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Spotlight | China, Uganda
Beijing seeks support from MPs for Mombasa-Kigali railway funding

The speaker of the Ugandan parliament Jacob Oulanyah received the Chinese ambassador to Uganda Zhang Lizhong (right) on 10 September 2021. © Jacob Oulanyah/Twitter

Yoweri Museveni, worried about accumulating too much debt, has still not approved China's funding plan for the Mombasa-Kigali railway. The Chinese are relying on diplomacy to gather support from parliament.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC, United States
Military cooperation still minimal despite rapprochement between Kinshasa and Washington

Washington showed its support for the DRC by sending a team of US special forces to the country's national parks, where rebel groups frequently wreak havoc. But effective security cooperation has been slow to materialise.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Congo
Congo sets its favourite lawyers on WNR in Marine XI arbitration

The target since 12 May of arbitration proceedings at ICSID brought by UK company World Natural Resources (WNR), Congo has sought help from two familiar French lawyers.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC
Tshisekedi drops bombshell on Fortescue's contract on Grand Inga

Breaking news published on 15/09/21 at 10 a.m. - A contract to develop six Grand Inga mega dams seems to be slipping out of the mining giant's hands. Founded by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, Fortescue Metals had pledged to invest $80bn.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

West Africa

Guinea
Will junta respond to IMF concerns over fiscal transparency in mining sector?

Prior to the coup that toppled Alpha Condé, the government had been actively engaged in responding to the IMF, which had expressed reservations over the reliability of the tax declarations of mining companies active in Guinea, and of Chinese operators in particular.

Subscribers only Mining

Guinea
The secret agenda of ECOWAS heads of state in Accra for Guinea coup summit

Screenshot of the extraordinary ECOWAS Heads of State and Government meeting on the situation in Guinea, 8 September 2021. © Ecowas/Handout via Reuters

The organisation's heads of state are meeting in Accra on 16 September over the situation in Guinea. Some members are pushing for a 6-month civilian-led transition fiercely opposed by the junta, which hopes to keep control over the transition.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa
AU's new HR director to be named shortly

The African Union's hiring policy is something of a weak point, so whoever takes charge of it next will be closely watched by member states.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Sudan
Hamburg Port Consulting quietly streamlines Port Sudan

For three months now, Hamburg Port Consulting has been working to reduce delays for unloading ships at Port Sudan, the only international port in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Africa
FIFA ethics committee cracks down on football federations

In late August, football's governing body FIFA finally won its ongoing battle with the former chief executive of the South African Football Association, Leslie Sedibe, whom it had accused of fixing the friendlies of the South African national squad in 2010.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Imerys to revive Okanjande graphite mine?

Is the French leader of mineral-based specialities Imerys about to reboot its graphite mining projects in Namibia?

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya, Tunisia
Kais Saied puts pressure on Tripoli over borders

Kais Saied (right) and Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tunis on 9 September 2021. © EPA/MaxPPP

The reopening of the border between Tunisia and Libya is to be negotiated next week. Tunis has security and health concerns and fears infiltration by jihadists. But it also sees the border issue as a card to play to settle old scores.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Morocco
Aziz Akhannouch has abundance of choice for new inner circle of advisers

The new Moroccan prime minister Aziz Akhannouch. © Chadi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

The newly elected prime minister is deciding who to appoint as his closest advisers and aides. He will be able to draw from his team at the agriculture ministry and from his Akwa holding company and the RNI party, which are already largely merged.

Subscribers only Politics

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