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Spotlight | Sudan
Coup leader Burhan hunts for new PM in bid to consolidate power

The Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia/Twitter

Sudan's interim leader is telling anyone who cares to listen that, five months after the resignation of Abdalla Hamdok, he wants to appoint a new prime minister. That would allow him to consolidate power by further destabilising the already bitterly divided political class.

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Central Africa

DRC
Luc Gérard Nyafé loses out on Maluku special economic zone

Luc Gérard Nyafé (left) during the signing of the contract for the development of the Maluku SEZ between Strategos Group and the Agency for Special Economic Zones (AZES) on 28 January 2020. © Agence des zones économiques spéciales de RDC

Two years after it was signed, the Congolese authorities have terminated a contract with Luc Gérard Nyafé's Strategos Group for the development of the Maluku SEZ.

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Cameroon
Decline in Paul Biya's health strikes alarm amongst inner circle

President Paul Biya, accompanied by his wife Chantal Biya, during his last public appearance at the CAN. © Footografiia/EPA/MaxPPP

The 89-year-old Cameroonian head of state has been residing in his native village since the Africa Cup of Nations, but in the past few days he has suffered a series of ailments.

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Central Africa
Bolloré still on hand to supply French army from Libreville to N'Djamena

Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic.

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Congo
Kigali solidifies investments in Brazzaville

There was a great deal of buzz about Rwandan President Paul Kagame's April 11 to 13 visit to Brazzaville during which he met with Denis Sassou Nguesso. His visit led to the signature of eight economic cooperation agreements.

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West Africa

France, Ivory Coast
Ouattara takes keen interest in French tax probe into Propharmed

Propharmed, a pharmaceutical wholesaler being probed by the French tax authorities for not paying VAT on drugs it exports to Africa, has close links to the Ivorian president's office, which is anxiously monitoring the investigation.

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Guinea
Conflict over Mansounia gold project extends to US

After years of fighting to recover a gold permit in Guinea, the US firm Blox is now facing a new legal battle over the same mining dispute in its home country. The new case is linked to Guinean regulations on research permits.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Rwanda
Kagame posts François Nkulikiyimfura to France

Rwandan president Paul Kagame has appointed François Nkulikiyimfura as ambassador to France. © François Nkulikiyimfura/Twitter

In a bid to boost trade with France, Kagame has decided to appoint an ambassador with an economic background. After three years in Doha monitoring the emirate's multiple Rwandan investments, François Nkulikiyimfura is expected to arrive in Paris in the coming weeks.

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Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
TotalEnergies to clarify local content goals for Cabo Delgado

There is considerable local interest in future services contract opportunities for the development of Cabo Delgado's liquefied natural gas reserves. The question now is who could apply and in what area.

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South Africa
ANC rivalries in KwaZulu-Natal lead to multiple assassinations

Leaders of the African National Congress have been targeted in a wave of assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal province. They began during the local elections last November in an embittered power struggle as the party loses traction and will certainly grow in the run-up to the national conference in December.

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Madagascar
French diplomat to head up EU delegation in Madagascar

In post since 2018, the European Union's Italian ambassador in Antananarivo, Giovanni Di Girolamo, will be stepping down this summer.

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North Africa

Tunisia
Tunis asks Brussels to ease loan conditions in face of IMF impasse

The Tunisian government is seeking a relaxing of the conditions for the disbursement of a tranche of the €300m that the EU has earmarked for macro-financial assistance. But community institutions are still concerned at some of the political measures being taken by Kais Saied.

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Libya
Unwilling to take sides, Tunis refuses to host outgoing PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba

Resisting all pressure from Libya's outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah who was hoping to be received in Tunis as soon as possible, Tunisia's President Kais Saied turned a deaf ear to his demands.

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