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Nigeria
Majors hit with fresh delays as NLNG Train 7 goes further off track

This facility, designed to produce eight million tonnes of liquefied gas a year, was originally scheduled to come on stream in 2025.

Uganda
Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

The East African Court of Justice has thrown out a case brought by the Libyan fuel distributor's Ugandan arm, which has been disputing a Uganda Revenue Authority tax bill on its imported products from Kenya since 2020.

Ivory Coast
Air Côte d'Ivoire bosses set to visit Airbus

The Ivorian national airline's directors are due to travel to the aircraft manufacturer's headquarters in France at the end of the month to check on their order for an A330neo.

The New Guard
Zimbabwe, Sudan, South Sudan

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

ZimbabweSikhanyisiwe Gumbo, a communications expert on the rise

SudanNisreen Elsaim speaks up for peace and the planet

South SudanMadol Akol, champion of blind football

Angola
Turkish Aerospace Industries set to deliver drones to Luanda despite payment delays

Turkish Aerospace Industries, which is preparing to deliver several Aksungur attack drones to Angola, has begun training the army personnel who will operate them there. The training was delayed by months due to Luanda's financial difficulties caused by its debt to China.

Djibouti
Ex-football federation chair in custody

Souleiman Hassan Waberi has been arrested on suspicion of embezzlement and money laundering.

Kenya
Former Ruto ally's macadamia nut business put up for auction

Once a thriving business, Jungle Nuts, owned by businessman and political figure Patrick Wainaina, is about to be auctioned off. Potential buyers have been invited to submit their bids by 20 September.

Morocco
As retail crisis ensues, Salwa Akhannouch launches new business

The wife of Morocco's prime minister has just created a new business within holding firm Aksal, the country's leader in retail and co-owner of the Morocco Mall in Casablanca.

Cameroon
Rival hotel groups eye replacing Marriott on Yaoundé's luxury project

The Hôtel du Lac, a deluxe hotel venture that is being developed in the Cameroonian capital with the US group Marriott, is attracting interest from other giants in the sector who hope to convince the project leader to change partners.

Uganda
Doubts mount over Joseph Kony's war crimes trial

The Lord's Resistance Army leader faces a raft of charges before the International Criminal Court, but the chances of his trial taking place appear to be growing ever more remote. Kony's lawyer reckons his client might well be dead, and has questioned the legality of the case being heard in absentia.

Morocco
Rabat prepares grand return of Marrakech Air Show

The trade show is expecting an increased presence of military equipment exhibitors from Western Europe and North America for its first edition since 2018.

Algeria
Three senior intelligence officers convicted of conspiracy

The high-ranking soldiers conspired for years to implicate their colleagues on the basis of false testimony. Their reports were read all the way up to the president's office and the army high command.

Palace Intrigues
Macky Sall, Alassane Ouattara, Évariste Ndayishimiye

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

Senegal Sall due back in Dakar to attend son's wedding

Ivory Coast Ouattara monitors French legislative elections closely

BurundiGradual rapprochement between Pierre Buyoya's family and Ndayishimiye

The New Guard
Cameroon, Malawi, Congo

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence spotlights a new generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Cameroon Another accolade for award-winning poet Sara Timb

Malawi No topics off limits for radio host Lee Chatata

Congo An iron-cast future for Paul Obambi Junior