The president of DRC is pushing for his country to have a stake in the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) through which Uganda's plans to export via Tanzania, despite the fact no crude oil has been discovered on the Congolese side of Lake Albert.
Three projects funded by the World Bank to the tune of a billion dollars face possible interruption. The international institution is unhappy with DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi's decision to dissolve the country's social fund and replace it with a new entity.
Two of the Congolese president's grandchildren - Omar Denis Junior Bongo and Yacine Bongo - now have a new lawyer representing them in the ill-gotten gains case.
The dismantling of Ghana's Saltpond oilfield facilities, piloted by GNPC, was marked by the aborted hiring of a contractor linked to a relative of the firm's chief executive. This scared off a US partner, which invoked the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act to pull out.
The management of the rail link between Liberian mining sites and the port of Buchanan is still the subject of intense negotiations. To try to find a solution to this logistical and commercial disagreement, the State Department brought together in Washington executives from ArcelorMittal and the American company High Power Exploration.
Despite needing money to buy weapons to fight armed groups in the north of Burkina Faso, the junta has decided to turn a blind eye to the Canadian firm's infringement of customs regulations. IamGold is the last mining firm operating in this region beset by terrorist violence.
Juma Island, located in the south of Lake Victoria off the coast of Mwanza, Tanzania's second largest city, is attracting increasing interest from gold mining companies. B&G Company Limited has started initial prospecting there.
The South African government is worried that a court ruling obliging it to supply electricity to hospitals and schools could pave the way for more lawsuits from victims of the power cuts that have plagued the country for years.
Following statements from a number of senior US figures, recent weeks have seen repeated talk of the US Africa Command's HQ leaving Germany for somewhere in Africa itself. But AFRICOM is staying in Stuttgart.
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is in talks with the Algerian authorities to get the Medusa project back on track. The submarine fibre optic cable system, due to come into service in 2024, will be the longest in the Mediterranean.
