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Spotlight | Nigeria
APC disappointment could spell end of winding political career for ambitious Sheriff

Removed several years back from the main opposition party, which he briefly led, the former Borno State governor is now locked out of the top seat of the president's party he later joined. The lost opportunity could mark the end of an eventful career.

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West Africa

Burkina Faso, Guinea, Russia
Sanctioned Russian oligarch Alexey Mordashov tries desperately to get his gold out of Africa

Nordgold's chief legal officer Alexey Mordashov. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Alexey Mordashov, who has been put on the British Treasury's sanctions list following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, is struggling to find a refiner for the gold produced by his UK-listed Nordgold group in Burkina Faso and Guinea.

Subscribers only Mining

Guinea
New A-team takes over Mount Nimba iron ore project from disputed Sable Mining

Nimba Development Co has obtained the mining rights on a Guinean iron ore permit previously held by Sable Mining, which was accused of irregular practices in 2016. Several Guinean mining experts are on the Nimba board and management, among them the former head of the Simandou iron ore project and the former managing director of GAC, who is also the daughter of Guinea's transition prime minister.

Subscribers only Mining

Africa, Ethiopia, Senegal
Macky Sall launches plans for Renaissance dam roadmap

With only a few months to go before the dam's third reservoir is filled over the next rainy season, the pressure is weighing on the Senegalese president's shoulders. Sall, who is also the chairman of the Africa Union, knows his input on the decade-old thorny issue will be particularly scrutinised.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Ivory Coast
Ouattara troubled by Ukrainian war's impact on gas, wheat and oil

Despite Ivory Coast having a minimal dependence on the Russian and Ukrainian economies, the country is increasingly feeling the impact of the war in Ukraine, which has placed President Alassane Ouattara in a delicate position.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Tokyo puts pressure on Kenyatta over Mombasa port management

President Uhuru Kenyatta at the port of Mombasa, 20 September 2019. © @StateHouseKenya/Twitter

Japan would like a private operator, preferably Japanese, to take over the concession of terminal 2 of the port of Mombasa. This puts President Uhuru Kenyatta in an uncomfortable position with regard to the dockers' unions, in the run-up to the general elections scheduled for August.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Uganda
Russia's TMK denied TotalEnergies' mega-contract for Uganda-Tanzania pipeline

The Russian pipeline company ChelPipe (TMK) had been well placed in the race for the Uganda-Tanzania pipeline contract, but the current geopolitical situation has completely thrown its situation into doubt.

Subscribers only Energy

Kenya
Aberdair awarded British army air support contract with Everett

The lucrative contract to provide air support to the British Army Training Unit in Kenya, BATUK, has finally been awarded after being delayed for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Lesotho
Diplomats from Dublin to Pretoria keep close watch on former PM Thabane ex-wife's murder trial

Former prime minister Motsoahahe Thomas Thabane with his second wife Maesiah Thabane. © Molise Molise/AFP

The former head of government in Lesotho, Thomas Motsoahae Thabane, is facing charges for his alleged role in the assassination of his wife Lipolelo Thabane in 2017. Since the time of the events, several key witnesses have been opportunely placed on overseas diplomatic appointments.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Botswana
Botswana's diamonds attract South African coal investor Magni Investment

The new company Naledi River Diamonds, a joint venture between south Africa's Magni Investment Holdings (51 %) and Botswana's APTK Group (49 %), was created on 14 March #Botswana

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Rabat and EBRD pick Roland Berger and Mazars to reform top state-owned firms

Finance minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui is pressing ahead with the reforms initiatied by her predecessor Mohamed Benchaaboun, ahead of the creation of the new state holdings agency the government intends to set up.

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Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba under combined pressure of Sanalla and Washington

Lybian prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © Facebook/pmGNUmedia

Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba has been stripped of oil revenues by the head of the NOC, Mustafa Sanalla. This is part of a financial blockade supported by the United States, which is anxious to avoid any disruption of oil and gas production, against the backdrop of the Russia-Ukraine war.

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