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SUDAN Politics 17/01/2022

Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum 

Now in total control, General Burhan and his deputy "Hemeti" form a duo that is holding together the regime currently in charge of Sudan. On paper, they have nothing in common. Burhan is a career soldier, while Hemeti is a militiaman turned politician. [...]
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti (left), with the chairman of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo aka Hemeti (left), with the chairman of the Sovereign Council, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via AFP
AFRICA FRANCE Politics 20/12/2021

French presidential hopeful Eric Zemmour's Africa legion 

Lawyers, entrepreneurs, military officers, researchers... while the presidential candidate's campaign has strong anti-immigration overtones, geared especially at those of African descent, that has not stopped him from gathering a posse of advisers used to dealing with those in power on the continent. [...]
The candidate for the 2022 French presidential election Eric Zemmour.
The candidate for the 2022 French presidential election Eric Zemmour. © Blondet Eliot/Abaca via Reuters Connect
AFRICA Mining 13/12/2021

Botswana and Tanzania lead African charge to cash in on growing uranium fever 

Germany may be phasing out nuclear power but demand for uranium in the rest of Europe and Asia is set to increase, as industrialised nations scramble for sources of decarbonised electricity. In Africa, countries such as Tanzania and Botswana are trying to take advantage of the trend to get their uranium production off the ground and join Namibia and Niger in the select group of African countries that produce yelllowcake. [...]
The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia.
The Rössing uranium mine in Namibia. © jbdodane/Alamy banque d'images
AFRICA RUSSIA Diplomacy 29/11/2021

Patriarch Kirill, the pugnacious emissary of Russian diplomacy in Africa 

The Putin-friendly patriarch of Moscow severed ties with the Orthodox Church of Ukraine when Russia invaded Ukraine's Donbass region and the impact of this break-up is now rippling across Africa, where the head of the Russian Orthodox Church is trying, again in step with Moscow, to outstrip the Patriarch of Alexandria. [...]
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia.
Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and all Russia. © Vyacheslav Prokofyev/TASS
AFRICA Business 22/11/2021

Newcomers flourishing on African market worry biometrics leaders 

Biometric identification is booming across African countries where governments have issued licences for identification document and electoral card production. For the moment this high-growth market is dominated by French, German and Belgian firms - Thales, Idemia, Veridos, Zetes and Semlex - but dynamic outsiders, such as Augentic, are beginning to nudge their way in. [...]
DRC's biometric passport manufactured by Semlex.
DRC's biometric passport manufactured by Semlex. © Reuters
AFRICA Business 15/11/2021

Will giants Microsoft, Amazon and Huawei outpace African operators in race to dominate the Cloud? 

Though there are still very few data centres on the African continent, in no small part due to a lack of reliable power, a few independent groups have managed to break into the sector. But they are now facing a serious challenge with the arrival of the world's internet giants, which are targeting South Africa to place their infrastructure. [...]
Vantage Data Centers' three-data center campus project in South Africa (Waterfall City).
Vantage Data Centers' three-data center campus project in South Africa (Waterfall City). © Vantage Data Centers
SUDAN Diplomacy 04/10/2021

New blood, new approach: how ICC prosecutor plans to rebuild case against Bashir 

Karim Khan, the third International Criminal Court prosecutor to take on ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir, has adopted a strategy diametrically opposed to that of his predecessors. He also has to deal with delays to Sudan's transition, much of which has been caused by the country's military leaders. [...]
Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir.
Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir. © Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters
ZIMBABWE Business 13/09/2021

Time is nigh to settle accounts between von Pezolds and Zimbabwean regime 

The European aristocratic von Pezold family seem to be on the cusp of success in their efforts to reclaim more than $200m of state compensation for agricultural land expropriated during the Mugabe era. Their success in this mission would consolidate their dominant position in Zimbabwean agriculture but also, more widely, in southern Africa. [...]
The house overlooking the Gota Dam in the Forrester Estate in Mvurwi, Zimbabwe, owned by Elisabeth and Heinrich von Pezold.
The house overlooking the Gota Dam in the Forrester Estate in Mvurwi, Zimbabwe, owned by Elisabeth and Heinrich von Pezold. © Studio Seilern Architects
IVORY COAST Politics 06/09/2021

The quiet attempts to reconcile Alassane Ouattara with his former ally Guillaume Soro 

Supporters of the Ivorian National Assembly's former president Guillaume Soro, exiled in Europe since 2019 and sentenced to life imprisonment in June, have been trying to reconcile him with the head of state Alassane Ouattara, with the backing of Congolese president Denis Sassou Nguesso. [...]
The former president of the Ivorian National Assembly Guillaume Soro.
The former president of the Ivorian National Assembly Guillaume Soro. © Reuters/Charles Platiau

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