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Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia, Turkey
Erdogan wades into maritime border dispute between Kenyatta and Farmajo

Somali president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed aka Farmajo (left) with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Presidency of the Republic of Turkey

With the ICJ due to rule on the issue of their maritime borders in a few weeks' time, Nairobi and Mogadishu remain very much at daggers drawn. By dispatching its foreign minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu to the region, Ankara is hoping to become the indispensable mediator between the two countries.

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The Continent

Africa
Kosmos Energy disappears from exploration in BP's wake

FPSO on the Jubilee producing field in Ghana, still part of Kosmos Energy's portfolio. © Kosmos Energy

The debt-ridden American junior oil firm, whose share price has been in a slump for the past year, has had to lower its exploration goals.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Gabon
The imam behind the ambassador to Riyadh's appointment

Guy Ibrahim Membourou, Gabon's new ambassador to Saudi Arabia. © Facebook/Ibrahim Membourou

After leaving the post of ambassador to Saudi Arabia vacant for more than a year, President Ali Bongo has appointed a non-diplomat from Gabon's Muslim community.

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DRC
Blueprint of SPIC's plans for aluminium plant in Kongo Central

State Power Investment Corp plans source the bauxite it will need for the colossal aluminum plant it is trying to build in Kongo Central from its Coliah mine in Guinea.

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Who is standing in for Bakayoko at GLCI lodge?

The temporary absence of its Grand Master Hamed Bakayoko, who is currently undergoing medical tests in France, has obliged the Grande loge de Côte d'Ivoire to provisionally restructure itself.

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Mauritania, Senegal
Nexeya equips patrol boats in Nouakchott but loses out in Dakar

The French defence electronics specialist Nexeya is to equip two of the Mauritanian navy's boats but has failed to land a contract with Dakar, which has opted for the combat management system of its giant rival Naval Group.

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Ghana
Aker Energy's commitment to training locals bites the dust

The Covid-19 pandemic is a welcome excuse for the Norwegian company to suspend financial aid for Ghanaian state initiatives.

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West Africa
Strauss-Kahn pursues his business prospecting marathon in Cotonou

Former International Monetary Fund managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn, who now heads his own Parnasse International consulting company, has been in the Beninese capital, Cotonou, since Sunday 21 February.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Museveni deploys armada of young legal guns from KAA, K&K and Kashillingi to do battle with Bobi Wine

The legal battle enjoined between Yoweri Museveni and his main political rival Bobi Wine, who is contesting the Ugandan president's re-election, looks like being short-lived. More than anything else, it has allowed a myriad of young lawyers to hog the media spotlight.

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Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
The Oppenheimers ambivalent about tax planning

The Brenthurst Foundation, set up by the wealthy Oppenheimer family, recently hosted a conference about improving tax collection and fiscal consolidation in South Africa. A tricky issue, as the family also has its own set of offshore holdings.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Zambia
State miner ZCCM-IH wants legal big bang to boost revenue

Zambia's state-owned ZCCM-IH has begun lobbying to obtain the regulatory reform it deems necessary to authorise the new revenues it plans to raise by 2026.

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Botswana, DRC, SADC
Kinshasa and Gaborone in two-way duel for top job at SADC

Faustin Luanga Mukela, DRC's candidate for the post of executive secretary at SADC. © Faustin Luanga Mukela

As the only two SADC member states entitled to put forward a candidate for the post of executive secretary at the next summit scheduled for August, the DRC and Botswana are gearing up for a fierce battle to land the four-year appointment.

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North Africa

Morocco
Biden in, Bourita's Trump-era lobbyists out

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita. © Chadi/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Morroco's head diplomat Nasser Bourita has pulled the plug on its contracts with lobbyists led by the Republican-allied JPC Strategies but has yet to appoint a new team more compatible with the Biden administration.

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Libya
Stranded for years in Perpignan, Gaddafi's VIP Airbus cleared for takeoff

Libya's Executive Authority for Air Cargo and Special Flights (EACS) is still actively trying to recover the late Muammar Gaddafi's VIP Airbus A340 grounded in Perpignan, France, since 2014.

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