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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi fixes Gertler and associates in his sights over oil dispute with Angola

The Congolese president has entrusted his hydrocarbons minister Didier Budimbu with the highly sensitive mission of elucidating the circumstances in which Dan Gertler's firm Nessergy obtained a permit to explore for oil in waters shared by the DRC and Angola back in 2006.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Cameroon, United States
Anglophone crisis exports itself to Washington

The US State Department, which has been following the situation in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon very closely, is weighing the possibility of blocking the visas of several secessionist leaders currently present on American soil.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Gabon
Who will be the new French ambassador in Libreville?

The French foreign ministry has already submitted a potential candidate to replace Philippe Autié as French ambassador to Gabon.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Inner circles | Africa
Bpifrance underwrites Macron's African diplomacy

President Emmanuel Macron with Nicolas Dufourcq (centre), head of Bpifrance. © Hamilton/Pool/Abacapress.com

Under Nicolas Dufourcq's leadership, BpiFrance has succeeded in becoming an integral part of France's diplomatic presence in West Africa and Morocco less than 10 years after it was founded. As one of the financial arms of French foreign policy, it is now looking to extend its network, particularly in East Africa.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Congo, Ivory Coast
Sassou set to mediate in Freemason crisis

The succession tussle at the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire (GLCI) is continuing to divide the country's Freemasons. The Congolese president, who is influential in this milieu, is gearing up to mediate in the coming days.

Subscribers only Politics

Burkina Faso
Mining explosives producer AECI unlocks $18m in Ecobank account

AECI, which has filed for arbitration against the Burkina Faso government over an import tax dispute, has managed to resolve one of its grievances with the state: the seizure of its bank account.

Subscribers only Mining

Ivory Coast
Ouattara bans mobiles at cabinet meetings

Le président ivoirien Alassane Ouattara a changé début juillet les règles d'accès à la salle du conseil des ministres.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

China, Tanzania
Beijing back in business in Dar es-Salaam post-Magufuli

With mega-port, railway and now industrial park projects in the pipeline, business between China and the new Tanzanian administration is picking up again after a long hiatus under John Magufuli.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

Sudan
Yasir Arman, more than a simple political adviser for Hamdok

Yasir Arman, SPLM-N vice president. © Marwan Ali/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Of the advisers appointed by the Sudanese prime minister on 25 July, the deputy chair of the SPLM-N, Yasir Arman, has been given the political brief - a choice that reflects the longstanding ties between the two men.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Algeria
General Nezzar dragged into Oulmi affair despite political amnesty

General Khaled Nezzar. © Ryad Kramdi/MaxPPP

The former defence minister and army chief of staff Khaled Nezzar has been questioned over his possible involvement in the Oulmi brothers affair. He is suspected of allowing Sovac directors to build a car showroom on state-owned land.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Citic battles Bechtel and Indorama for giant phosphate project

Several Chinese companies which have been active in Algeria for several years have bid for the giant phosphate exploitation project in the south of the country. They are up against construction heavyweights from the United States and Indonesia.

Subscribers only Mining

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