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Spotlight | Libya
Why Haftar rolled out the red carpet for Beshir Saleh and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi (left), son of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, registering to run in the upcoming presidential elections in the city of Sebha, south of Tripoli, Libya, 14 November 2021. © EPA/MaxPPP/Libyan Electoral Commision Handout

When the late Muammar Gaddafi's former chief of staff and then his son travelled to Sebha earlier this month, their visits were carefully organised by Saddam Haftar in an operation that hinted at an electoral pact.

Free access Politics

The Continent

Africa
Russia's PhosAgro blossoms in south but cuts back in west as prices soar

PhosAgro projects in Southern Africa. © Indigo publications

Russian phosphate fertiliser producer PhosAgro plans to increase its sales and storage space in southern and eastern Africa but is slowing expansion in the west, as record price hikes hamper trade.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa

DRC
Tenke Fungurume Mining hounded by subcontractor KCS over unpaid services

Already in trouble with the Congolese authorities, Tenke Fungurume Mining is now facing a hearing involving one of the subcontractors at its copper mine, which is seeking the enforcement of a British arbitration ruling on unpaid invoices.

Subscribers only Mining

Cameroon
Accountancy firm Atou caught in rival clan crossfire

The Cameroonian consultant Lazare Atou, who has been managing the real estate of various former state-owned companies for several years, has found himself caught in the crossfire between two rival clans within the regime.

Subscribers only Business

Cameroon
Eto'o and Mbombo Njoya neck and neck in race to charm Biya and run Fecafoot

Former international soccer star Samuel Eto'o (left) and Seidou Mbombo Njoya, the outgoing interim president of Fecafoot, are candidates to take over the leadership of the Cameroon Football Federation. © Samuel Eto'o/Seidou Mbombo Njoya/Twitter

In the race to run Cameroon's football federation, two favourites, Samuel Eto'o and Seidou Mbombo Njoya, are doing everything they can to get into Paul Biya's good graces. But the election may once again get lost in the legal cloud hanging over Fecafoot since 2013.

Subscribers only Politics

DRC
How Félix Tshisekedi got his Gulfstream back

The Congolese president, fed up with travelling on expensive privately hired planes, has recovered the state-owned Gulfstream that had been grounded in Spain for six years due to unpaid repair bills.

Subscribers only Politics

Congo
X-OIL and Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso see money in lubricants

These products, widely used in the timber, mining and oil industries, sell for a much larger profit margin than petroleum products.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Nigeria
Simon Naoum, the unofficial weapons supplier to the Nigerian army

The Nigerian army has been looking to broker Simon Naoum to purchase munitions for its combat against Boko Haram and armed militia groups in north-western Nigeria. However, this business relationship goes against President Buhari's order to exclude third parties from weapons deals.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Ethiopian war threatens Djibouti's cross-border trade

Fighting between Tigrayan forces and the Ethiopian army around one of the two main roads linking the small port country to its Ethiopian neighbour is posing a direct threat to cross-border trade, which is a vital part of the Djibouti economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Kenya
Richard Ngatia, a valued political and business ally of the Kenyattas

President of Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry Richard Ngatia. © @Ngatia_Richard/Twitter

The president of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry is actively campaigning on behalf of Uhuru Kenyatta, but he is also - much more discreetly - partnering his sister Nyokabi Kenyatta on a number of government contracts.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Masisi engages in his trademark personal lobbying in Paris

Visiting Paris, Botswanan president Mokgweetsi Masisi met with French investors on 10 November 2021. © Dr. Mokgweetsi E.K Masisi/Twitter

During his first visit to Paris as president of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi made a beeline for UNESCO, where he is lobbying for a seat on its executive board, and also for French businesses, whose presence in Botswana has been historically weak.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Morocco
AU peace and security commissioner gets the rock star treatment in Western Sahara talks

The AU peace and security commissioner, Nigeria's Bankole Adeoye, was received by the foreign minister Nasser Bourita. © @MarocDiplomatie/Twitter

Africa' s oldest geopolitical dispute will be at the centre of discussions between the African Union and the Moroccan government during Bankole Adeoye's visit this week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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