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In Focus | Algeria, Mali
Algerian secret services in survival mode in North Mali

The Algerian foreign intelligence service is seeking to renew its ties with the Malian Tuareg movements. © Studio Pachamama // AFP/Philippe Desmazes/Souleymane Ag Anara/Romaric Ollo Hien

The Algerian intelligence services were long all-powerful in Mali, especially in the north of the country. But faced with a hostile junta and a reorganisation of the Tuareg movements, Algiers must now deal with a situation that is more fragile than ever.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Gabon
Perenco hurries to sell Atora before Carlyle seals sale of its share

Franco-British oil junior Perenco wants to quickly sell its share in Atora field in Gabon for $50m, indicating it does not wish to work with the future owner of Assala Energy's majority share, which Carlyle is in the process of selling.

Subscribers only Energy

Chad
French defence minister Lecornu plans trip to N'Djamena

French Defence Minister Sébastien Lecornu is preparing to make an official visit to Chad as part of plans announced by President Emmanuel Macron to completely reorganise France's military presence in Africa.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Burkina Faso
Traoré's cabinet greenlights mysterious Tambao buyer

An obscure Turkish firm picked up two prized Burkinabe mining permits on 10 March: the Tambao manganese deposit, which has estimated reserves of 55m tonnes, and the Inata gold permit.

Subscribers only Mining

Niger
President Bazoum hunts for electronic eavesdropping technology

French and Israeli firms are among the contenders hoping to supply electronic listening and geolocation technology to Niger. A veteran military equipment broker known as Petit Boubé has agreed to pay for the equipment.

Subscribers only Defence

Togo
World bank president David Malpass to fly on to Togo after Niamey trip

World Bank President David Malpass, on the 15th of November 2022. © Willy Kurniawan/Pool/Reuters

World Bank president David Malpass, who is due to meet President Mohamed Bazoum during a two-day visit to Niamey on 29 and 30 March, will follow up with a visit to Togo on 31 March and 1 April.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan
Kiir and Machar's battle for control of army behind defence minister sacking

South Sudan's vice president Riek Machar flanked by President Salva Kiir at the State House in Juba, South Sudan, on 20 February 2020. © Jok Solomun/Reuters

Defence minister and opposition figure Angelina Teny was sacked in early March by South Sudanese President Salva Kiir, who is seeking to regain control over the army. The move sparked an outcry.

Subscribers only Politics

Ethiopia
Ethiopia softens stance on international human rights commission

Ethiopia is ready to soften its stance on the work of the International Commission of Experts on Ethiopia (ICHREE), which it has been trying to obstruct, according to sources in UN and diplomatic circles.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Hurdles hinder launch of Nordwind's Moscow-Pretoria air route

South Africa and Russia want a connecting flight between their capitals, likely run by Russian firm Nordwind. But Western sanctions are getting in the way.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

North Africa

Algeria
With his job on the line, Sonatrach's CEO hunts for support

Sonatrach's CEO Toufik Hakkar, on 23 February 2023. © Billel Bensalem / APP/MAXPPP

The head of the national oil giant, Toufik Hakkar, who is under fire for mismanaging the firm, is trying to secure backing from both the president's office and the army in order to stay in his job.

Subscribers only Energy

Tunisia
PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Together with its local partner PHI Group, the Tunisian firm Pétrole Services Industriel has won a $5.5m contract to construct pipelines for Société mauritanienne des hydrocarbures.

Subscribers only Energy

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