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Spotlight | Africa
Washington targets Wagner group coordinator Yevgeny Prigozhin's 'air force'

Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. © Sergei Ilnitsky/Pool/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The US intelligence services have asked several African governments for help in halting the movements of private jets belonging to Russian businessman Yevgeny Prigozhin. A close associate of Vladimir Putin, he is a key figure in the Wagner group and has been targeted by US sanctions.

Subscribers only Business

Central Africa

Gabon
Total, Perenco, and Assala tackle the inflammatory issue of employee vaccination

The country's three main oil companies have chosen different strategies to encourage, or even force, their staff to be vaccinated against Covid-19

Subscribers only Energy

Cameroon
Paul Biya Stadium contractor Magil stands by for an $89m lifeline

Initially led by the Italian Gruppo Piccini, the Paul Biya Stadium construction site (pictured here in 2017-2018) is now being handled by Magil construction. © Maeg

Canadian company Magil has been drawing on its own funds to carry out work on the Paul Biya Stadium, which is due to welcome the Africa Cup of Nations in January and February 2022. Now, it desperately wants to be paid.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

West Africa

Ghana
Double whammy for Naguib Sawiris' Golden Star

The Canadian company Golden Star Resources has suffered two major setbacks. Last month it was forced to revise production forecasts for its Wassa gold mine in Ghana downwards. And since the middle of this month it has been mired in a dispute with the buyer of the other deposit it owned in the country, Bogoso-Prestea.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia
AMISOM's future looks bleak

AMISOM Sector 5 Commander, Brig. Gen. Télesphore Barandereka (Second from right) visits a Field Operating Base (FOB) in Ceel Macaan, Middle Shabele region of Hirshabele State in Somalia on 11 June 2021. © AMISOM

Two separate independent reports have been commissioned in less than a year on the future of the African Union's intervention force in Somalia. They agree on what the many problems are, but not on what needs to be done to fix them.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Faced with a shortage of bids, Lourenço is forced to deal with dos Santos-era executives

Angolan companies with sufficient funds to develop blocks remain few and far between. As such the Angolan administration must make do with bids from firms with strong ties to the former regime.

Subscribers only Energy

Madagascar
Justice minister throws himself into coup probe

Johnny Andriamahefarivo has involved himself in the investigation into two men suspected of plotting to assassinate President Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Africa, France
Ziad Takieddine's 'fixer' tells police of ambitions to lobby for Haftar with Avisa

A figure of the select world of backchannel diplomacy in Africa, Noël Dubus has found himself caught up in the investigation into why Ziad Takieddine retracted his accusations against former president Nicolas Sarkozy. Speaking to police, the freelance French lobbyist detailed his career and the firms with which he has worked.

Subscribers only Politics

Algeria, Tunisia
Algerian riots starve Tunisian hospitals of oxygen

Unrest in the northern Algerian city of Laghouat, where Calgaz has its oxygen plant, have aggravated shortages in Tunisia's hospitals. And with Algerian supplies likely to dry up, Tunisia is turning to France for help.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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