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Spotlight | DRC
Paranoia runs high in Kinshasa with masterspy Mutond on the run

Kalev Mutond, former Administrator General of the National Intelligence Agency (ANR) of the DRC. © Shim Harno/Alamy Stock Photo

Just hours before the police planned to arrest him, Kabila's former chief spy vanished into thin air, leaving both sides of the political divide in a state of nervous tension.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
New cabinet make-up suggests new trajectory for Grand Inga

The Congolese president will likely reassert his control over the handling of the mega-dam, leaving little room for his new ministers to have much political sway.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Congo
Gunvor execs named in Congo corruption case hit by new scandal

A former employee of Swiss trader Gunvor admitted in early April that he paid nearly $22m in bribes to Ecuadorian officials between 2012 and 2019 to win contracts with the state-run oil company. He was working under the supervision of executives who were already in their jobs when a similar case occurred in 2012 in Congo and Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Inner circles | Senegal
Task force seeks to redeem Macky Sall's image in wake of Sonko affair

Senegalese president Macky Sall speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Dakar, Senegal, 09 April 2021. © EPA/SEYLLOU/POOL

Macky Sall pays great attention to his public image, which is handled by a small group of advisers based at the president's office. They are currently trying to restore his reputation after it took a heavy knock in the violent demonstrations of March.

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Guinea
Ghantoot boss travels to Conakry amid Monaco Resources scuffle

The Emirati businessman Zayed al Bloushi was recently in Guinea to meet with the authorities to discuss both Ghantoot's projects in the country and its subsidiary MCI's battle with its bauxite partner, Monaco Resources.

Subscribers only Mining

Ivory Coast
Construction mogul Bonkoungou determined to see his pet road projects through

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, PDG d'Ebomaf. © Ebomaf

The Burkinabe construction magnate Mahamadou Bonkoungou is keen to get official approval for the upgrading of the coastal road between Abidjan and San Pedro - a project that he had already floated to the government of the late Hamed Bakayoko.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Guinea
Legal win for intel equipment provider Gaby Peretz over thwarted Conakry contract

A French court has upheld a ruling ordering Guinea to settle the unpaid invoices of the Israeli businessman's company AD Trade for the supply of equipment for an intelligence unit for Alpha Conde.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Ivory Coast
French economy minister Le Maire heads to Abidjan

As we understand, the French minister for the economy and [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Africa, France
France-Africa summit head honcho Elisabeth Barbier quits

Secrétaire générale du Sommet Afrique-France, qui se tiendra du 8 au 10 juillet prochain, à Montpellier, la diplomate française Elisabeth Barbier a quitté ses fonctions mi-avril, pour "convenance personnelle".

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Presidential hopefuls seize on Odinga rift to woo Kenyatta

Musalia Mudavadi (left) and Mukhisa Kituyi (right) are positioning themselves to replace Raila Odinga as Uhuru Kenyatta's runner-up. © BR/KLG/Reuters/Martial Tressini/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

While Kenyatta favourite Raila Odinga reaches out to the opposition, Musalia Mudavadi and Mukhisa Kituyi have called on their sponsors to support their bid in State House to be designated as the president's new candidate.

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Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Swiss Re expands its South African business

Now that the South African Reserve Bank has licensed it, the leading reinsurance company Swiss Re has since mid-March been [...]

Subscribers only Finance, Business

European Union, Portugal, South Africa
Lisbon's green EU agenda finds favour with South Africa

As the flagship event of Portugal's presidency of the EU looms, Lisbon has been keen to secure South African backing for its green financing for Africa initiative.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Mozambique
Logistics provider Christophe Peschaud hopes to consolidate his business with Total

Depuis le début du mois d'avril, l'homme d'affaires français Christophe Peschaud tente de se faire une place dans les ressources humaines spécialisées dans le secteur gazier à Maputo.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

North Africa

Morocco
Morocco orders Turkish armed drones as hostilities resume in Western Sahara

Turkey's Baykar, which has close links with Erdogan, is to supply attack drones to the Moroccan army. The contract will not radically change the military balance between Morocco and Algeria but has been signed just as hostilities are resuming against Polisario in Western Sahara.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Libya
Macron dispatches special envoy Paul Soler to coordinate Libya policy with Rome

Appointed without fanfare as "France's special envoy for Libya" in mid-March, Paul Soler travelled to Rome in mid-April to discuss the the situation in Libya.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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