Libya, Tunisia
Security equipment dealer Jean Ruiz arrested in Tunis on way to Tripoli

Libya, Tunisia
Central banks of Libya and Tunisia keep it in the family

The governor of the Libyan central bank has given his Tunisian counterpart's wife a seat on the board of one of the bank's Italian subsidiaries.

The New Guard
Senegal, Guinea-Bissau, DRC, Ethiopia, Libya

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

SenegalMamadou Fall Kane, presidential oil adviser, branches out into mining

Guinea-BissauSaico Umaro Embaló, the president's nephew and Turkey envoy

DR CongoArthur Omar Kayumba, Tshisekedi's Grand Inga irritant

EthiopiaWintana Shimelis, in charge of the UK's Diageo in Addis

LibyaAhmed al-Sharkasi, the PM's low-key advisor

Libya
With €280m at stake, Siba Plast case gets complicated for LIA

This month, the Libyan sovereign wealth fund will attempt to have the seizures initiated by Siba Plast in Paris invalidated. The little-known Tunisian company is claiming €280m for a contract to restructure the judicial police, which was never executed.

For its secure communications, EU diplomacy seeks to replace Chinese provider Hytera

The European External Action Service has put up for bids the contract held since 2016 by China's Hytera group, which is close to the Gonganbu and has been banned by the United States since 2019.