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Spotlight | Senegal
Opaque €100m public health deal sets alarm bells ringing

Stefan Wintels, Chairman of the Executive Board of KfW, on 31 January 2023 in Hesse, Germany. © Sebastian Gollnow/dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP

An over-the-counter arrangement to supply medical equipment has set alarm bells ringing within the healthcare community. Some have suspicions that the deal, clinched only a few months before the February 2024 presidential election, is overpriced.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Central Africa

Inner circles | DRC
Tshisekedi fashions army command to wage war in east

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa, on 20 February 2022. © Arsene Mpiana/AFP

The president's office has been working in recent years to build an army loyal to the government, capable both of opposing the M23 rebels and of snuffing out any threat of sedition.

Subscribers only Defence

DRC
International TV series in pipeline

The Italian screenwriters Maddalena Ravagli and Leonardo Fasoli (Django, Gomorra, ZeroZeroZero) are currently putting the finishing touches to an international television series whose main plot centres around the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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DRC
Belgian ambassador's low-profile meeting with Joseph Kabila

On her first official visit to the country in late November, Belgium's ambassador to the DRC, Roxane de Bilderling, travelled to Lubumbashi and met with former president Joseph Kabila.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Burkina Faso
Adama Soro pushed out as head of Chamber of Mines

Soro was quietly shown the door by mining operators after his government lobbying proved ineffectual.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Hopes for peace in Oromia shrink amid red lines and reinforcements

Oromo rebels fighters near the border town of Moyale. © Reuters

Just as a peace deal between the Ethiopian government and the Oromo Liberation Army seemed to be within reach last month, talks broke down over several key issues. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has been sending more troops to the west and south of the country.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Southern Africa
Junior minister Zacharopoulou to visit Maputo, Lusaka and Lilongwe

France's Minister of State for Development, the Francophonie and International Partnerships Chrysoula Zacharopoulou will be touring Southern Africa in mid-December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Libya
Washington renews efforts to demobilise Libyan militias

The US is looking to launch a new scheme to disarm armed groups via the American firm Chemonics International.

Subscribers only Defence

Tunisia
Kais Saied and UGTT seek to build bridges

One of Tunisia's most powerful unions is on fraught terms with the president's office, but it can look to various figures to help it renew dialogue with the Carthage Palace.

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