Mohammed VI has since June been in France, where he can spend time with his ageing mother. He relies on a handful of key officials to keep a close eye on Morocco. The king's current stay contrasts with his previous "exile" in France in 2018, during which he largely disengaged from his duties.
The boss of the US major's subsidiary in Chad is under pressure from the prosecutor's office, which accuses ExxonMobil of withholding money owed to former employees. The company says it has done no wrong.
The president of Equatorial Guinea Teodoro Obiang Nguema has decided to bring forward the presidential election to November 2022. And not just for financial reasons
Niger's former president Mahamadou Issoufou was tasked by the UN Secretary General with drawing up a report on the situation in the Sahel that he will present to the UN General Assembly on 22 September.
The US-Canadian mining magnate is grappling with political uncertainty in Monrovia and Conakry. While waiting for things to settle down, he has suspended most of his works and has put hundreds of employees on standby.
With relations between Brussels and Bamako showing no sign of mending, the EU has decided to halve the size of its military training mission in Mali, which has now been whittled down to 300 soldiers.
Togo: Paris has suggested to Lomé the name of diplomat Augustin Favereau to replace former ambassador Jocelyne Caballero, who left at the beginning of September
Having convinced the East African Court of Justice that Rwanda had erred in seizing his shopping mall, exiled businessman Tribert Rujugiro Ayabatwa is hoping the same jurisdiction will rule in his favour over the expropriation of one of his agricultural estates.
Fast fashion mogul and Denmark's richest man Anders Povlsen is set to acquire a luxury game reserve and lodges in Botswana's Okavango Delta, previously owned by the late US billionaire and Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen.
South Africa's head of state, who is due to release his anti-corruption plan in a month, did not take kindly to comments by Raymond Zondo, who vehemently defends the work of his commission of enquiry.
Egypt has appointed Hani Sewilam to head its irrigation ministry, a key role in preparing for negotiations with its neighbour over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam. The hydrologist brings with him influential contacts in Europe and Africa.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) is strengthening its economic activities in Libya and delegating the management of some of its new projects to PM Consulting Group.
