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The Continent
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DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.

Spotlight | DRC
Following Washington's threats, Tshisekedi presidency tries to discreetly renegotiate its Gertler deal

Félix Tshisekedi's presidency is using the utmost discretion to try to renegotiate the financial compensation it granted Israeli billionaire Dan Gertler 10 months ago. The US, which is threatening to impose sanctions on members of the Congolese government, has been a key player in this U-turn.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics, Business

The Continent

The New Guard
Guinea, Ethiopia, Togo, South Africa

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Guinea Louis Camara, a miner taking on the oil sector

Ethiopia Brook Taye, Addis's economic eminence grise

Togo Karl Lawson, cyber events guru

South Africa Philani Mthembu, batting for BRICS

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Cost of renovating Mobayi-Mbongo hydro plant climbs to $30m

In the DRC, the renovation of the Mobayi-Mbongo hydroelectric plant is advancing slowly, despite the $22m released by the World Bank nearly four years ago. Authorities reckon they need another $8m.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Mali
Aid workers seek solution after Mali junta bans French-backed groups

European embassies and development workers are trying to map out a future for aid groups in Mali after the junta ban on non-governmental organisations backed by France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Florence Atse Achi in the running for Adzopé mayor?

Florence Atse Achi, wife of Ivory Coast PM Patrick Achi, is expected to stand for the RHDP (the presidential party) to be mayor of the town of Adzopé, the Achi stronghold.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Egypt
Egypt bids for regional leadership without the Nile Basin Initiative

Egypt is using a major inland waterway project to try to take on the role of leader on regional cooperation. At the same time, it has withdrawn from the Nile Basin Initiative, where Ethiopia is promoting a new agreement on members' respective rights to the waters of the Nile.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Kenya
Ruto strives to win over diaspora

Most Kenyans living abroad voted for Raila Odinga in the last presidential election. Keen to convert their support, the new head of state is focusing on the harsh conditions endured by those working in Gulf states.

Subscribers only Politics

Horn of Africa, Switzerland
Switzerland dispatches special envoy to Horn of Africa

Switzerland, which already had an extensive diplomatic network in Africa, has now been expanded further after the federal department of foreign affairs appointed Sylvain Astier as the country's special envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Mining code fails to make it on to the parliamentary agenda

Reform of the Madagascan mine code has been put back until the next parliamentary session in May 2023. The bill failed to find a consensus as tensions persisted on certain points.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed and the Governor of the Tunisian Central Bank, Marouane Abassi.

Tunisia
The growing rift between Kaïs Saïed and the Tunisian Central Bank

As negotiations with the IMF over the highly criticised 2023 draft budget bill are coming to a close, BCT Governor Abassi and President Saïed's opinions continue to diverge.

Subscribers only Politics

Libya
Western agri-food companies rake in letters of credit

In 2022, the leading agri-food groups in the greater Tripoli region obtained letters of credit worth more than $500m from the Central Bank of Libya.

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