President Kenyatta and the Congolese government hope that bringing talks on the stability of eastern DR Congo to Nairobi will give new impetus to the peace negotiations. But the absence of some of the warring parties limits their scope.
With the ICSID tribunals now constituted, Equatorial Resources and Midus Holdings' proceedings against the Congolese state will soon begin. Two other proceedings have been initiated before the ICC.
In Bangui, every demonstration in support of President Touadéra or against the UN and France is organised in the premises of the presidency by a small group that includes presidential aides, senior members of the presidential party, and bosses of the Russian mercenary group Wagner.
Since the start of the year, China has been negotiating terms for a number of projects, ranging from mining and port ventures to military installations. Six sites are particularly concerned. They include ports but also strategically located inland towns.
A minister and MP since 2017, Abdirashid Mohamed Ahmed is likely to lose his ministerial portfolio in the coming weeks, having lost the trust of both the prime minister and President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed. He has already lost his seat in parliament.
NGOs, economic intelligence firms and parliamentary committees opposed to the Turkish group's plans to operate three floating gas-fired power plants in South African waters are exploring all legal avenues to have its contract cancelled. And are kicking up a storm while they go about it.
One of the world's biggest diamond dealers, the Dubai-based Stargems Group, is on the cusp of joining the growing number of diamond groups moving into the Botswanan capital, Gaborone.
Rabat and Madrid have completed their preparations to reverse the flow of gas in the Maghreb-Europe Gas Pipeline, enabling Morocco to receive gas from Spain. It is still not known, however, which company will supply Morocco's gas to Spain's reception terminals.
The Whiba brothers' holding company previously brought in grain from Ukraine to support its wheat import and processing activities. It even had its own local subsidiary to facilitate these transactions.
