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Spotlight | DRC, France, Rwanda
Macron's fine diplomatic balancing act between Kagame and Tshisekedi

Paul Kagame and Emmanuel Macron, here in December 2021 at the Elysée Palace. © Alexis Sciard/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

As tensions between Kinshasa and Kigali continue to grow in eastern DRC, a confidential meeting between the French and Rwandan presidents took place in Paris in early June. Emmanuel Macron plans to speak by phone next with Felix Tshisekedi and is backing Angolan mediation.

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The Continent

Africa
CIS bounces back after losing contracts in Mozambique and Uganda

Despite losing one contract after another in East Africa, the French firm Catering International & Services has gained a second wind in the Sahel region and landed a major contract with BP-Sonatrach in Algeria.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

Central Africa

DRC
Electricity minister ousts head of public regulator over Nzilo II

The planned Nzilo II hydroelectric plant in Lualaba province is continuing to cause collateral damage. Following the sacking of a senior budget ministry official and his subsequent questioning by the security services, disciplinary proceedings have now been launched against the head of the regulatory body for public contracts after a falling out with the minister responsible for the project.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

West Africa

Nigeria, Ukraine
Kyiv turns to Nigeria's Proforce in scramble for more armoured vehicles

To meet the mounting needs of the Ukrainian army as it struggles to hold the Donbas, Kyiv did the rounds of suppliers at the Eurosatory defence trade fair in Paris this week. One of these was Nigerian armoured vehicles manufacturer Proforce.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Inner circles | Guinea
Doumbouya maintains ever tighter grip on mining sector

Guinea's Minister of Mines Moussa Magassouba in front of a portrait of President Mamadi Doumbouya. © Twitter/Ministry of Mines and Geology of Guinea

Moussa Magassouba, appointed head of the Guinean Ministry of Mines and Geology after the September 2021 coup, coordinates the beating heart of Guinean economy. However, he has been subject to frequent criticism from both civil society organisations and members of the government.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenyatta's tea price hike favours foreign producers

The commitment to increase the price of Kenyan tea agreed with the main producers' consortium, the Kenya Tea Development Agency, has given neighbouring countries a comparative advantage. Unaffected by these measures, foreign companies in Kenya are selling their stocks more easily, while Kenyan firms' stocks are piling up.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

Kenya
Turkey's Atesci to build ammunition factory for Kenyan army

Turkish company Atesci has won a major contract in Nairobi to install ammunition production lines for the Kenya Army

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Ethiopia
EU commissioner Janez Lenarcic expected in Addis shortly

While the Ethiopian justice minister is expected in Brussels this weekend, the European commissioner for humanitarian affairs, Janez Lenarčič of Slovenia, is due to travel in the opposite direction

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Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Quanten Consortium painstakingly tries to inject life into Soyo refinery project

The government's Soyo refinery project, which has been advancing at a snail's pace, is finally showing a few signs of life after months at a standstill.

Subscribers only Energy

Namibia
Dorob National Park attracts diamond-hunting investors

Dorob National Park in Namibia. © Gerold Grotelueschen/Alamy banque d'images

Dorob, one of the country's most visited national parks, has attracted the interest of a former Namibian diplomat, who is seeking exploration permits to ascertain the diamond potential of the coastal desert to the north of Walvis Bay.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
French farmers fight to ban agricultural imports from Western Sahara

A French farmers' union has asked the Council of State to reach a decision on trade policy concerning fruit and vegetables produced in the disputed territory of Western Sahara. The issue was ruled on by the European General Court last year.

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Egypt
Ex-Mubarak minister makes Cairo comeback as Sisi's COP27 climate champion

Former Egyptian minister Mahmoud Mohieldin in 2019. © Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire/Picture alliance/Newcom/MaxPPP

The economist Mahmoud Mohieldin, who was investment minister under Hosni Mubarak and an insider in the deposed president's clan, left Cairo for Washington shortly before Egypt's 2011 revolution. He is now working as Sisi's "climate champion".

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