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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's South Kivu gold headache

The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi with his Emirati counterpart Mohamed bin Zayed al-Nahyan in Abu Dhabi on 24 January 2023. © UAE's Ministry of Presidential Affairs via AFP

Primera Gold has a monopoly on the trade and export of artisanal gold from the eastern province thanks to a partnership between the DRC and UAE. But it has not been able to stem the flow of illicit gold to neighbouring countries.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

The Continent

Inner circles | DRC, South Africa
Glencore's reforming boss Nagle emerges from Glasenberg's shadow

The South African Glencore CEO Gary Nagle. © © Glencore

The South African boss of the Swiss trading and mining giant is counting on two righthand men and a close-knit new team of managers to usher in a new era and turn the page on old corruption cases.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Central Africa

Central African Republic
Wagner prioritises provinces over Bangui

As the US private military company Bancroft makes inroads in CAR, the Russian paramilitary outfit is consolidating its presence outside the capital.

Free access Defence, Mining

DRC
Macron's new Africa adviser heads to Kinshasa

French President Emmanuel Macron's new Africa adviser Jérémie Robert is due in Kinshasa for Félix Tshisekedi's inauguration on 20 January.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Benin, Nigeria
Tinubu and Talon entente benefits billionaire Tony Elumelu

The businessman's foundation, which had been affected by the closure of the borders between Benin and Nigeria, is now benefiting from better relations between the two countries since the new Nigerian president was elected last year.

Subscribers only Business

Ivory Coast
China's CREC-COVEC consortium pulls out of Abidjan electric bus project

Despite winning the international call for tenders in October, the consortium made up of Chinese companies CREC and Covec has withdrawn from the Bus Rapid Transit project in Abidjan.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan
Salva Kiir ponders his options in Jonglei as polls loom

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir in Dubai on 2 December 2023. © Sean Gallup/Getty via AFP

South Sudan's president is currently making do with the governor of Jonglei State, who is an opposition politician. But increasing violence in the region could prove to be a game-changer.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Agribusiness at heart of new Indian ambassador's mission

In order to strengthen agricultural cooperation between Angola and India and to take on already established players, New Delhi has appointed a former vet to head its Luanda embassy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Algeria
Transport minister confines ferry to Bejaia port for repairs

The Algerian ferry Tariq-Ibn-Ziyad, belonging to the Entreprise nationale de transport maritime de voyageurs (Algérie Ferries), has been moored at the port of Béjaïa since mid-December 2023.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Lobbyist Tayeb Benabderrahmane pursues battle with Rachida Dati's lawyers

The next round in the legal stand-off between French-Algerian businessman Tayeb Benabderrahmane and those he claims acted as his advisers during his 2020 detention in Qatar will take place on 23 January before the Paris Court of Appeal.

Subscribers only Business

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