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Spotlight | Kenya
Ruto complains of Kenyatta interfering with his foreign backers

Kenyan deputy president William Ruto on the campaign trail. © @WilliamsRuto/Twitter

The deputy president is trying to get State House to stop what he decries as the harrassment to which his foreign financial backers are being subjected.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
Trafigura's cobalt partnership threatened by top management changes at Gecamines

Even though it has not yet come into force, the Swiss trader's exclusive contract for the marketing of the DRC's artisanal cobalt has been called into question by the arrival of Alphonse Kaputo and Leon Mwine at the head of Gecamines.

Subscribers only Mining, Commodity traders

Cameroon
Air force is big loser in defence spending

Faced with a substantial threat from Boko Haram and the Anglophone armed groups of Ambazonia, the ill-equipped Cameroonian air force is struggling to cope. Only a significant increase in its budget is likely to improve the situation.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

West Africa

Africa, France
Macron's secret weapon to court African diaspora in bid for re-election

French president Emmanuel Macron at the Africa-France Summit on 8 October 2021 in Montpellier. © Guillaume Horcajuelo/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

A small group of ministers and MPs close to the French president have founded a new political initiative, which will become official in February, called "Pluriel". A halfway house between a political party and a collective, the group hopes to win the support of voters from France's African disapora and the centre-left.

Subscribers only Politics

Guinea
Disputed plane may soon take off for Simandou

Guinean mining logistics giant UMS, a stakeholder in the Simandou iron ore project, might get back a plane it lost in 2019.

Subscribers only Mining

Africa
Bongos' favourite private jet operator Antoine Hayem struggles to sell his company

Having already seen several of the aircraft he managed change ownership last year, the private jet operator Antoine Hayem has been trying for some time to sell his shares in his company JetMagic. However, he has not had much success yet, and a proposed sale last year fell through.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Al Burhan's militia allies in Khartoum on edge in Darfur

Since last November, West Sudan has once again become rife with tension. Though the violence never completely subsided after Bashir's fall, it is now feeding off and into political instability in the capital.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
British baronesses fight Zimbabwean opposition's corner in House of Lords

Baronnesses Caroline Cox and Ruth Lister, members of the House of Lords. © UK Parliament

The Zimbabwean opposition has managed to take its fight against a ban on Zimbabweans living abroad from voting in the upcoming elections all the way to the British House of Lords, much to the dismay of those working behind the scenes on a rapprochement between Harare and London.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

South Africa
Eco Atlantic brings much-needed cash into block 2B

The partners in the block, at which drilling is scheduled for the end of 2022, are relieved at the arrival of the new operator after doubts as to the financial capacity of its predecessor, Azinam.

Subscribers only Energy

Zambia
Lusaka looks to wind power to compensate for faltering dam output

The Zambian authorities are shortly due to launch a feasibility study on a project to generate 40 MW of wind power.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

North Africa

Morocco
Ali Seddiki to help set Akhannouch's investment agenda

Ali Seddiki has just joined the team of the minister in charge of investment, Mohcine Jazouli. © Ali Seddiki/LinkedIn

After his recent stint at the Ministry of Industry, Ali Seddiki has now joined the team of the investment minister Mohcine Jazouli and taken charge of drafting the eagerly awaited investment charter.

Subscribers only Politics

Algeria
Algiers boosts its army and police helicopter fleet with Airbus and Leonardo

The talks begun mid 2021 between Airbus Group and the general staff of the ANP have been fruitful. According to our sources, Airbus has entered the final phase of negotiations for a contract to modernise helicopters for the armed forces and the gendarmerie.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

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