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In Focus | West Africa
Battle over the future chair of ECOWAS

The battle to find the next president of ECOWAS has begun. © Studio Pachamama // © Olukayode Jaiyeola/Nurphoto/Nurphoto via AFP // © Tunisian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu Agency/ Anadolu Agency via AFP // © Umit Donmez/Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via AFP // © Issouf Sanogo/AFP // © Cedeao

The Guinea-Bissau president's hopes of a second term at the ECOWAS helm could well be dashed. The West African regional group, weakened by a series of coups in its member states and by a spat over whether national presidents should be allowed to serve a third term, is looking at several other potential candidates.

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Central Africa

Central African Republic
EU ambassador travels with airline under US sanctions

Douglas Carpenter, EU ambassador to Bangui, recently took a flight operated by Minair. That firm's parent company is the Central African mining company Badica, whose assets were frozen by the EU between 2015 and 2021 following UN sanctions, which have since been lifted.

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Chad
French court maintains freeze on FACT rebel leader assets

A Paris administrative court has rejected a bid to unfreeze the assets of Mahamat Mahdi Ali, the leader of Chad's Front pour l'Alternance et la Concorde au Tchad (FACT) rebel group.

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West Africa

Nigeria
With Tinubu in office, billionaire Tony Elumelu prevails in power industry

Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu in Lagos in July 2018. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/AFP

Nigerian businessman Tony Elumelu is investing left and right in the power sector and is now looking into renewables. Newly-elected President Bola Tinubu's reforms could make the sector even more profitable.

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Senegal
French consulate in Dakar suspends tourist visas

French consular services in the Senegalese capital have suspended the processing of family and tourist visa applications for the summer period due to a severe lack of staff. They have been told to prioritise student visas.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Cross-border Al-Shabaab threat prompts intel rethink

Kenya's new director general of the National Intelligence Service, Noordin Haji, in Nairobi in August 2018. © Tony Karumba/AFP

Nairobi is rearranging its security apparatus to better address the risk of infiltration into counties bordering Somalia. The emphasis is on gathering strategic data.

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Djibouti
Eiffage and partner make slow progress with Le Goubet tidal turbine

Fifteen months behind schedule, the prototype tidal turbine built by France's Eiffage and its partner Weco-Weco was finally delivered and assembled in Djibouti this month

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Africa Oil Week loses its captain

Paul Sinclair, who had been at the helm of Africa Oil Week for the past seven years, stepped down in mid-June. His departure is bad news for the event's organiser, the Hyve Group, which is also battling to keep its sponsors from defecting to the rival Africa Energy Week.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC, Mozambique
PAL Aerospace to equip Maputo's Paramount spy planes

The Canadian firm will supply intelligence and surveillance systems for the Mwari aircraft designed by Paramount for Mozambique. Two orders have already been placed with the South African manufacturer, encompassing three aircraft for Mozambique's military and six for DR Congo's.

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North Africa

Morocco
Danone boss pays low-key visit to Rabat

Earlier this month Danone CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique made a rare trip to Morocco, where the French food giant's subsidiary is trying to get back on track.

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