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Spotlight | DRC, Rwanda, Uganda
DRC gold at heart of Museveni and Kagame's new showdown

Rwanda's president Paul Kagame with his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Museveni. © Xinhua News Agency/via Latin America News Agency/Reuters

Rwanda and Uganda are engaged in a tug of war over who will host the main transit route for gold mined in the DRC before it is shipped out of Africa. Both countries want the lucrative business for themselves and are hoping to force Kinshasa to choose between them, with Kigali in the lead.

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Central Africa

Cameroon
Under rising pressure from English-speaking separatists, Yaoundé goes after traditional leadership

In the latest episode in the never-ending conflict between English-speaking separatists and Cameroon's armed forces, the defence ministry issued a search warrant for several high Nso officials.

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DRC
Félix Tshisekedi to travel shortly to Berlin, Rome and Ankara to look for investors

A great lover of foreign travel, the Congolese head of state is resuming his diplomatic activities with the aim of attracting investors to the DRC. He is expected to arrive in Europe before the end of next week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Gambia
Adama Barrow sells one of Yahya Jammeh's presidential aircrafts to Belarusian firm

Gambian President Adama Barrow. © Reuters/of/dam

The administration of Adama Barrow, which seized three aircrafts and luxury cars owned by former head of state Yahya Jammeh, has found a buyer for his Ilyushin IL62-M.

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Niger
Bazoum's clique to lead oil negotiations with China

The president of Niger Mohamed Bazoum. © Reuters

The new head of state has made sure only his trusted right-hand men will be called on to negotiate with the Chinese oil major CNPC.

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Mauritania
Spain follows Italy and Turkey's lead by investing in African coastguards

Following the disappearance of around 50 African migrants off the coast of Mauritania in early August, Spain is to draw on European funding to strengthen the efforts it is making with Mauritanian coastguards to stop clandestine emigration.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Turkey, West Africa
Ankara tries to lure new clients to its defence industry

Turkey's defence industry trade fair IDEF, the sector's major yearly event, held from 17 to 20 August in Istanbul, saw many African delegations roam the aisles of the Tüyap exhibition centre where models of aircraft, armoured vehicles, and above all drones, were on display.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan, Turkey
Erdogan's golden hello to Khartoum's new masters

Sudanese Transitional Sovereignty Council Chairman General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (left) was received by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara on 12 August 2021. © Republic of Türkiye Directorate of Communications/Twitter

An unfailing ally of Omar al-Bashir's regime, Turkey has taken two years to re-establish relations with Sudan's transitional government. Ankara only managed to regain a foothold in Khartoum by promising substantial investments.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

In Focus | Madagascar
Macron and Rajoelina to meet despite continuing diplomatic crisis between France and Madagascar

French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to the French island of Grande Glorieuse, in the Eparses archipelago, on 23 October 2019. French sovereignty of the archipelago is disputed by Madagascar. © Jacques Witt/Pool/AFP

The meeting between Emmanuel Macron and Andry Rajoelina, due to take place on 27 August, promises to be electric. The Madagascan president's declared aim of retaking control of the Scattered Islands, currently administered by France, has resulted in a two-year standstill in bilateral relations.

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Botswana, SADC
Masisi's intense lobbying wins SADC seat for Elias Magosi

The new SADC executive secretary Elias Magosi was sworn in on 18 August 2021. © @BWPresidency/Twitter

Months of campaigning, mostly led by President Mokgweetsi Masisi himself, have been rewarded by a top SADC posting for his candidate, marking the beginnings of Gaborone's increased influence in the regional organisation.

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Zimbabwe
The von Pezolds chase Harare for dispossession compensation

On 23 July, German and Swiss national Elisabeth von Pezold and her seven children filed a case with the US Court of the District of Columbia to enforce the 2015 ICSID ruling, which sentenced Harare to pay the family over $200m.

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North Africa

Algeria
Army to bolster digital intelligence capacities

Amid the fallout of the Pegasus leaks, Algeria's ministry of defence is taking action to increase its digital forensic tools. This could spell good news for a handful of Algerian suppliers with strong ties to the national army and security services.

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