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Spotlight | Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan
Emirates seek to mediate between Sisi, Abiy, and Hamdock over GERD mega-dam

UAE Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. © Simon Dawson/Reuters

Emirati Crown Prince Mohamed bin Zayed has already offered to mediate between Sudan and Ethiopia in their dispute over the Al Fashaqa border region. He is now hoping to use his influence over the Egyptian, Sudanese, and Ethiopian regimes to try to resolve their thorny conflict over the Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Central African Republic, Chad
Touadéra in a state of paranoia after Idriss Déby's death

Under Idriss Déby, Chad became a major influence in the neighbouring Central African Republic (CAR), where it has close links with rebel groups. President Touadéra, who is concerned about the connections of new Chadian strongman "Kaka" in his country, is closely monitoring Déby's son and would-be heir.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

DRC
Electoral commission is squatting in its own Kinshasa HQ

The national electoral commission, already facing a sea of troubles, also has to deal with a legal dispute over its headquarters in the Congolese capital.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

West Africa
Triple murder raises questions about paramilitaries who protect Africa's national parks

Rory Young, founder of Chengeta Wildlife, securing a ranger team in April 2021. © Chengeta Wildlife/Facebook

Rory Young, who was killed along with two Spanish journalists in eastern Burkina Faso on 26 April, was a key figure in wildlife protection circles, a closed community in which former special forces soldiers rub shoulders with NGOs and international financial institutions.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa
IFC finances Ruggieri family's African hotels

Weighed down by Covid-19, the Ruggieri business dynasty's Onomo hotel network has received a loan from the World Bank's sister institution, the International Finance Corporation.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Nigeria
NNPC's hefty outlay for Chevron for OML 86 and 88

The state-owned company is set to make one of its biggest acquisitions of recent years. Chevron bagged the two blocks despite competition from Conoil.

Subscribers only Energy

Guinea
Ivorian Fakhoury family keen to tap into Guinean gold

The newly registered, Yam's Mining, which opened its doors in Conakry in March, filed five permit requests on 21 April to explore gold in Guinea. It has targeted sites in the eastern region of Kankan.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Odinga's juggle between family and party in his Nyanza stronghold

Raila Odinga, who is campaigning in the August 2022 presidential elections, is trying to curb his siblings' political ambitions. His elder brother Oburu Odinga and his sister Ruth Odinga are planning to run for the Siaya senatorial seat and the Kisumu governor seat, both located in the family stronghold of Nyanza.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Inner circles | South Africa
Xolisile Khanyile aims to strengthen financial scrutiny despite contradictory ANC messages

Xolisile Khanyile, head of the Financial Intelligence Centre in South Africa. © GCIS/GovernmentZA/Flicker

South Africa's Financial Intelligence Centre, which is currently being audited by the Financial Action Task Force, has been caught up in the score-settling inside the presidential ANC party. It is trying to forge closer links with the banks so as to better keep tabs on politicians and influential business leaders.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Mozambique
Mining consultant Reinaldo Gonçalves Jr. aims for the big league

The mining consultant and geologist Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior. © LinkedIn

Reinaldo Gonçalves Júnior, invited to speak as president of the national geology association at Mozambique's biggest energy and mining conference, took the opportunity to introduce his mining consultancy services to a wider audience.

Subscribers only Mining

Mozambique
Nyusi consults Kagame over Cabo Delgado strife

On 28 April, Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi took off in his private jet from Pemba in Cabo Delgado for a destination kept secret from most.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Libya
El-Menfi charges ahead with unification process leaving PM Dabaiba behind

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. © FW1F/Steve Orlofsky/Reuters

Gen Haftar's influence remains strong, as the difference in treatment between Presidential Council leader Mohamed el-Menfi, welcomed with open arms in Tobruk to negotiate the new state budget, and PM Abdelhamid Dabaiba who was forced to cancel a trip to Benghazi on 26 avril, reveals.

Subscribers only Politics

Morocco
Rabat rejects Eiffage's Dakhla port bid in a diplomatic tit for tat over Western Sahara

Morocco is furious about France's refusal to recognise its sovereignty over the Western Sahara and has retaliated by elimininating French construction group Eiffage from the bidding for the contract to build the port of Dakhla Atlantique in the contested territory.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

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