Unable to reconcile emergency expenditures made during the tenure of then finance minister Nicolas Kazadi, the Central Bank of Congo has yet to close the treasury's general account for the 2023 fiscal year.
The decision to end the export ban on Central African diamonds taken at the Kimberley Process general assembly met with strong opposition from the EU, Canada, the UK and the US.
The Congolese president will be in Rome from 24 November for a working visit due to last several days.
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Lack of proper communication between the Togolese president and the general staff over recent attacks by Islamist militant groups in the north of the country are causing tensions at the top of the state.
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Defence He is set to acquire one of the flagships of Industrial Promotion Services West Africa.
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Thani Mohamed Soilihi, France's junior minister for the Francophonie and international partnerships, is due to visit Kenya from 25 to 27 November.
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Diplomacy The Lamu Museum is due to inaugurate Kenya's first virtual gallery on 29 November.
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The Kremlin is using a Russian nationalist organisation, the Double-Headed Eagle Society, to woo South Africa's white supremacists. Its goal is to discreetly exert pressure on the majority party, the ANC, a long-standing ally of Moscow.
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Libya's state oil company owes almost $42m to the fuel trader, which is taking legal action in the UK. The Libyan financial watchdog has meanwhile referred the case to the public prosecutor.
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