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Eswatini

Expert duo out to conquer Portuguese-speaking military markets

At the helm of the consulting firm Iberian Falcata, Colonel José Baltazar and Antonio Bras Monteiro are stepping up international collaboration in order to fit out the armies of Portuguese-speaking Africa.

Subscribers only Defence 23.05.2025

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

The Southern Africa Development Community has come out in support of the Madagascan Richard Randriamandrato for the position of chairperson.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 14.02.2025

French President Emmanuel Macron and his Madagascan counterpart Andry Rajoelina at the 19th Summit of the Francophonie in Villers-Cotterets, France, 24 October 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

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Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

The French head of state is due to attend an Indian Ocean Commission summit in Madagascar in April, and may also visit the islands of La Réunion and Mauritius.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 28.01.2025

Gemfields CEO Sean Gilbertson at the African Mining Indaba 2022 conference in Cape Town, South Africa, 11 May 2022. © Shelley Christians/Reuters

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Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

The world leader in coloured gemstones has scaled back operations in Zambia and Mozambique after disappointing auctions. In Madagascar, the British group is no longer welcome in the sapphire sector after it brought a corruption case against an adviser to Andry Rajoelina.

Subscribers only Mining 21.01.2025

Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce hopes to return to continent next year

The business organisation suspended most of its activities in Africa after the start of the war in Gaza. But it is considering two visits by Israeli business delegations in 2025.

Subscribers only Business 03.10.2024

Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

One of the most pressing issues facing the certification body's new executive secretary, Bojun Tang, will be the issue of Russian diamonds.

Free access Mining 26.04.2024

Saudi Arabia lays groundwork for embassy openings in SADC

The majority of UAE embassies to be opened in 2024 in Africa will be located in the Southern African Development Community.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 04.12.2023

Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

France's Minister of State for Development, the Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou will be touring Southern Africa in mid-December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 01.12.2023

Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

The annual meeting of the international certification body was split on whether or not Russian diamonds should be considered as conflict diamonds. The stalemate prevented the organisation from appointing a new secretary general and setting up its secretariat in Gaborone.

Subscribers only Mining 21.11.2023

Claudia da Conceicao, the woman behind IFC's Southern Africa goals

The International Finance Corporation, the World Bank's private sector arm, wants to build its presence in Southern Africa to counter Chinese influence and win new projects in the region. To that end, it has called on banking sector veteran, Claudia da Conceicao.

Free access Finance 07.11.2023

African trio pips Portugal's Conduril to water contract

On 31 July, a consortium consisting of an Eswatinian company and two Malawian firms will launch a drinking water and sanitation project in Manzini in the centre-west, one of the four regions of Eswatini.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 27.07.2023

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

The Kenyan president has proposed that his country host the headquarters of the proposed Tripartite Free Trade Area, which, once three more states ratify a deal struck in 2015, will group 29 African countries.

Subscribers only Business 24.04.2023

TotalEnergies, Maurel & Prom and Perenco to attend African Energy Chamber forum

Africa's main oil lobby, run by lawyer NJ Ayuk, will organise its next Invest in African Energy Forum in Paris. The event is scheduled for 1 June.

Subscribers only Energy 29.03.2023

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Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route

The opening of the Kazungula Bridge, which connects Zambia to Botswana, has robbed Zimbabwe of its status as a key gateway between the port of Durban and the Copperbelt. Deprived of significant revenue, Harare is preparing its counter-attack with the help of a handful of bankers.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining 07.03.2023

An aerial view of the newly built Kazungula bridge over the Zambezi river in Kazungula, Botswana, on 10 May 2021.

US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

The new US ambassador to Antananarivo has made herself the spokesperson in Madagascar for her country's vanilla importers, who view the obligatory minimum price for the spice as much too high and have boycotted the sector in protest.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 19.01.2023

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Madagascan lychee exporters have lodged a complaint against the local branch of Transparency International, which has accused them of corruption. The affair, in which France's Compagnie fruitière and the Belgian firm Greenyard are implicated, is being followed closely by Western embassies.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.12.2022

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

After three years coordinating Portugal's contribution to combating the insurrection in Cabo Delgado, the navy commander Paulo Gonçalves da Silva is preparing to make way for the air force officer Bertolino Miranda Ferreira at Portugal's embassy in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 03.11.2022

Portugal overhauls its Africa policy team

The Portuguese foreign ministry has decided to overhaul its entire Africa department just months after its first change of boss since 2015.

Subscribers only Politics 22.09.2022

How the rivalry between Ramaphosa and Zuma is hampering the Eswatini crisis's resolution

A regional summit on the problems in the small southern African state, scheduled for 21 July in Pretoria, has been cancelled. The reason for this was King Mswati III's apparent distrust of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and other nearby heads of state.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.07.2022

Former South African President Jacob Zuma outside the High Court in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, Jan. 31, 2022.

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Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

On a tour of southern Africa, Russian Federation Council leader Valentina Matvienko promised Zimbabwe and Mozambique that their imports of basic necessities would not be hit by the war in Ukraine. But the Kremlin envoy notably did not include South Africa in her trip.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy 16.06.2022

Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation.

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Having been run by a management committee for two years, Vedanta's zinc subsidiary is looking for a new CEO to support its strategy to increase production.

Subscribers only Mining 06.05.2022

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Neglected since the outset of the Bolsonaro era, Brazil's diplomatic apparatus on the African continent is undergoing a complete overhaul with a reassigning of senior officials to the country's key embassies in southern Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.05.2022

Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

In Pretoria, the Ukrainian embassy has received many requests from South Africans and neighbouring nationals to join the fight against Russia, yet at the moment there are several obstacles stopping them from going.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 17.03.2022

Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

The world titanium market is in the midst of a major reorganisation following the Russian offensive in Ukraine. African producers of this mineral, which is highly prized by the defence and aerospace industries, are expecting a record year.

Subscribers only Defence, Mining, Commodity traders 04.03.2022

Tracr diamond tracking software battle resumes with De Beers and BCG lawsuit

After more than a year of waiting, a former BCG employee is resuming legal action against the company and De Beers over the development of its Tracr blockchain-based diamond tracking software, which he claims was based on the results of his doctoral research in the field.

Subscribers only Mining 02.02.2022

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Expert duo out to conquer Portuguese-speaking military markets

SADC's late call to unite behind Madagascar's AU Commission candidate

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Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

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Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

Israel-Africa Chamber of Commerce hopes to return to continent next year

Kimberley Process secretariat moves into Gaborone offices at last

Saudi Arabia lays groundwork for embassy openings in SADC

Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

Russian diamonds row paralyses Kimberley Process annual meeting

Claudia da Conceicao, the woman behind IFC's Southern Africa goals

African trio pips Portugal's Conduril to water contract

Ruto wants to place Kenya at heart of future Cape-to-Cairo free trade zone

TotalEnergies, Maurel & Prom and Perenco to attend African Energy Chamber forum

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Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route

US vanilla importers battle for lower minimum price

Lychee trade hit by corruption allegations

Bertolino Miranda Ferreira to take up military attaché duty in Maputo

Portugal overhauls its Africa policy team

How the rivalry between Ramaphosa and Zuma is hampering the Eswatini crisis's resolution

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Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Volunteers forced to wait before joining International Ukrainian Legion

Russia sanctions accelerate Airbus and Boeing's hunt for African titanium

Tracr diamond tracking software battle resumes with De Beers and BCG lawsuit

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Morocco
The incessant fall of flour milling company Forafric

DRC
Washington deal: intricacies behind Tshisekedi's poker move

Spotlight
Macron sets course for Indian Ocean's southern islands

Spotlight
Gemfields scales back emerald and ruby ambitions in southern Africa

Spotlight
Harare acts to get back on the lucrative Durban-Copperbelt freight route

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Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria