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Spotlight | Africa
Snubbed by Sudan, Pompeo and Netanyahu scour Africa in search of support

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, 24 August 2020. © Reuters Marketplace - Latin America News Agency Pictures

Despite months of lobbying, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has failed to convince the president of Sudan's Sovereign Council to recognise Israel or support the Middle East peace plan concocted by Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Kabila and entourage work around US sanctions to win diplomatic immunity

The former Congolese head of state Joseph Kabila. © Reuters

After slamming Kabila's close entourage with sanctions, the US Department of State has been playing hot and cold with a court case aimed directly at the former Congolese president.

Subscribers only Politics

Cameroon
LafargeHolcim: why Biya wants French head of local branch out

Cameroonian president Paul Biya has been urging his teams to put order within the country's partially state-owned companies. © Reuters

The Swiss group LafargeHolcim, cornered by the competition from Nigerian billionaire Aliko Dangote, is under pressure from the president's office.

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West Africa

Nigeria
Nasarawa State governor promotes his security record to attract mining companies

Nasarawa governor Abdullahi Sule. © Nasarawa State

The state of Nasarawa, Nigeria's largest source of mineral resources, is trying to counter media coverage of violence in northern Nigeria by drawing attention to the reforms it has made to protect against it. It hopes in this way to attract foreign investment to the state.

Subscribers only Mining

Guinea
Adonis Pouroulis looks to expand on Kada gold partnership with Turkish magnate Zafer Topaloglu

Australian mining junior Golden Rim Resources applied on 20 August for a new exploration permit on the southern edge of its existing Kada project in north eastern Guinea.

Subscribers only Mining

France, Sahel
New Sahel special envoy appointed at French foreign ministry

Diplomat Frédéric Bontems is expected to succeed Christophe Bigot as special envoy for the Sahel.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa, United States
US intelligence contractor Mission Essential looks for Russian, Chinese and Turkish speakers for AFRICOM

At the request of the United States, American contractor Mission Essential plans to take on more Russian, Chinese and Turkish interpreters. Its aim is to gather more information about the activities of the three powers concerned in East Africa and elsewhere on the continent.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Uganda
Former Kenyan attorney general Githu Muigai and UN rapporteurs join Total's critics over Tilenga

The former Kenyan attorney general, who was until recently chairman of the UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights, has added his voice to the cacophony of protests against the oil major's activities in Uganda.

Subscribers only Energy

Kenya
Tea trade giants threaten to leave Mombasa

The Minister of Agriculture Peter Munya has taken a serious bet in forcing tea traders to adhere to a new rule that limits the number of factories with which they can work among other measures.

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Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Volobe mega dam audit hot potato

The IFC, the dam's largest backer, is being extremely cautious about financing the hydropower project led by French group Colas.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Libya
New French military attaché Thomas Billard to mediate with Tripoli

Following a posting in Tunis, the new French defence attaché Thomas Billard will now have to restore good relations with Fayez Sarraj's Government of National Accord. He comes from the same intelligence unit as Emmanuel Macron's former Libyan adviser, Paul Soler, whom he knows well.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Morocco
Former Jet Contractors executive Nicolas Kepel moves into PPP consulting

Frenchman Nicolas Kepel, former head of development at leading Moroccan construction group Jet Contractors, has activated his financial and business strategy consulting company Add Equatio.

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