Africa Intelligence has obtained a copy of an audit that strongly criticises the recruitment practices of AU Commission chair Moussa Faki and his deputy Monique Nsanzabaganwa.
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As Shanxi Construction waits to hear if it has won the contract to renovate Bangui-M'Poko airport, President Touadéra is trying to get funding to build a rival airport near the capital.
Portugal had tried to stop Equatorial Guinea joining the CPLP club of Portuguese-speaking countries, but now hopes to improve relations with Malabo, and has appointed its first ever ambassador to the Spanish-speaking state.
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After months of silence following General Abdourahamane Tchiani's 26 July military coup, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Niamey are ever-so-slowly reaching out.
JR Farms founder, Nigerian entrepreneur Olawale Rotimi Opeyemi, who was in Paris in early January, is putting the finishing touches to his company's future French branch.
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Kenya is hoping to revise an electricity supply deal with its northern neighbour, thereby snubbing the country's own private energy providers, who have been accused of driving up prices.
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Energy On 12 February, a Tunisian-Somaliland duo will begin a feasibility assessment for the renovation of a 183km stretch of road between Hargeisa and Burao.
After branching out to South Africa and Zimbabwe, the Michelangelo Foundation will now be seeking out the best craftspeople in Madagascar for lovers of luxury.
Mauritania's decision to triple import duties on produce from Morocco is in direct retaliation for Moroccan army drone attacks in the buffer zone.
As contacts resume between Rabat et Niamey, Bank of Africa (BOA), whose Nigerien subsidiary is a leading financial player in the country, could prove to be a precious facilitator.
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