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In Focus | Ivory Coast
Loïc Folloroux, son of Ivorian first lady and behind-the-scenes cocoa trader

The discreet businessman Loïc Folloroux, son of First Lady Dominique Ouattara, has established himself in recent decades as the leading local bean trader. © Studio Pachamama

Loïc Folloroux, the son of Ivory Coast first lady Dominique Ouattara and owner of Africa Sourcing, has been an effective advocate and a major beneficiary of regulations favouring local players in the country's vital cocoa trade.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Central Africa

Chad
Chad attack aircraft grounded after delivery delays

General Idriss Amine Ahmed launched a plan to modernise Chad's air force attack capabilities several months ago, but it is still waiting for delivery of its Turkish Hurkus light attack planes. A plan to arm its Cessna aircraft, which was blocked by Belgian authorities, is also delayed.

Subscribers only Defence

DRC
MONUSCO unable to deploy its only gunship

For several months now, the United Nations mission in the DRC, MONUSCO, has been unable to deploy its only operational attack helicopter.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Senegal
Opposition leader Sonko's team tasked with enhancing his image abroad

Ousmane Sonko in Ziguinchor, southern Senegal, on 3 July 2022. © Muhamadou Bittaye/AFP

With a year to go before Senegal's next presidential election, opposition leader Ousmane Sonko is seeking to boost his credibility on the international stage. To help, he has formed a group of advisers which includes figures from the country's diaspora.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

France, Ivory Coast
Hollande could join Merkel in Yamoussoukro

Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel is due in Yamoussoukro on 8 February to receive the Félix-Houphouët Boigny Prize from UNESCO at the invitation of President Alassane Ouattara. She may see a familiar face there: that of former French president François Hollande

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti, Monaco
From industry to finance, Monaco steps up interest in Djibouti

After a Djiboutian business delegation visited Monaco last year, a small number of Monegasque companies will next month make the return trip to the tiny state in the Horn of Africa.

Subscribers only Business

Rwanda
EU continues to support Kagame's national branding

The Rwandan Ministry of Economy and Finance, run by Uzziel Ndagijimana, is looking for a partner to develop its 'national branding' strategy.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Madagascar's inertia and French law scupper east Mozambique Channel exploration

The French-controlled Juan de Nova Island, in the Mozambique Channel. © François Lepage/Hans Lucas via AFP

Oil exploration in Madagascan waters and in the French-administered Scattered Islands has stalled. One of the latest offshore blocks waiting consent, Belo Profond, will be returned to Madagascar in July 2023 before any drilling has begun.

Subscribers only Energy

South Africa
Armscor's new APC project comes under fire from defence industry

South Africa's arms procurement agency Armscor issued a request for information this month to equip its armed forces SANDF with new light armoured vehicles. Several companies have responded despite doubts over the body's capacity to carry out the project.

Subscribers only Defence

Mozambique
TotalEnergies' Patrick Pouyanné set to arrive in Cabo Delgado

The head of TotalEnergies is due to announce on site the details of the forthcoming resumption of work on its two liquefaction trains in the Cabo Delgado gas province.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Algeria
Cevital aims to resume sugar exports to Europe

The EU ambassador to Algeria, Thomas Eckert, was recently received by Abdelkader Guemache, the CEO of Cevital. The Algerian agro-industrial leader wants to see the ban on sugar exports to Europe lifted.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Libya
Abdelhamid Dabaiba loses ground with Gaddafi sympathisers

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba is losing ground with Gaddafi sympathisers.

Subscribers only Politics

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