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Spotlight | Kenya
Kenyatta wants to raise debt ceiling - again

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta. © Twitter/State House Kenya

Uhuru Kenyatta's lieutenants have been asked to persuade MPs and senators to let Kenya increase its debt yet again. But the circle of presidential loyalists capable of pushing such a measure through is shrinking by the day.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Central African Republic
After false start, fate of Ndassima mine could be settled in Abidjan on 25 October

The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the Ndassima gold mine. Canadian firm Axmin is challenging Bangui's 2019 cancellation of its two licences there. Illustrating the tension between them, the two parties even had trouble agreeing on a date for the talks.

Subscribers only Mining

Chad
Kaka's Doha task force to focus on Erdimi, Glencore, embassy

Chad's transitional president Mahamat Idriss Déby (centre) is greeted by Qatar's Emir Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani upon his arrival in Doha on 12 September 2021. © Presidency of the Republic of Chad

The visit of Chad's interim president to Doha last week sped up the appointment of officials to the Chadian embassy there, which in recent years had been run by a chargé d'affaires. With many topics to cover, the embassy is likely to be busy over the next few months.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Congo
Françoise Joly, Sassou N'Guesso's ultra-discreet personal emissary

Russian deputy foreign minister Mikhail Bogdanov and Congolese presidential adviser Francoise Joly, during their meeting in Moscow on 1 March 2021. © Facebook Account Russian Embassy in Benin and Togo

The Congolese president's personal representative for international affairs, Françoise Joly, is currently on a trip to France.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea, Morocco
Worried Rabat keeps close eye on Managem and other Moroccan interests in post-putsch Conakry

The fall of Alpha Condé, one of Mohammed VI's most reliable allies in West Africa, has caught Morocco off guard and fuelled concerns about its many assets and interests in Guinea.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Senegal
FAR and CNOOC in West African offshore blind spot

There have been no discoveries for years in Gambian, Senegalese or Guinea-Bissau waters. But two drilling campaigns by Australia's Far and China's CNOOC are imminent.

Subscribers only Energy

Guinea
With coup dust yet to settle, Iamgold seeks new prospecting licence

Canadian mining group Iamgold, which has been exploring Guinea's Karita gold deposit since 2017, applied for a new exploration permit just a few days after the coup which overthrew President Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Mining

Senegal
Macky Sall's security forum scheduled for December

Senegalese President Macky Sall. © Aliou Mbaye/Panapress/MaxPPP

The Dakar Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, which has been the Senegalese president's international showcase since 2013, will be held on 6 and 7 December. This seventh edition, with a revised format, is organised under the leadership of Avisa Partners.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Pandemic puts the brakes on China's military aid

The health crisis is preventing two Chinese warships given to the Djibouti navy earlier this year going into operation. The inertia is surprising given Beijing's growing military presence in the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Africa
OECD works with World Bank and AfDB to champion fiscal data exchange

The World Bank and the African Development Bank are supporting the recommendations of the OECD on corporate tax evasion.

Subscribers only Business

Sudan
Huawei wants to be first to equip Sudanese operators

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is interested in the Sudanese market and is understood to be in talks with several operators, including Sudatel, with the view to deploy its antennae and mobile networks.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Gemcorp and Odebrecht execs venture into mining

London investment fund Gemcorp and Brasilian construction giant Novonor (formely Odebrecht) have launched into mining in Angola through new company First Light Mining, and have started building a refinery in Cabinda.

Subscribers only Mining

Namibia
TotalEnergies' elusive Venus well postponed yet again

The much-anticipated drilling of the Venus prospect on TotalEnergies' Namibian Block 2913B had scheduled for September, but is now expected to be delayed again. the government expects the drilling platform to arrive in its waters around December.

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