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Spotlight | Cameroon
Biya deaf to calls for talks on Anglophone crisis

Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin met with Cameroonian President Paul Biya in Yaoundé at the end of January. © Paul Biya/Facebook

Despite pressure from the European Union, and more recently the Vatican, the Cameroonian government is still in favour of a military response to the crisis in the country's Anglophone regions and is only half listening to negotiation options.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
Shadow of Glencore hangs over Sassou's re-election bid

The incumbent Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso is ardently hoping that he can round off his campaign for a fourth term in office with news that the IMF is going to resume its financial support for the country.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Central African Republic, Sudan
UN's Darfur logistics provider Tajuj extends ops into CAR

The Sudanese group Tajuj, set up to meet the needs of UN peacekeepers in Darfur, is now emulating the logistics and catering giant Ecolog and is spreading its wings across the continent.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

DRC
Tony Blair Institute set to provide consultancy services to Tshisekedi

Tony Blair's foundation is taking a close interest in the DRC and its Grand Inga hydroelectric project in particular. One of its directors, the Frenchman Antoine Huss, recently paid a visit to Kinshasa.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Congo
Hydrocarbons boss lambasts Zenith Energy over Tilapia

The media indiscretions of Zenith Energy, which is seeking to land the Tilapia permit, have provoked the ire of Congo's head of hydrocarbons Teresa Goma.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

West Africa
From posh presidential jets to cargo planes, Bonkoungou has something for everyone

Chadian President Idriss Deby welcomes his Burkinabé counterpart Roch Marc Christian Kabore to N'Djamena on 15 February. © @MIdrissDebyItno/Twitter

Mahamadou Bonkoungou, owner of Air transport company LTI, recently purchased a new luxury jet, used by the president of Burkina Faso, Roch Marc Christian Kaboré, among others. He also invested in a freighter for his construction company Ebomaf.

Subscribers only Business

Ghana
Akufo-Addo's Sahelian agenda

President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Akufo-Addo. © Felipe Trueba/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The current holder of the ECOWAS rotating chair, Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, is intending to make the Sahel a central priority of his term at the helm of the regional organisation at a time when jihadist groups are extending their networks into countries lying on the west African coast.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa
Erstwhile military ops stalwart ICS faces liquidation

International Chartering Systems (ICS) boss Philippe de Jonquières, whose firm has carried out countless airlifts for the French military, plans to shut down the company after nearly four years of judicial investigation that has failed to lead to an indictment.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
IOG overcomes hurdles to bag two contracts in Paris

Djiboutian President Ismail Omar Guelleh at Medef International, 11 February 2021. © @IsmailOguelleh/Twitter

When CAC 40 heavyweights met Djibouti's president and his team in Paris on 11 February there appeared to be some crossed wires.

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Sudan
Khartoum reassures foreign miners to curry favour with IMF and Biden

A new police unit to prevent violence and gold trafficking is what the Sudanese government has promised for the coming months, hoping to attract investors, but also the support of international donors.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa, United Kingdom
Jersey seduces South Africa's investors

Amid post-Brexit uncertainties, Jersey's offshore promotion agency is trying to outshine Mauritius in one of their shared markets: wealthy South African individuals and investors.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Mozambique
Nyusi forced unexpectedly into reshuffling his army high command

With Total demanding significant security guarantees from the Mozambican military, Nyusi is currently without a chief of staff after the incumbent died less than a month after his appointment. His successor will be faced with the task of protecting the gas majors from the jihadist insurrection, which is hindering the extraction of the country's natural resources.

Free access Energy, Politics

Botswana
BCL buyer, Canada's Premium Nickel Resources leverages local expertise to settle into Gaborone

Chosen by Gaborone to take over the state's fallen copper and nickel star BCL, which went into liquidation in 2016, Canadian group Premium Nickel Resources has called on a local duo to structure what will be its first foray into the country.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Italy, Libya
Faced with a new government in Libya, Draghi favours continuity and focuses on oil

The new president of the Italian council, Mario Draghi. © Di Meo/Pool Afpa/Eidon/MaxPPP

Caught off guard by the GNA's new interim government, Italy, now led by Mario Draghi, has chosen to maintain its diplomatic approach and concentrate its efforts on oil. Nathalie Tocci will advise the new prime minister in these matters.

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