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North Africa
Hakim el-Karoui enlists heavyweights for his new think tank

Two years after leaving the Institute Montaigne, the influential consultant of Tunisian origin has founded his own organisation, dedicated to migration issues and relations with the southern Mediterranean.

Subscribers only Politics 15.05.2025

French former banker and consultant Hakim el-Karoui in Paris, 27 August 2024.

Spotlight | Namibia
From mines to oilfields, Australia's resource hunters dig into Namibia

Riding the wave of surging uranium prices, Australian mining firms have had their sights set on the African country since 2020. Their growing presence now stretches beyond uranium to other critical minerals and, to a lesser extent, oil.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining 14.05.2025

Former Energy and Mines Minister, Tom Alweendo, during the Namibia Mining Expo, in Windhoek, 7 October 2024.

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Paris lay the groundwork for Mohammed VI's state visit

Seven months after President Emmanuel Macron's Moroccan trip, the two countries are planning King Mohammed VI's upcoming official visit to France.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.05.2025

Moroccan King Mohammed VI at the Elysée Palace in Paris, 10 April 2018.

Senegal
NGO Environmental Justice Foundation warns of link between illegal fishing and emigration

In a soon-to-be-published report, the London-based NGO stresses that illegal fishing in coastal states' territorial waters by foreign ships and the crisis that it then causes is one of the reasons behind the wave of emigration.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Politics 13.05.2025

A fish seller waits to buy fresh products from fishermen at the port in Joal, Senegal in 2020.

Sudan
Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

The mandate of the experts has been renewed until next March, but is currently paralysed by the United Nations Security Council. Port Sudan is subtly opposing the appointment of two of its members.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 13.05.2025

Somalia
African Union fails to obtain US financial support for AUSSOM

The AU commissioner for political affairs, peace and security, Bankole Adeoye, is no longer in position to convince Trump's administration to support its future peace mission in Somalia. A sponsors conference will be held at Doha at the end of the month.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 09.05.2025

Sudan
El Fasher siege strains Burhan's alliance with militias

The capital of North Darfur, a Sudanese Armed Forces stronghold in the west of the country, is under bombardment by the Rapid Support Forces. Militias allied with the SAF are awaiting reinforcements from Khartoum, which are slow to arrive.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 07.05.2025

A rally called for by Sudan's Popular Front for Liberation and Justice in Port Sudan to denounce the siege imposed by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on El-Fasher city, 24 April 2025.

Spotlight | Central African Republic
As elections loom, MINUSCA faces external doubts and internal tensions

The UN mission is struggling to plan its future as it prepares to provide security for a packed election calendar, including presidential polls. Its efforts are complicated by tensions between mission chief Valentine Rugwabiza and electoral division head Arsène Gbaguidi.

Subscribers only Politics 07.05.2025

Valentine Rugwabiza addresses a press conference in Bangui, 18 May 2022.

Egypt
UNESCO candidate Khaled al-Anani jets off to Asia in search of votes

The former Egyptian antiquities minister arrived in Sri Lanka on 4 May and will next head to Manila and Jakarta to promote his candidacy for UNESCO head, looking to gain votes in particular from Global South countries.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 06.05.2025

Libya
Northern Irish Baroness Hoey targets £9.5bn worth of frozen Libyan assets

A member of the British House of Lords, Kate Hoey believes that Libya, by financing the IRA under Gaddafi's regime, owes compensation to victims of the Irish resistance group.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.05.2025

Sudan
No UN return to Khartoum until at least 2026

A UN evaluation team considers that the Sudanese capital is still too dangerous for the relocation of its activities, while the Sovereignty Council has set a six-month deadline for reinstating its government in Khartoum.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 25.04.2025

Kenya
French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher makes express stop in Nairobi

The French minister of green transition made the most of a short stopover in Kenya's capital to meet her counterparts and prepare for the next international conferences on the oceans.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 22.04.2025

Madagascar
Former ambassador Le Roy to accompany Macron to Antananarivo

The 72-year-old diplomat is part of the delegation that will be travelling with the French President to Antananarivo from April 22 to 24. He was ambassador to Madagascar between 2005 and 2007.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2025

South Sudan, Uganda
Salva Kiir stands firm amid mediation attempts in his stand-off with Riek Machar

The South Sudanese president has embarked on what he hopes will be a pivotal showdown with his long-standing rival. With strong Ugandan support, he is also doing everything to reshape the national political scene.

Subscribers only Defence 18.04.2025

Yoweri Museveni (left) with Salva Kiir arriving in Juba, on 3 April 2025.

DRC
Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

Noting the lack of interest from the majors, the council of ministers has endorsed the hydrocarbon ministry's proposal to entrust Albertine Graben's oil assets to the state-owned company Sonahydroc.

Subscribers only Energy 14.04.2025

South Sudan
Crunch week for IGAD's South Sudan envoy Raila Odinga

With tensions between President Salva Kiir and his rival Riek Machar reaching fever pitch, Kenyan special envoy Odinga intends to mobilise East African presidents in an attempt to prevent a return to civil war.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 02.04.2025

Salva Kiir (left) and Raila Odinga during the Africa Climate Summit in Nairobi, 5 September 2023.

Somalia
Mogadishu joins forces with Almond Energy to revive uranium exploration

The Somali company Almond Energy has become the administration's main partner in the drive to relaunch uranium exploration in the country. The government is also hoping to attract foreign investors to the sector.

Subscribers only Mining, Business 01.04.2025

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamoud in Mogadishu, 27 February 2025.

Uganda
Kampala hurries to regulate its gold sector

The Ugandan government wants to accelerate the pace of reform in the gold sector to conform to international standards. But it also wants to attract investors, possibly the US.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics 26.03.2025

A gold miner in the Mubende district, 17 November 2013.

Rwanda
Kigali changes its UN representative in midst of eastern DRC crisis

Under international pressure, Rwanda is replacing its current permanent representative, Ernest Rwamucyo.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.03.2025

Spotlight | Libya
Arkenu Oil central to Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Khalifa Haftar pact

The management of the local junior, the only private Libyan oil company authorised by the national oil company to produce and export petroleum, includes people close to Prime Minister Dabaiba as well as members of the Haftar clan.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics 19.03.2025

Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

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North Africa
Hakim el-Karoui enlists heavyweights for his new think tank

Spotlight | Namibia
From mines to oilfields, Australia's resource hunters dig into Namibia

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Paris lay the groundwork for Mohammed VI's state visit

Senegal
NGO Environmental Justice Foundation warns of link between illegal fishing and emigration

Sudan
Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

Somalia
African Union fails to obtain US financial support for AUSSOM

Sudan
El Fasher siege strains Burhan's alliance with militias

Spotlight | Central African Republic
As elections loom, MINUSCA faces external doubts and internal tensions

Egypt
UNESCO candidate Khaled al-Anani jets off to Asia in search of votes

Libya
Northern Irish Baroness Hoey targets £9.5bn worth of frozen Libyan assets

Sudan
No UN return to Khartoum until at least 2026

Kenya
French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher makes express stop in Nairobi

Madagascar
Former ambassador Le Roy to accompany Macron to Antananarivo

South Sudan, Uganda
Salva Kiir stands firm amid mediation attempts in his stand-off with Riek Machar

DRC
Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

South Sudan
Crunch week for IGAD's South Sudan envoy Raila Odinga

Somalia
Mogadishu joins forces with Almond Energy to revive uranium exploration

Uganda
Kampala hurries to regulate its gold sector

Rwanda
Kigali changes its UN representative in midst of eastern DRC crisis

Spotlight | Libya
Arkenu Oil central to Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Khalifa Haftar pact

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North Africa Hakim el-Karoui enlists heavyweights for his new think tank

Spotlight | Namibia From mines to oilfields, Australia's resource hunters dig into Namibia

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Senegal NGO Environmental Justice Foundation warns of link between illegal fishing and emigration

Sudan Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

Somalia African Union fails to obtain US financial support for AUSSOM

Sudan El Fasher siege strains Burhan's alliance with militias

Spotlight | Central African Republic As elections loom, MINUSCA faces external doubts and internal tensions

Egypt UNESCO candidate Khaled al-Anani jets off to Asia in search of votes

Libya Northern Irish Baroness Hoey targets £9.5bn worth of frozen Libyan assets

Sudan No UN return to Khartoum until at least 2026

Kenya French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher makes express stop in Nairobi

Madagascar Former ambassador Le Roy to accompany Macron to Antananarivo

South Sudan, Uganda Salva Kiir stands firm amid mediation attempts in his stand-off with Riek Machar

DRC Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

South Sudan Crunch week for IGAD's South Sudan envoy Raila Odinga

Somalia Mogadishu joins forces with Almond Energy to revive uranium exploration

Uganda Kampala hurries to regulate its gold sector

Rwanda Kigali changes its UN representative in midst of eastern DRC crisis

Spotlight | Libya Arkenu Oil central to Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Khalifa Haftar pact

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Namibia
Namibia oil utopia hangs on TotalEnergies' final investment decision

Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

North Africa
Hakim el-Karoui enlists heavyweights for his new think tank

Spotlight | Namibia
From mines to oilfields, Australia's resource hunters dig into Namibia

Spotlight | Morocco
Rabat and Paris lay the groundwork for Mohammed VI's state visit

Senegal
NGO Environmental Justice Foundation warns of link between illegal fishing and emigration

Sudan
Composition of UN panel of experts called into question

Somalia
African Union fails to obtain US financial support for AUSSOM

Sudan
El Fasher siege strains Burhan's alliance with militias

Spotlight | Central African Republic
As elections loom, MINUSCA faces external doubts and internal tensions

Egypt
UNESCO candidate Khaled al-Anani jets off to Asia in search of votes

Libya
Northern Irish Baroness Hoey targets £9.5bn worth of frozen Libyan assets

Sudan
No UN return to Khartoum until at least 2026

Kenya
French minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher makes express stop in Nairobi

Madagascar
Former ambassador Le Roy to accompany Macron to Antananarivo

South Sudan, Uganda
Salva Kiir stands firm amid mediation attempts in his stand-off with Riek Machar

DRC
Kinshasa hands over Lake Albert's blocks I & II to state-owned oil company

South Sudan
Crunch week for IGAD's South Sudan envoy Raila Odinga

Somalia
Mogadishu joins forces with Almond Energy to revive uranium exploration

Uganda
Kampala hurries to regulate its gold sector

Rwanda
Kigali changes its UN representative in midst of eastern DRC crisis

Spotlight | Libya
Arkenu Oil central to Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Khalifa Haftar pact