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Spotlight | Central African Republic
Olympics-bound sports minister hit by death threat allegations

President Faustin Archange Touadéra voting in the referendum on a new constitution in Bangui on 30 July 2023. © AFP

Rodolphe Héritier Doneng, who is to attend the Olympic opening ceremony, is the subject of a complaint filed with the Paris police and transmitted to the public prosecutor accusing him of leading a militia with presidential ties that is allegedly behind death threats and an assassination attempt.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Sierra Leone
Freetown's $500m Millennium Challenge Corp grant hangs on US Congress approval

The US development agency MCC approved half a billion dollars in aid to Sierra Leone in late June, but disbursement is still subject to the approval of Congress, some of whose members are proving wary.

Subscribers only Finance

Senegal
Diomaye Faye to be special guest at Paris Olympics

The Senegalese president will also take part in a summit on sport co-organised by the Élysée and the IOC the day before.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
IOG and Macron to sign defence treaty after lengthy negotiations

Emmanuel Macron welcomes Djiboutian president Ismail Omar Guelleh to the Elysée in Paris on 11 November 2019. © Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via AFP

This week, the Djiboutian and French presidents are due to sign a new military cooperation treaty that has been three years in the making.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

East Africa, Kenya
Fuel retailer Rubis Energie appoints new boss in Nairobi

The ex-TotalEnergies exec Olivier Sabrié began his new job in early July.

Subscribers only Energy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Turkish firm Calik Enerji bags major energy contract

Presidents Recep Tayyip Erdogan and João Lourenço at the presidential palace in Luanda on 18 October 2021. © Dogukan Keskinkilic/Anadolu via AFP

Its owner Ahmet Calik has now managed to to gain a foothold in Angola with the blessing of its president João Lourenço. But he is far from the only Turkish entrepreneur with his eye on the country.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

North Africa

Algeria
Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

The high-ranking soldiers conspired for years to implicate their colleagues on the basis of false testimony. Their reports were read all the way up to the president's office and the army high command.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Morocco
Canadian and Moroccan business leaders join forces to put free trade deal back on table

The Moroccan business federation CGEM is preparing to send a business delegation to Canada in September, at a time of unprecedented bilateral developments between the two countries' business sectors.

Subscribers only Business

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