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In Focus | Sudan
Will Sudan's lost legions return to Darfur from Libya and Yemen?

Signing of the Juba agreement on October 3, 2020. On the left, Asam Saeed (Baja Opposition Alliances), in the center Minni Minawi (Sudan Liberation Army), on the right Jibril Ibrahim (Justice and Equality Movement). © ATIOL ELMALIK/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The Darfur rebels and their sworn enemies, the Janjaweed militias, who are currently serving as auxiliaries on the battle fronts in Libya and Yemen, have been invited by their commanders to return to Darfur following the signing of a peace agreement in early October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Mining minister Willy Kitobo ordered to explain Kivu tensions

A Nord-Kivu MP has taken the mining minister to task over his handling the Masisi area of Nord-Kivu province, where coltan and cassiterite mines have long been sites of unrest. The admonishment should been seen in the context of the ruling coalition's fragmentation.

Subscribers only Mining

Cameroon
Unable to travel, Biya turns his palace into a clinic

Cameroonian President Paul Biya. © Présidence de la République du Cameroun

The president is confronted by protestors whenever he travels abroad for medical treatment. So now he gets his foreign doctors to treat him in Cameroon.

Subscribers only Politics

DRC
Eranove scoops solar farm contract worth at least $110m

The French electricity and drinking water producer has been trying to expand beyond Ivory Coast for years. The consortium it heads has now won a major contract for a pilot electrification project in northern DRC.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

West Africa

Ivory Coast
A full line-up: Foxtrot, CNR, Total and ENI prepare to drill

Despite Covid-related delays, oil companies working in Ivory Coast are determined to prepare for shallow-water drilling.

Subscribers only Energy

Mauritania
Nouakchott port: Arise accepts peace deal with Mauritanian government in secret

After six months of intense negotiations, the Arise Port & Logistics/Meridiam joint venture has signed an amendment to its new concession contract for the construction and running of a terminal at the Port Autonome de Nouakchott.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia, Kenya
Tigray crisis: Kenyatta struggles to convince Abiy to accept regional support

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. © STR/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Abiy Ahmed Ali has adamantly rejected any outside help in his confrontation with Tigray's leaders. That hasn't stopped Uhuru Kenyatta trying to establish himself as the leader of a pro-Abiy regional coalition that would put into play AU demands for moderation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Lourenço's gunboat diplomacy

Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço. © AMPE ROGERIO/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The Angolan president has very visibly demonstrated his support for Felix Tshisekedi with a deployment of military aircraft. He has already suggested military alliances with Alassane Ouattara and Ali Bongo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Mozambique
Nyusi leaves local development of Cabo Delgado gas in limbo

Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi. © Israel Zefanias / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

The president's narrow focus on future gas revenues has left local and international firms dismayed over the neglect of industrialisation and diversification.

Subscribers only Energy

China, Mauritius
Mauritius, China's favourite African backstop

Mindful of how Chinese companies use the island as springboard to the rest of Africa, Mauritius is making the most of its long-standing ties to Beijing. A new Chinese construction firm has set up shop there.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

North Africa

Algeria
Mazars moves into Algeria consulting market without partner Samir Hadj Ali

The French audit giant has opened a consulting subsidiary in Algiers, Mazars Advisory, but has not brought its local partner Samir Hadj Ali into the new firm.

Subscribers only Business

Tunisia
Alpha Technology to keep close tabs on Tunisian election authorities

After two bids, the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) retained Alpha Technology to equip its fleet of 86 vehicles with GPS beacons.

Subscribers only Business

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