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Spotlight | Africa
Putin diligently prepares Russia-Africa summit

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the 2019 Russia-Africa summit in Sochi. © Sergei Chirikov/Pool/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Moscow is working hard to ensure that the second Russian-African summit, scheduled for 2022, is a success. Picking the country to host it, organising a committee of experts, and deciding who should sit at the round tables are all being meticulously planned.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

In Focus | Gabon
Private jets, offshore fields, football, magazines: the presidential palace's untraceable holdings

Gabonese President Ali Bongo getting off his plane during a visit to Beijing, 2018. © Jin Liwang/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

A string of offshore companies with no identified owner have been linked to transactions within the presidential couple's entourage. All were incorporated by the same financiers who also happen to be associates of Gabon's sovereign wealth fund.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Central Africa, Congo
Sassou Nguesso and ECCAS seek to regain upper hand on Chad

Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso in Paris in May 2021. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

ECCAS President Denis Sassou Nguesso is timidly trying to play a part in managing Chad's transition. But the international community would clearly prefer the African Union to oversee the next stage.

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West Africa

Niger
Arms broker Aboubacar Hima makes a fresh start in Niamey

At the beginning of May, military equipment broker Aboubacar Hima, known as "Petit Boubé", took the helm of a new Niamey-registered company called Privinvest. It's his way of getting back on his feet after having had a run-in with the Nigerien courts.

Subscribers only Defence

Ivory Coast
NGO African Parks to begin working in Ivory Coast

The South African NGO, already active in a score of African countries to protect their national parks, sometimes with weapons, is in negotiations with Ivorian authorities over the management of part of Taï National Park, home to one of Africa's last primal forests.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Museveni deploys yet more troops to protect Total's oil

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni. © Nicholas Bamulanzeki/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Uganda's counterterrorism support for neighbouring DRC is primarily aimed at protecting Lake Albert's nascent oil infrastructure.

Subscribers only Energy

Sudan
Hamdok sends his foreign minister to defuse Russian naval base row

A contretemps in early May over Russia's naval base in Port Sudan has brought an unwelcome chill to relations between Moscow and Khartoum. Sudanese Foreign Minister Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi is due to meet her counterpart Sergei Lavrov in early June to patch things up.

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Great lakes
How more responsible mining can mean more profit

Praised by those advocating more ethical business, decried by others for their prohibitive cost, the accountability and traceability measures presented at the OECD Forum on Mineral Supply Chains are seen as key to profitability by some miners.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Nyusi negotiates details of EU, SADC military contributions to Cabo Delgado conflict

The Mozambican president, under pressure from the ruling Felimo party's leadership, is accepting a drip-feed of military aid from his European and African partners.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Tunisia
Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed left his 18 May meeting in Paris with confirmation from three heads of state they would attend the summit of the francophone organisation OIF in Djerba in November.

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Tunisia
Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.

Subscribers only Energy

Morocco
Mohammed VI still on the lookout for a chief lobbyist in Washington

Morocco is taking its time to find the right person to coordinate its influence networks in the US. Meanwhile, Mohammed VI's cousin and ambassador Lalla Joumala Alaoui has kept close ties with the Republican Party and with the controversial lobbyist Richard Smotkin.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Algeria
Cherchell Port link to motorway to cost €150m

State-run motorway management company, the Algérienne des autoroutes (ADA) is preparing for the construction of the $3.3b deepwater port in Cherchell and has already awarded state-run Cosider with the task of building a 37 km link between the port and the east-west motorway for around €150m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

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