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Spotlight | Congo
The painful making of new Djeno terminal partners' final deal

The entrance to Djeno terminal, near Pointe-Noire, Congo, in 2023. © Clotilde Ravel/Indigo Publications

It has been a long time coming, but the new owners of the oil terminal have at last reached an agreement on the terms of their alliance. The historical operator, TotalEnergies, has had its say on most of the points but will undergo an unprecedented exercise in transparency, under pressure from Perenco.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Natixis cancels Paris meeting with Cameroonian delegation at last minute

French banks Natixis and Bpifrance cancelled a late September meeting in Paris with a delegation from Cameroon. The meeting had been scheduled to discuss a €590m motorway construction funding package for Yaoundé.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance

West Africa

Togo
Gnassingbé set to attend Commonwealth summit

Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé will be taking part in the next Commonwealth summit, which will be held from 21 to 25 October in Samoa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Senegal
Government weighs up €260m takeover of Société Générale subsidiary

Société Générale is trying to pull out of Senegal and the government is interested in taking over the local subsidiary of the French banking group.

Subscribers only Finance

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
With deputy president's job on the line, Central Kenyan allies swing into action

Rigathi Gachagua in Nairobi, 15 May 2023. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/MaxPPP

Under fire from the president's ruling coalition, Rigathi Gachagua is relying on leaders of his Kikuyu community to stay in office. It is a strategy that is dividing his native Mount Kenya region.

Subscribers only Politics

Kenya, Nigeria
Abuja and Nairobi boost security ties

William Ruto and Bola Ahmed Tinubu in Nairobi, on 16 July 2023. © State House of Kenya/Anadolu via AFP

Nigeria and Kenya plan to conduct joint exercises and training, particularly in the surveillance of their respective borders in the face of jihadism.

Subscribers only Defence

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Paris seeks to relaunch sluggish maritime cooperation with Pretoria

While the Houthi threat is concentrating some of their resources, French military forces in the Indian Ocean may nevertheless see their partnership with the South African Navy strengthened in the coming months.

Subscribers only Defence

North Africa

Egypt
Construction giant Arab Contractors wins two grain projects in the Nile Valley

The Egyptian market leader has just won a World Bank-financed contract to extend two wheat storage systems that are strategically important for the country's food security.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Algeria
Former ministers deprived of their diplomatic passports

Several leading political figures, former senior officials and ex-diplomats are finding themselves unable to leave the country as the ministry of foreign affairs fails to deliver their official travel documents.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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