At odds with key figures from Félix Tshisekedi's first term, the head of the IGF has for several weeks been the target of a smear campaign designed to substantiate allegations of his having acted in league with the interests of the Rawji Group.
The Cameroonian presidency's general secretary has called for the setting up of a joint commission to investigate the allocation of state-owned plots of land.
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The Anglo-French oil company Perenco is seeking to establish itself in West Africa. It may have missed out on a recent opportunity to join a tender for Nigerian blocks, but is looking for other opportunities in the region.
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The Ugandan president is fine-tuning his strategy before running for a seventh term in the 2026 presidential election, focusing on legislative power and the opposition stronghold of the kingdom of Buganda.
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Politics The new authority in charge of overseeing Kenya's NGO sector will deal severely with organisations that fail to comply with its future regulations.
Angola's president has made a wave of new appointments to ministries and in the provinces, with women in particular being elevated.
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The Mauritanian president's re-election will be celebrated with great pomp on 1 August, with the Moroccan prime minister and around ten African heads of state in attendance. The swearing in takes place against a backdrop of calls for protests against the election result and a retaliatory 22-day-long Internet blackout.
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