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In Focus | DRC, Kenya
Ruto's great expectations frustrated by Kinshasa

Kenyan president William Ruto, Equity Bank CEO James Mwangi and Congolese Head of State Félix Tshisekedi. © Studio Pachamama//Thomas Peter/Frederick Florin/AFP//Jeff Schear///Getty Images via AFP//Caroline Thirion/Belga via AFP//Siripak Pason/istock//Images of Africa Photobank/Gordzam/Alamy

Since Félix Tshisekedi came to power in 2019 in the DRC, the Kenyan political class and private sector have been trying to make inroads there. These efforts have been slow to bear fruit, as relations between the two countries remain strained.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Samcrete loses part of Kasai road contract after its 'disastrous' work

Infrastructure Minister Alexis Gisaro Muvunyi has castigated the Egyptian firm, which was in fact unable to move forward due to authorities blocking its construction equipment in the port of Matadi. Two other companies are expected to quickly take over the construction of a 45km stretch of road.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

DRC
Pierre Weill polishes Félix Tshisekedi's image with French MPs

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

With just one month to go before the Congolese presidential election on 20 December, President Félix Tshisekedi, who is standing for a second term, is busy trying to improve his reputation in France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
Mines minister Alake puts police and military on mine protection duty

Mines minister Dele Alake has called on the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Police Force to provide security around mining areas, most of which are located in the north-west of the country.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining

Africa
African securocrats on shopping spree at Milipol

The security equipment trade show Milipol Paris, held in Villepinte on 14-17 November, attracted a number of African delegations hoping to learn more about the latest intelligence technologies available on the market.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan
Kiir takes on Machar on his Upper Nile home turf

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir (L), and South Sudan's opposition leader Riek Machar in Juba on 3 April 2022. © Peter-Louis Gume/AFP

President Salva Kiir kicked off his election campaign in his stronghold of Bahr-el-Ghazal in July. Now he plans to strike a blow in the stronghold of his main rival.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Agriculture: Brasília positions its best lobbyists on the continent

The Minister of Agriculture Carlos Favaro in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 14 July 2023. © Suamy Beydoun/AGIF via AFP

The Brazilian government wants to step up its cooperation with Africa in the agriculture sector. To do so, it intends to appoint new agricultural attachés.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Mozambique
Chinese firm to build new water distribution centre in Beira

The Chinese state-owned company Jiangsu Geology & Engineering has signed a contract with the government of Mozambique to build a new water distribution centre in Beira, the country's second most populous city.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
Water authority sanctions Delta Holding

Abderrahim El Hafidi, head of Morocco's water and electricity authority, the ONEE, has slapped La Générale des Aciers (GENA) with a five-year ban on taking part in ONEE-run tenders and consultations as of 14 November.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

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