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In Focus | Ethiopia
Abiy purged his military high command to prepare for his war against the TPLF

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © Annegret Hilse/SVEN SIMON/picture alliance/SvenSimon/Newscom/MaxPPP

As soon as he arrived in power in 2018, the Ethiopian prime minister announced that he planned to reform the Ethiopian army high command, which he saw as a Tigrayan leadership stronghold. The reform, which was carried out quietly over two years, enabled Abiy to remove officers too closely linked to the Tigray People's Liberation Front.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

The Continent

Africa
Qatar Petroleum looks for returns on its African investments in 2021

The state-owned Qatari oil company will over the next few months partner with Western majors in the drilling of wells in Angola, Namibia, and Mozambique which currently figure among Africa's best prospects for major new oil finds.

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Central Africa

Algeria, Angola, Nigeria
Equinor under legal and parliamentary scrutiny

Over the last year, Equinor has been contending with several legal actions relating to its operations in Africa as well as a parliamentary inquiry in its native Norway.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC, Gabon
Tshisekedi tries to muscle his way onto UN Security Council

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Ting Shen/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

There is a heated battle afoot for the non-permanent seat reserved for African countries on the UN Security Council for the years 2022-2023. Gabon is an official candidate, but the DRC is pulling out all the stops to take the role.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea
South Africa's Ronnie Ntuli challenges Chinese monopoly on mining railway

Thelo DB, a company chaired by South African businessman Ronnie Ntuli, has been approaching iron ore and bauxite explorers in Guinea to offer rail solutions for their future exports, a sector that has until now been dominated by Chinese giants.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

Mali
EU frets about fraud as Bamako stocks up on military gear

The EU, worried that the latest military aid to Mali might be misappropriated, may take initatives to encourage Bamako to keep its promises on traceability.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Djibouti fights back against DP World's US legal offensive

Doraleh Container Terminal (DCT), in which DP World has a 33.34% stake. © Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority

Djibouti's lawyers are betting on a particular interpretation of American law in their bid to prevent the port operator DP World from getting the $485.5m in damages it is claiming in US courts.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Kenya
Tavaziva Madzinga gets off to a tricky start at the head of Britam

Executives at Kenyan insurance giant Britam were so put out by Zimbabwean national Tavaziva Madzinga being parachuted in to head the company that they forced the previous incumbent, Benson Wairegi, to postpone his retirement so as to ensure a smooth transition.

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Djibouti
Awkward times for Bouygues as its subsidiary Colas fined for defrauding US Navy

A San Diego court has ordered the Djiboutian branch of Bouygues subsidiary Colas to pay a $12.5m fine for defrauding the US Navy and US embassy in Djibouti.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa, United Kingdom
Rob Hersov champions Jersey against Mauritius for offshore finance crown

A Jersey Finance promotional video starring Rob Hersov. © Screenshot/Jersey Finance

Jersey Finance, the body which promotes the island of Jersey as an offshore financial centre, has found a new ally in its efforts to attract business from rich South Africans. Rob Hersov, who is the heir of a leading South African family, regularly takes part in the organisation's promotional events.

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North Africa

Libya
How Libyan pilots' training budget ended up in Istanbul real estate

Prime Education, a company owned by Tevfik Sekerci, was contracted to train pilots and civil aviation executives. Instead, it invested most of the €18m the state-owned EACS gave it for this purpose in Istanbul-based land and property funds.

Subscribers only Business

Tunisia
Retel gets even with Bouchamaoui by winning second stretch of Tunis-Dahmani pipeline contract

Tawasol subsidiary Retel has been awarded the €14m contract to build the second part of the Tunis-Dahmani gas pipeline. This contest was less fraught than the first.

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