DRC
Gécamines seals a deal with Glencore at Mining Indaba

The Congolese state-owned company has consolidated its rise in the mining business by setting up an agreement that will allow it to market a part of the production from its subsidiary Kamoto Copper Co.

Cameroon
State transfers management of National Ports Authority's assets to consulting firm Atou

In a decree signed in early December, the Minister of Domains, Cadastre and Land Affairs overturned the 2021 decision that entrusted the Douala Port Authority with the management of the assets of the former Office National des Ports du Cameroun, paving the way for the return of the company Atou.

Cameroon
French giant EDF awaits government guarantees for Kikot hydropower project

Cameroon
Port of Douala in limbo due to politics surrounding SGS and Transatlantic D tenders

Equatorial Guinea
Chevron cuts ties with Nigerian offshore partner

Nigeria
Armoured-vehicle maker Arquus does brisk business in Abuja

The company, headed by Emmanuel Levacher, has just delivered several dozen light vehicles to the Nigerian Army to bolster its counter‑insurgency capabilities. This contract was won despite strong competition from Chinese and Emirati rivals.

Guinea
Nimba Mining selects fresh buyer for bauxite

West Africa
ECOWAS military chiefs heading to Freetown to debate future of standby force

Africa
Epstein files: Olivier Colom, Marine Le Pen's undercover fixer

Tanzania
The low-key nomination of a Tanzanian judge for the next ICC elections

A court filing launched in The Hague by Spanish lawyers over the bloody 2025 elections has caused concern at the highest levels. In a sign that President Samia Suluhu Hassan is taking the matter seriously, Dodoma is seeking to field a Tanzanian candidate for the judges' elections in December.

Sudan
General al-Burhan submits response to Boulos's peace plan

Donald Trump's Africa adviser intends to refer a proposal for ending the war in Sudan to the US president's Board of Peace. Yet Sudan's army and the paramilitaries remain firmly entrenched in their positions.

Kenya, Madagascar
Dilemma over sending Africa-France summit invite to Malagasy junta

Kenya
Business community in the central region treads carefully amid rising tensions

Sudan
Berlin peace conference aims to avoid London mistakes

Madagascar
National Assembly Speaker 'Siteny' received by French presidency

France is working to diversify its contacts in Antananarivo among the emerging figures of the regime led by Colonel Michael Randrianirina. In a still uncertain political climate on the island, Paris is keen to safeguard its interests and ongoing cooperation projects.

Zambia
Emirati firm IRH reviews plans for Mopani copper mine with national company ZCCM

The Abu Dhabi holding company and its Zambian partner must agree on the investments needed to complete the mining site's recovery plan. They must also find common cause on their financial relations.

Madagascar
Junta leader Randrianirina's mysterious facilitator

Southern Africa
Business France organises a defence and cybersecurity forum in Gaborone

Madagascar
Junta turns to ex-president Rajaonarimampianina's former circle

Morocco
Intelligence-economy giant Adit poised to gain access to Choiseul Associates's contacts

Represented in Morocco since 2024 by its director Doha Lkasmi, Next Step Influence, French firm Adit's strategic influence agency, is expected shortly to be able to draw on Choiseul's well‑established networks in the country.

Morocco
Mohamed Chaouki wins RNI presidency but remains in shadow of Aziz Akhannouch

Libya
Haftar camp loses control of Niger border zone

Morocco
US fast-food chains Hardee's and Carl's Jr. hungry for the kingdom's market