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Inner circles | South Africa
Mantashe weaponises energy regulator NERSA to rebuff Eskom and champion Karpowership

Gwede Mantashe, Minister of Mineral Resources and Energy. © Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

Since he took over as mineral resources and energy minister in February 2018, Gwede Mantashe has strengthened his hold over the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA). His authority over the body's directors has enabled him to pursue an ongoing vendetta with Eskom, press the case for retaining Turkish private sector energy supplier Karpowership and back nuclear power development.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Central Africa

Chad, South Sudan
Jefferies devotes itself to facilitating withdrawal of Petronas from Africa

The investment bank Jefferies is doing all it can to speed up the Malaysian major's withdrawal from the region.

Subscribers only Energy

Central African Republic
Moscow appoints new envoy as Wagner reorganises its mercenaries

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov with President Vladimir Putin. © Sergei Chirikov/Pool/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov is about to appoint a new ambassador to Bangui after six months of dithering. The Russian paramilitary group Wagner is meanwhile reorganising itself in the Central African Republic under the leadership of Yevgeny Prigozhin and Dimitri Utkin, who have both been in Bangui in recent months.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Cameroon, France
French minister Elisabeth Moreno due in Yaoundé

France's minister delegate for gender equality, diversity and equal opportunities Elisabeth Moreno is set to visit Yaoundé from 8 to 11 January 2022.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea, Liberia
Guinea and Liberia iron ore rail projects suffer setbacks

Guinean president Mamady Doumbouya has ordered a review of the rail and port infrastructure plans associated with the Simandou iron ore project, thereby delaying the start of the railway's construction. Liberia is also taking another look at plans for ArcelorMittal's rail line to transport ore through its territory.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

Ivory Coast
Why dialogue between Gbagbo and Ouattara has broken down

Laurent Gbagbo with Alassane Ouattara during their © Legnan Koula/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Laurent Gbagbo and Alassane Ouattara haven't spoken since the middle of this year. Although they have always been distant, relations between the two men have now become strained. The former Ivorian president blames his successor for not granting him all the privileges that he was previously promised.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
France and Turkey eye their chance as Textron armoured vehicle deal falls through

Blocked by the Biden administration, US company Textron's bid to supply 50 armoured vehicles to Nairobi has come to nothing. This could be an opportunity for the two enterprising Turkish manufacturers Otokar and Katmerciler, as well as French company Arquus, to seize the opportunity.

Free access Defence, Business

Djibouti
War in Ethiopia takes toll on Djibouti's economy

Djibouti, via which nearly 90% of Ethiopian imports transit, has been hit hard economically by the war, with freight from the coastal country to Ethiopia having fallen by 13% this year.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Angola, Portugal
Lisbon tightens cooperation with Luanda on anti-corruption drive

Angola's foreign minister Tete António and his Portuguese counterpart Augusto Santos Silva. © Manuel de Almeida/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

Signed in the spring of 2020, the historic accord between Portugal and Angola to protect bilateral investments is already the subject of a major amendment - officially on account of the coming into force of the African free-trade zone, but prompted too by a desire to introduce more stringent anti-corruption measures.

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North Africa

Libya
Battle for control of LARMO halts Libyan hunt for stolen funds in New York

Baker & Hostetler and Holland & Knight have suspended their investigations into Libyan funds allegedly embezzled by the Gaddafi clan abroad. The firms are seeking to understand why two individuals are claiming to be in charge of their client, the Libyan Asset Recovery and Management Office.

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Morocco
Possible state visit to Berlin for Mohammed VI after year of diplomatic turmoil

German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier is poised to invite the Moroccan monarch to pay an official visit to Germany, in the hope of putting an end to a year of high diplomatic tensions. But there are still several hurdles to overcome.

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