Weeks after a secret meeting between US envoy Massad Boulos and Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Washington sanctioned the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik brigade - an Islamist militia closely linked to Burhan's government and now key to the army's fight against the paramilitary RSF.
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The new chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, is putting the finishing touches to his team of mission chiefs for key capitals.
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The request for the death penalty against former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has worried several countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which fear a precedent within the regional organisation.
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Diplomacy The head of state is standing for re-election on 12 October but his supporters are struggling to ascertain whether or not he will campaign in person.
The AfDB's investment platform will begin a tour of several Gulf states in the next few days. It is hoping to find new investors.
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Finance The opposition leader and former prime minister of Guinea-Bissau has joined forces with an NGO that has close ties to the United Nations. His goal is to develop a strategy to destabilise the outgoing president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who he accuses of being involved in international drug trafficking.
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The World Bank has been working to resume its funding to Uganda for several months. Its programmes there are, however, subject to awareness-raising on discrimination against sexual minorities. In 2023 the Bretton Woods institution suspended its financial support following the passing of an anti-homosexuality law.
The lifting of the force majeure on the French oil major's gas project in Cabo Delgado is now only a matter of weeks away. The company is keeping the suspense alive, but on the ground, subcontractors are already hard at work.
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A casualty of the trade standoff between the US administration and India, the American retail giant is now making plans for Morocco.
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Business The new Libyan consul, Mohamed Hamuda, is organising a business networking meeting on 25 September in Marseille, France.
