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Spotlight | Egypt
Netanyahu and Zohr oilfield bring an end to ENI-Cairo dispute

The Italian major ENI resumed activities at the Egyptian gas terminal Damietta LNG in mid-February after a near decade-long wrangle with the local authorities. Its return was helped by an abundance of resources and a bilateral supply agreement with Israel, allaying fears of supply shortages.

Subscribers only Energy

The Continent

African Union, Kenya
Kenyatta leads anti-Morocco charge over Western Sahara

Kenya again showed its support for the Polisario cause during a meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Kinshasa resurrects Bukavu-Goma highway project to combat unrest in east

The Congolese authorities, who have been struggling to keep a lid on the proliferation of armed groups in the eastern Kivus, is banking on the upgrade of the Bukavu-Goma road link to boost economic development.

Free access Infrastructure, Business

West Africa

Ivory Coast, Morocco
Label'Vie's Ivorian misadventures

Less than two years after buying the Ezzedine family's shares in Compagnie de Distribution de Côte d'Ivoire (CDCI), Zouhaïr Bennani's Moroccan group Label'Vie is already considering a retreat from Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Business

Senegal
France's Systra to participate in Dakar Bus Rapid Transit project

The Senegalese authorities have dismissed a complaint lodged by one of Systra's rivals for the Dakar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, thereby confirming the awarding of the contract to the French engineering firm.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Mali
MINUSMA to modernise Ménaka military base in three-borders region

The Ménaka military base, which is situated where the borders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger intersect, is to be modernised at the initiative of UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

West Africa
Portuguese-speaking countries discreetly lobby for ECOWAS presidency

Bissau-Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and his Cape Verdean counterpart Jorge Carlos Fonseca, 19 January 2021. © Presidente da República de Guiné-Bissau/Facebook

Portuguese-speaking countries have been busy behind the scenes trying to get their voices heard in ECOWAS, which is dominated by French- and English-speaking members. The president of Guinea-Bissau has even reached out to foes Alassane Ouattara and Alpha Condé.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Base Resources still worried about future in country

Base Resources, the Australian operator of the Kwale mineral sands site in Kenya, has been watching its resources get dangerously low. It has identified new high-potential sites, but the Nairobi government has yet to grant the permits it needs to exploit these.

Subscribers only Mining

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Nyusi puts munitions firm Mudemol out to grass

The parastatal munitions manufacturer and trader Mudemol set up by the Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has ceased trading, despite its powerful partners and the opportunities offered by the guerilla war raging in the north of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics, Business

Mauritius
Ex-Glencore and Trafigura exec Deon Garbers resurfaces in consulting

Deon Garbers has kept a low profile since he left Katanga Mining in 2018 following investigations into the Glencore subsidiary. But he recently reemerged to set up a consultancy firm in Mauritius.

Subscribers only Mining

Botswana, SADC
Masisi edges closer to securing SADC executive secretary post

The Botswanan president Mokgweetsi Masisi appears to have distinctly improved his chances of getting his permanent secretary Elias Magosi elected as the new executive secretary of the SADC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

South Africa
Financial intelligence targets officials over money laundering

The South African government wants to ensure close monitoring of prominent foreign and domestic public officials and influential persons, and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) issued a draft guidance on reporting measures in early March.

Subscribers only Business

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