers only Politics

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