The Emirati-Canadian company has lost its mining title by decree from the junta head. Sole group working on the battery sector in Guinee, the firm's shareholders include the influential Naguib Sawiris, Robert Friedland and Benoît La Salle.
With four months to go before the vote, there is increasing pressure on the media in the Seychelles. A Mauritian journalist who was expelled from the country last month has hired a former attorney general of the archipelago to dispute his removal.
Two Madagascan task forces, under the leadership of Trade Minister David Ralambofiringa, are battling it out with Donald Trump's administration. Their goal is to minimise the impact of a potential increase in US customs tariffs and secure the renewal of the AGOA trade initiative.
The front-runner to become the next Director-General of the United Nations body, Khaled al-Anani is weighing up how to get the United States to remain in the international institution.