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    Spotlight | Congo
    Brazzaville steps up trade diplomacy with Beijing ahead of FOCAC summit

    Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (left) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, September 2025.
    Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (left) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, September 2025.© Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AFP

    Congo is leveraging its vice-presidency of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the next edition of which will be held in the capital in 2027, to seek investment opportunities. Under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya, the government is pursuing a number of projects.

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    South Africa
    Ramaphosa moves to retake control over loss-making public firms

    South African Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (left) visits the Eskom plant at Delmas, September 2023.
    South African Electricity Minister Kgosientsho Ramokgopa (left) visits the Eskom plant at Delmas, September 2023.© Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

    After the failure in parliament of a bid to set up a public holding company bringing together state-owned firms facing financial difficulties, President Cyril Ramaphosa is looking to tighten his control by setting up a commission to oversee their management and restructuring.

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    Egypt, Sudan
    Gold mines fuel new momentum for Cairo-Burhan joint force

    The Jabal al-Uqaydat mining site in Egypt, on 16 October 2026, where the remains of the victims of an air strike that killed several dozen people six days earlier are being recovered.
    The Jabal al-Uqaydat mining site in Egypt, on 16 October 2026, where the remains of the victims of an air strike that killed several dozen people six days earlier are being recovered.© 2026 Planet Labs PBC/AFP

    An air strike attributed to Egypt killed at least several dozen people on 10 October at the Jabal al-Uqaydat mine in the Halayeb Triangle, which is controlled by Cairo but claimed by Khartoum. Cairo has since been taking care to tread carefully with its Sudanese ally.

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