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As Dabaiba moves closer to Kadyrov, Haftar's Russian connections ensnare Bachagha

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov.
Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Chechen President Ramzan Kadyrov. © Donatella Giagnori/Eidon/Dmitry Astakhov/Sputnik/Government Press Service Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Determined to remain at the head of the government in Tripoli, Abdelhamid Dabaiba has reactivated his channels of communication with Chechnyan strongman Ramzan Kadyrov, who has long offered his services to train the Libyan military.

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The Continent

Africa
PhosAgro, Uralchem, Eurochem: how Russian fertiliser giants cope with sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin (back right) and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa (back left) with Dmitry Mazepin (front right) of Uralchem, and Perence Shiri (front left), Zimbabwean minister of agriculture, 15 January 2019, Moscow.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (back right) and his Zimbabwean counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa (back left) with Dmitry Mazepin (front right) of Uralchem, and Perence Shiri (front left), Zimbabwean minister of agriculture, 15 January 2019, Moscow. © Michael Klimentyev/Sputnik/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

In light of Western measures against their shareholders, the fertiliser producers PhosAgro, Uralchem and Eurochem will drastically cut their exports to Africa, a market they had turned to with relative success after the loss of their Ukrainian clients in 2014.

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Central Africa

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Former Chelsea footballer Didier Drogba caught up by old mining debts

Didier Drogba, ex-Chelsea player and candidate for the head of the Ivorian Football Federation.
Didier Drogba, ex-Chelsea player and candidate for the head of the Ivorian Football Federation. © Franck Castel/MaxPPP

Former Chelsea player Didier Drogba and Hamed Bakayoko's ex-right-hand man, Idriss Diallo, are both competing to be the head of the Ivorian Football Federation, yet they were once business partners. They bought shares in Ity gold mine in 2013, and then sold their shares in 2019 to Endeavour without ever fully paying their first owner, the Ivorian parastatal group Sodemi, which is now asking for its dues.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

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Southern Africa and islands

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North Africa

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