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Spotlight | Angola
BP and ENI merger plan could threaten Total's position as top dog

The planned merger between BP and ENI has put Total under pressure but the French major, which has been Angola's leading producer since 2013, does not intend to give up its position easily.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Lubumbashi slag heap locals fume over pollution

The slag heap of Lubumbashi. © Africa Intelligence

Residents who live near the lucrative Lubumbashi cobalt slag heap have complained to the governor of Haut-Katanga province about pollution from the fumes coming out of the plant on the site.

Subscribers only Mining

Chad
Post-Déby clouds form over World Bank's vast solar project

Political uncertainty in the wake of Idriss Déby's death could shed doubt over the World Bank's fledgling half-billion-dollar electrification scheme.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

DRC, France
DGSE and DRC intelligence chiefs bond on sidelines of Macron-Tshisekedi meet

French President Emmanuel Macron greets Democratic Republic of the Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi. © Christophe Petit-Tesson/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

While in Paris to attend the French summit on African financing on 18 May, the DRC's top intelligence staff met with their French counterparts to further strengthen security cooperation between the two.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Burundi
J. Peter Pham set to visit Burundi for Rainbow Rare Earths

Appointed on 17 May to the board of Rainbow Rare Earths, American diplomat J. Peter Pham is due to travel to Burundi this week to further the company's projects there.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Ghana
Fincantieri squares up to Ocea over patrol boat procurement

The giant Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri has mounted a charm offensive to persuade Ghana's navy to buy its patrol boats rather than those of France's Ocea. Accra plans to acquire 8 offshore patrol vessels.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Burkina Faso
New mines administration appointments disputed internally

Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo with junior mines minister Aimé Zongo (left). © Ministry of Energy and Mines

Energy and mines minister Bachir Ismaël Ouédraogo has placed his supporters in most of the departments responsible for mining but the head of the key mining geology bureau has still to be appointed. Junior mines minister Aimé Zongo has his own ideas about the best person for the job.

Subscribers only Mining

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin's failed bid for photo op with Macron

Equatorial Guinea's bigwigs hoped until the very last minute that the summit on African economies in France would be an opportunity for the country's probable future leader to shine on the world stage.

Free access Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Siemens inches closer to solar farm deal

During last week's conference in Paris, the German group began advanced talks with the delegation from Sudan, where the government has made the development of photovoltaic energy production a priority.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Beijing busy building bridges in Antananarivo

Chinese ambassador to Madagascar, Guo Xiaomei. © Madagascan Republic presidency

Chinese ambassador Guo Xiaomei is mounting a diplomatic offensive to forge ties with Rajoelina's government and his IRD party.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Tunisia
DLA Piper bags contract to lead hunt for Ben Ali assets

Tunisia's cash-strapped government has tasked DLA Piper law firm with the global coordination of procedures to recover the ill-gotten assets of ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's family.

Subscribers only Politics

Morocco
Revolving doors: agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch poaches Yasser Sbihi from BCG

Yasser Mohammed Sbihi became advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests. © Linkedin/Yasser Mohammed Sbihi

Agriculture and fisheries minister Aziz Akhannouch has beefed up his staff by hiring Yasser Mohammed Sbihi away from the local branch of the Boston Consulting Group.

Subscribers only Business

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