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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni's water strategy wins over neighbours and pressures Cairo

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni in Pretoria on 28 February 2023. © Guillem Sartorio/AFP

Uganda and Egypt both claim ownership of the White Nile's waters, and Kampala has turned to neighbouring countries in an effort to gain the upper hand.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

The Continent

Inner circle | Nigeria
Olusegun Obasanjo rolls out chicken diplomacy across Africa

Former president of Nigeria Olusegun Obasanjo in Cape Town, South Africa on 6 November 2019. © Xabiso Mkhabela/Anadolu Agency via AFP

The former Nigerian president has his fingers in many pies across the continent. He is a shrewd businessman and crisis mediator, shuttling between his native land to countries ranging from Sudan to the DRC. A network of academics, politicians and influential businessmen help him on his way.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Equatorial Guinea
Teodorin Obiang ordered to pay €1.8m to French taxman

The Paris court of appeal has upheld a ruling over unpaid taxes against the Equatorial-Guinean vice president, whom the French tax authorities have accused of undervaluing a prestigious property in the French capital that has since been seized as part of the ill-gotten gains affair.

Free access Politics

Gabon
Ali Bongo lines up Airbus helicopters ahead of polls

Livré récemment à la Garde républicaine gabonaise, unité chargée de la protection du président Ali Bongo, un hélicoptère Airbus doit permettre de faciliter les déplacements de l'état-major.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Guinea
Doumbouya seeks to end football crisis

The president of the transition has made tackling Guinean football's drawn-out crisis one of his priorities and has instructed his prime minister to meet the head of the football federation.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Ivory Coast
Hôtel Masseran sale in doubt

The Ivorian notary managing Félix Houphouët-Boigny's inheritance is legally contesting the sale of the luxury Paris townhouse.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Nigeria
Tinubu hires Latimer Energy founder as energy adviser

Nigeria President Bola Ahmed Tinubu's new special adviser on Energy, Olu Verheijen, boasts a long career in oil and gas. She came highly recommended by Adebayo Olawale Edun, the president's éminence grise.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
EU banks on Kenya to reach other east African markets

Kenya's president William Ruto in Brussels on 29 March 2023. © Alexandros Michailidis/Alamy Live News

Brussels is counting on the pro-business stance of William Ruto, with whom a free trade agreement has been concluded, to convince other countries in the region to step up their trade.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Antananarivo ignores ICSID ruling

The World Bank's arbitration tribunal, which previously ordered Madagascar to pay out €6.9m to two Belgian investors, has dashed off a letter reminding the government of its obligations.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Egypt
East Med Gas Forum postpones ministerial summit

The meeting of the energy ministers of the eight member states of the East Mediterranean Gas Forum (EMGF), initially scheduled for 12 July in Cairo, has been postponed for two months.

Subscribers only Energy

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