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Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan pushes for a negotiated solution between Bashagha and Dabaiba

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (left) and Libyan PM-designate Fathi Bashagha. © Stéphanie Lecocq/EPA/Xinhua/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Turkey, which last week played host to representatives of the Libyan prime minister-designate Fathi Bashagha, intends to wield its influence on the outgoing head of government Abdelhamid Dabaiba to pressure him to seek a negotiated solution.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Burundi
New proposal expected for mining code reform

Burundi is looking to reform its mining code as quickly as possible to make it better suited to deal with growing interest from foreign investors in its strategic rare earth and nickel resources. The government has nevertheless asked for changes to be made to the first draft of the revised code.

Subscribers only Mining

DRC
Congolese businessmen join forces for a power plant project with Perenco gas

Several Congolese companies have joined forces to develop a gas-fired power plant project in Kongo-Central province. Some electricity from the plant is to be sold to miners of the former Grand Katanga province.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

West Africa

Senegal
Race to be prime minister whets the appetite of Macky Sall's barons

Senegalese President Macky Sall. © Présidence du Sénégal/Twitter

The Senegalese president is still mulling options over who to appoint PM after the legislative election in July, with the two men initially thought to be prime candidates seem to have lost the lead as others enter the race.

Subscribers only Politics

France, Nigeria
French defence industry arrives in force in Abuja

Representatives of some 20 French companies have booked a string of speed dates with the Nigerian armed forces and police in Abuja next week. The government agency Business France and the French military procurement service DGA will be overseeing this promotional drill.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Ivory Coast
Industrial Development Fund's phantom industrial zones loan

Shortly before its dissolution on 30 March, the fund responsible for financing public infrastructure in Ivory Coast arranged a loan of 326bn FCFA (€497m) for four industrial zones in Abidjan, in association with the country's budget.

Subscribers only Business

Africa, France
Battle for 10th constituency in France's legislative polls plays out from Libreville to Yaoundé

With French legislative elections due in June, the main candidates to be the MP for the 10th constituency, which is for French nationals who live abroad and includes more than 10 African countries, are sharpening their weapons.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Business leader Richard Ngatia looks for Gulf support as he bids to become governor of Nairobi

Richard Ngatia, the chairman of the Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry. © Grigory Sysoev/Sputnik/Sputnik via AFP

Richard Ngatia, head of the Kenyan Chamber of Commerce, is carrying out an intense diplomatic campaign as he bids to become governor of Nairobi. He is already influential in East Africa but is also strengthening his ties in the Gulf as he promises jobs for young voters.

Subscribers only Business

Djibouti, Ethiopia
IOG and Abiy at odds over port fees as Tigray war drains their economies

Djibouti's President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh met Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali this week. © Abiy Ahmed Ali/Twitter

The prime minister invited President Ismail Omar Guelleh to discuss the use of Djibouti's port infrastructure by Ethiopian companies at a time when both countries' economies are at the mercy of the war in Tigray.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
South African Lephalale Mining expands its platinum holdings

Lephalale Mining, which is in the process of obtaining a platinum licence in the mountains of northern Zimbabwe, is headed by Steve Bosch, a long-time supporter of South Africa's ruling ANC party.

Subscribers only Mining

Mozambique
TotalEnergies' bidders wary of Kigali's influence

Mindful that Rwandan forces rescued the French major's LNG project in Cabo Delgado, its would-be subcontractors are more and more worried about a competitor from Kigali.

Free access Energy

North Africa

Egypt, France
Bruno Le Maire talks up Thales in Cairo

During an official visit to Egypt on 28 and 29 March, the French Minister for the Economy, Bruno Le Maire, discussed several economic issues with Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouli.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

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