For their counteroffensive, the Tigray Defense Forces have been relying on a small team of highly experienced military leaders, lead by regional president Debretsion Gebremichael.
The Canadian junior, composed of a dream team of executives from European majors, hopes to quickly reach a deal with the oil ministry on the two blocks it has won from a tender launched in 2018.
The presidency signed a framework agreement for the supply of biometric documents with the French parastatal company IN Groupe six months ago. But Congolese ministries continue to make deals for biometric documents with other service providers.
UAE investment fund Averi Capital, founded by a former Gemcorp executive, has acquired gold and diamond licences in DR Congo's Tshopo province and wants to set up a gold refinery there.
Relations between the UN and the Central African government are abysmal. Shots fired by presidential guards at Egyptian peacekeepers on 1 November served to underline deep-seated tensions between the head of the UN mission, Mankeur Ndiaye, and President Faustin Archange Touadéra.
The authorities in Accra have just suspended the negotiations they opened this summer with Czech aircraft builder Aero Vodochody for the acquisition of six L-39 NG light attack aircraft. They are now studying a counter-bid from the US which has the favours of the Ghana Air Force high command.
As the Nimba iron ore project moves forward, the Guinean state mining company intends to extract the raw material it needs to build a railway and export its future production.
Former Nigerian head of state Olusegun Obasanjo lobbied for Ivory Coast's bid to host the 2023 Afreximbank's Intra-African Trade Fair.
The South African metropolitan municipality, which is controlled by the Democratic Alliance party, is striving hard to free itself from its dependence on public sector electricity utility Eskom. Two members of the newly elected mayor's team look set to play a particular role in the ongoing battle.
Owned by an ally of Zimbabwean tycoon Kuda Tagwirei, a target of US sanctions, the Fossil Group has won more than 15 public works contracts since June, more than many of its rivals.
Madagascar's foreign affairs minister has launched a recruitment drive for ambassadors, but he wants to be sure that certain diplomats loyal to the Head of State are among the successful applicants.
The European Commission has renewed its ban on Libyan airlines from flying in European airspace. The measure covers all airlines from Libya, from Afriqiyah to Libyan Wings, and even the top favourite among Libyan diplomats and officials, Hala Air.
Ukrainian mine clearance specialist Ukroboronservice is expanding its presence in Libya. On 8 November, the United Nations awarded the subsidiary of the state defence conglomerate Ukroboronprom a contract for explosive ordnance management capacity building.
