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Spotlight | Somalia
UN maps out Somalia's future without consulting African Union

Soldiers of the African Union Mission in Somalia in Mogadishu in 2019. © Feisal Omar/Reuters

With less than a month to go to presidential elections which look increasingly unlikely to take place, an independent UN report has reviewed the options available to Somalia to get out of its current difficulties.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Turkey's Summa keen for business in Kinshasa

The Turkish group Summa is in talks with the Congolese authorities over an opportunity to take over the N'Djili international airport upgrades in what would be its first move in the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Cameroon
Ministers ruled offside over FIFA boss's route to African Nations opening match

Government ministers clashed with the president's office over the route to be taken by the official convoy bringing FIFA chairman Gianni Infantino and his entourage to the opening match of the African Nations Championship (CHAN) between Cameroon and Zimbabwe in Yaounde on 16 January.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Inner circles | Ghana
How General Obed Akwa is orchestrating Accra's military diplomacy

Chief of staff of the Ghana Armed Forces Obed Boama Akwa. © Kay Nietfeld/dpa/picture-alliance/MaxPPP

Ghana's 16,000-strong army has become one of the main levers of Accra's outsized diplomatic influence in Africa and beyond, with nearly 3,000 soldiers deployed across a dozen UN missions. President Nana Akufo-Addo is particularly fond of his country's armed forces and increasingly relies on his Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General Obed Akwa.

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Burkina Faso, France
Kaboré's turn to meet Macron to discuss Sahel

Burkinabe President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in December 2018. © Ian Langsdon/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

After presidents Mohamed Ould Ghazouani of Mauritania, Idriss Déby of Chad and Mahamadou Issoufou of Niger visited Emmanuel Macron in Paris, it's now Roch Marc Christian Kaboré's turn

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Abiy lobbies hard to secure AU education portfolio for his protégée

Hirut Woldemariam, Ethiopian candidate for the post of African Union Commissioner for Education, supported by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © Abiy Ahmed Ali/Twitter

With the virtual summit of African Union heads of state scheduled for 6 and 7 February, the Ethiopian prime minister is working hard to bag a commissioner post for one of his loyal allies.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

East Africa
Kenya Railways boss feels the heat from anti-graft body

Months ahead of the scheduled delivery in June of six locomotives from Spain's Serveis Ferroviaris de Mallorca, the procurement contract has already landed new Kenya Railways Corp (KRC) director Philip Mainga in the hotseat.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Uganda
World Bank defers possible Mota-Engil investigation until after elections

The World Bank's inspection panel has given itself an extra month to decide whether or not to launch an investigation into allegations of illegal expropriation against Mota-Engil in Uganda.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Southern Africa and islands

DRC, Zambia
Jinchuan finally makes money from Chibuluma copper, gets green light for Musonoi

The Chibuluma copper mine in Zambia. © Rogan Ward/Reuters

Jinchuan has found a way to make its Chibuluma copper mine in Zambia generate income again, after years of losses. It has also obtained a loan of $350m to develop Musonoi mine in the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining

Madagascar
Clash between Rajoelina and advisor Ravatomanga shakes the island

Madagascan President Andry Rajoelina. © Andry Rajoelina/Twitter

The deepening but largely unacknowledged rift between President Andry Rajoelina and his omnipresent advisor, the businessman Maminiaina Ravatomanga, is having repercussions on the country's entire political apparatus as well as on key pillars of the economy.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Europe, Mauritius
Blacklisted offshore centre commits to tougher crackdown on operators

Accused by Brussels and FATF of being too lenient on firms active in its offshore ecosystem, Mauritius is trying to clean up its act but in a measured fashion so as not to scare off its traditional clients.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Mozambique
Total CEO Patrick Pouyanné turns up the heat on Filipe Nyusi

Cabo Delgado is now a no-go zone for Total. Its giant LNG project is on hold until Mozambique can guarantee safety in the province.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Tunisia
OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

As he tries to attract new firms into the upstream sector, the head of the state-owned oil company is weathering heavy criticism from companies already active in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Energy

Tunisia
Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Bonna Tunisia, a leader in the construction of water infrastructure, won a 115m dinar (€35m) contract on 29 December from Sonede.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

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