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Spotlight | Tanzania
Suluhu opens up Tanzania through investment diplomacy and military alliances

President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan and Charles Michel, president of the European Council, in Brussels on 15 February. © Twitter @ikulumawasliano

From Washington to Beijing via London, Brussels and Moscow, Samia Suluhu Hassan has revived the links with the capitals that were ignored by her predecessor John Magufuli - and this Tanzanian president has no problem exploiting the differences between her new allies.

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Central Africa

DRC
After ERG, more Kazakh businessmen land in Katanga

Eurasian Resources Group remains a leader in the production of copper and cobalt in the DRC. But another company from Kazakhstan, interested in battery metals and linked to the financial tycoon Kenges Rakishev, was recently registered in Lubumbashi.

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Gabon
Tony Blair Institute positioned to benefit from Gabon's imminent entry into Commonwealth

Tony Blair and Ali Bongo in Brussels on 17 February. © Twitter @PresidentABO

On the eve of the Commonwealth experts' third and final official visit to Libreville, which should definitively seal Gabon's entry into the organisation, the former UK Prime Minister has pitched the services of his firm, the Tony Blair Institute, to Ali Bongo.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Chad
The spy battle behind Baba Laddé's eviction

Former Fulani rebel leader Baba Laddé, whose real name is Mahamat Abdoul Kadré Oumar, was dismissed on 15 February from his post as director of intelligence and investigations.

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West Africa

West Africa
Top buyer Bangladesh struggles to source enough African cotton

Cotton containers ready to be transported, in Senegal. © Sy Djibril/Panapress/MaxPPP

As shipping companies ramp up their container freight prices, cotton mills in Bangladesh may have to slash output as supply is bottlenecked.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

Nigeria
Superyacht Galactica Star sails on to US Supreme Court

The top US court has been called in by a creditor of the Nigerian state, who wants to recover $22m of the $42m proceeds from the luxury yacht's sale, which used to belong to a trader close to the former Nigerian oil minister.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Nairobi calls on FBI to help fight cybercrime

Overwhelmed by the rise in cybercrime, the Kenyan authorities have extended their cooperation with the FBI to the digital domain. American experts are expected in Nairobi in the next two months to train their counterparts on these issues.

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Ethiopia
Tigrayan Muslims secede taking cue from Orthodox church

The Tigray Islamic Affairs Regional Council blames Ethiopia's highest Muslim affairs body the Ethiopian Islamic Affairs Supreme Council for not speaking out against the violence in Tigray.

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Rwanda
Kigali turns a corner on environmental issues

President Paul Kagame's teams want to show that they are following the best international standards in Rwanda's mining sector. After revising its mineral export rules in an attempt to ensure traceability, they are now focusing on the environment.

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Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Gaborone and Vienna battle to host Kimberley Process headquarters

President of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi and Minister-President Jan Jambon, in Brussels on 17 February. © Flanders Chancellery and Foreign Office

Botswana is lobbying to host the permanent secretariat of the Kimberley Process diamond certification scheme, with Austria and China also in the race. President Masisi used a recent EU-AU summit to fight for his cause.

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North Africa

Libya
DEA Aviation doing good Frontex business off Libyan coast

The British firm has emerged as the European Border and Coastguard Agency's leading subcontractor to tackle irregular migration from Libya. Under a Luxembourg flag, it also works for the EU's naval Operation Irini.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Tunisia
MEP's Tunis trip postponed after Saïed's visit to Brussels

The Tunisian Head of State, Kaïs Saïed, speaking at the 6th Summit between the European Union and the African Union, on 18 February, in Brussels. © Chokri Mahjoub/ZumaPress/MaxPPP

A delegation of European Parliament members had been due to visit Tunis shortly to meet Kaïs Saïed and Rached Ghannouchi but their trip has been put back indefinitely. This follows the tensions created by Saïed's participation in the EU-AU summit in Brussels on 17 and 18 February.

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