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Spotlight | Uganda
CIS among major caterers vying for TotalEnergies' vast Tilenga contract

International catering and logistics firms are up against well-connected Ugandans hoping to win business from the oil giant.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Senate president's supporters fall out with Gécamines boss over artisanal miners

Albert Yuma's statement on freelance miners during his visit to South Kivu at the beginning of July did not go down well with allies of Modeste Bahati.

Subscribers only Mining

Congo
Ambassadors, Bolloré and ENI keep 'Kiki' Sassou Nguesso busy at international cooperation

Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, Minister of International Cooperation since May 2021. © Ministère de la coopération internationale/Twitter

As one of the winners in the government reshuffle of May, for the last two months the minister of international cooperation and son of the president, Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso, has been busy meeting with diplomats and foreign companies, never missing an opportunity to publicise his ministerial activities.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Mali
Losberger to dismantle Barkhane bases in Kidal and Tessalit

Following President Emmanuel Macron's decision to significantly cut back Operation Barkhane in the Sahel, French service provider Losberger will begin disassembling two remote military bases in northern Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Nigeria
Court setback for ENI in Delaware over OPL 245

ENI's crusade to hold to account those it considers guilty in the "Malabu affair" ran into a first stumbling block in a Delaware court in mid-July.

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Africa, Iran
Tehran's secret diplomacy to turn Ebrahim Raisi's swearing in into mini-African summit

Since mid-July, Iranian diplomats have been generously handing out invitations to African heads of state to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Ebrahim Raisi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Central bank plans closure of Naushad Merali's former jewel Spire Bank

Spire Bank hasn't published positive results since it was sold to the Mwalimu National cooperative by its former boss Naushad Merali, the late CEO of Sameer Group who died in July. Things have become so dire that the Central Bank of Kenya is making plans to close the financial institution.

Free access Finance, Business

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Metorex wins battle against its ex-director of operations

Sacked in 2016 during a major restructuring of Metorex, a company owned by China's Jinchuan Group, its former director of operations Theunis de Bruyn had been seeking more substantial compensation from his ex-employer on the grounds that Chinese colleagues had been unfairly favoured for management posts.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Clouds amass over Masen and Mustapha Bakkoury's photovoltaic plans

Mustapha Bakkoury and Mohammed VI, during the launch of the construction works of the Noor Ouarzazate IV power plant, on 1 April 2017. © Story&Brands

The bidders for the Noor PV II project to construct photovoltaic power plants with a total capacity of 400 MW have secured an extension to the bidding process.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Tunisia
Saied plays army spies and 'ill-gotten gains' as trump cards

Tunisian President Kais Saied addresses the nation, 25 July 2021. © Tunisian President's Office/Reuters TV

First he suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister. Now the president plans to turn up the heat on his political enemies by co-opting military intelligence agents in a renewed bid to recover embezzled billions.

Subscribers only Politics

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