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Spotlight | Africa
Abiy muzzles any AU discussion of Tigray

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed at the 33rd African Union summit in Addis Ababa in February 2020. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Ethiopia has carefully orchestrated pressure within the African Union so that the organisation never gets involved in its host country's affairs.

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Central Africa

Chad
Oil minister loses patience with ExxonMobil amid strike

Workers at the major's Chadian sites have downed tools since 25 June over a pay dispute. So the country's authorities were not best pleased when the managing director left the country on leave.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC
The organisation of French-speaking nations slams games preparations

Tata-Raphaël Stadium being remodeled. © Facebook/Jeux de la francophonie

The Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie is alarmed by DRC's delay in preparing for the body's athletic and cultural extravaganza due to take place in Kinshasa in August 2022. In a recent report, it points to unjustified spending and a lack of transparency in the management of the games' funds.

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Cameroon
Despite promises to the IMF, Biya continues to back his perennial company directors

Even though his governement has negotiated several measures to reform the management of Cameroon's public companies with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Paul Biya has kept his loyalists at the head of the main parastatals, some of whom have been in place for more than twenty years.

Subscribers only Business

DRC
Glencore's US problems with its Katanga Mining subsidiary are finally over

The class action law suit in New Jersey between Glencore subsidiary Katanga Mining (which operates the DRC's Kamoto copper-cobalt mine) and a group of its minority shareholders closed on June 25.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Ghana
Vard-Fincantieri and Babcock plan to cut patrol boat costs

As competition to supply several patrol ships to the Ghana Navy heats up, two shipyards intend to lower their production costs by relocating the vessels' assembly.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
Mining code: Mogadishu's uncertain message for attracting investors

In order to convince foreign miners to invest in the country's resources, the Somali government has promised that a specific code is being prepared to replace the one from 1984 - while also admitting that it does not know when it will be adopted.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Durban riots fuel great concern among miners

Riots in Durban on 12 July, 2021. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The violence that followed the arrest of former president Jacob Zuma has had serious repercussions for the country's mining sector. The outbursts, located in the province of KwaZulu Natal, are hampering the activity of local mines, but also that of Durban and Richards Bay port terminals.

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Mozambique, Russia
Russian miners play a part in Moscow's humanitarian diplomacy

As it struggles to establish robust cooperation with southern African countries, despite Moscow's historical ties with the region, Russia is relying heavily on the networks and finances of locally based miners.

Subscribers only Mining, Business, Diplomacy

North Africa

In Focus | North Africa
How ICMPD, a champion of migrant 'assisted return', became an EU project manager

The director general of the International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) Michael Spindelegger. © Hans Punz/EPA/MaxPPP

The International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD) is involved in all stages of European migration policy, from conducting studies to lobbying and tendering for the provision of border surveillance and protection equipment for local border guards.

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