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Spotlight | Mayotte island, Mozambique
Total eyes Mayotte as possible rear base for Mozambique LNG

Mamoudzou, the main town in Mayotte. © Outre-mer.gouv.fr/Marion Chateauneuf/Préfecture

Total is hoping to set up a logistics base in Mayotte for its Mozambican offshore operations. The French island for its part is looking at the bigger picture and dreams of becoming the major's permanent rear base in the Indian Ocean.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Biya and the Atangana affair billions

French businessman Michel Thierry Atangana, who spent 17 years in a Cameroonian prison. © Public Sénat/Dailymotion

Michel Thierry Atangana, a French businessman of Cameroonian origin who spent 17 years behind bars in Cameroon, is battling Yaoundé to extract 57bn CFA francs (€86m) in compensation over a decades-old financing mechanism.

Subscribers only Politics

Gabon
Mohammed VI's mining arm Managem weighs options for path forward in Gabon

As it updates the feasibility study for its Gabonese gold project Etéké, the Moroccan miner Managem is also considering whether to continue with the project or look for an exploration partner.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Niger
Bazoum's secret negotiations

President Mahamadou Issoufou's chosen heir, former interior minister Mohamed Bazoum, has secured the all-important support of Seini Oumarou and his MNSD party in return for promising Oumarou the position of speaker in the National Assembly.

Subscribers only Politics

Sahel, United States
Barbaricum and Yorktown prepare US special forces for their Sahel deployment

Defence service providers Barbaricum and Yorktown will help acclimatise US special forces before they head to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Mota-Engil makes its case against accusations of illegal expropriation

The lawyers of the Portuguese construction giant have provided a version of the facts that disputes the claim it illegally removed people living along the Tororo-Kamidini road.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Djibouti
Guelleh seeks makeweight rival for April poll

While he waits for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, the Djibouti head of state Ismail Omar Guelleh is desperately looking for a challenger so as not to run alone in the 9 April election he counts on delivering him a fifth term in office.

Subscribers only Politics

Kenya
Ruto taps Moi-era tycoons for campaign support

After putting on the charm to rally Kenyatta clan buddies to his presidential cause, deputy president William Ruto is now trying to win over the Kalenjin businessmen that had offered their unwavering support to former president Daniel arap Moi.

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Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Why Sonangol won't see increase in oil output from Luanda refinery this year

The work carried out by the Italian firm Maire Tecnimont to improve the performance of the country's only oil refinery will not be complete by mid-2021 as planned.

Subscribers only Energy

Botswana, SADC
Botswana's SADC secretary general hopes ride on Elias Magosi

Elias Magosi, Botswana's candidate to head the Southern African Development Community. © Government of Botswana/Twitter

As the Southern African Development Community deals with its biggest security crisis of the past decade, Botswana has shown its aspirations by launching the race for the organisation's next secretary general with the nomination of its candidate: permanent secretary to President Masisi, Elias Magosi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Angola, South Africa
Macron forced to postpone southern Africa tour yet again

Emmanuel Macron's visit to Angola and South Africa planned for the first quarter of 2021 has been postponed to late March at the earliest.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed raises the star-spangled banner over the Tunisian Air Force

US Air Force commander for Europe and Africa Gen. Jeff Harrigian, Air Force secretary Barbara Barrett, and US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome attend a ceremony at a US cemetery in Tunisia on 6 January. © US Air Forces in Europe & Air Forces Africa

The Tunisian army wants to use American funds to acquire F16 combat aircraft but President Kaïs Saïed will need to agree terms with the new Biden administration.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Libya
Aguila Salah Issa and Khaled Al Mishri use referendum to stymie United Nations' power handover

By reviving efforts to stage a referendum on constitutional reform, the heads of the Tobruk House of Representatives and the High Council of State are trying to keep control of the crisis exit process even if it means undermining plans to hold elections at the end of 2021.

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