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Spotlight | West Africa
Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana battle for "energy hub" title under Nigeria's shadow

Senegal, Ivory Coast and Ghana have launched ambitious projects and made bold statements in their bids to become West Africa's next "energy hub". Those efforts, however, are a long way from unseating dominant Nigeria.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Confronted with a World Bank complaint, Nachtigal promoters must settle

Promoters of the Sanaga River 420 MW Nachtigal dam are keen to reach an agreement with the local communities who claim to have been impacted by the project and who in June turned to the World Bank's inspection panel.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Burundi
Three European firms to help run national parks

Late last month the European Commission chose three firms to help Burundian authorities manage the Kibira and Rusizi national parks, both in the northwest of the country.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea
Who provided Doumbouya with his new presidential jet?

Colonel Mamadi Doumbouya took delivery of the plane at Ahmed-Sékou-Touré airport on 20 December 2022. © Présidence de la République de Guinée

Rumours still abound in Guinea about the aeroplane that received a warm welcome from the military junta when it landed on 20 December in Conakry. The aircraft's owner has not been officially named but clues suggest it belongs to the Indian conglomerate Jindal Steel & Power, which has bases in Africa.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics, Business

Nigeria
Security broker Multi-Dollar Group facilitates deal for French firms in Abuja

The Nigerian brokerage firm Multi-Dollar Group (MDG) has just negotiated the signing of two memoranda of understanding between Abuja and the French companies Prométhée and Aeraccess, under the leadership of its director Joseph Waya and French security expert Serge Rinkel.

Subscribers only Defence

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Gwede Mantashe's future presents quandary for Ramaphosa

ANC Secretary General, Gwede Mantashe, and South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa. © Kim Ludbrook/EPA/MaxPPP

Cyril Ramaphosa owes his re-election as leader of the African National Congress (ANC) in large part to Gwede Mantashe. As a reward, Mantashe wants to stay on as energy minister. This puts the South African president in a bind, as coal-loving Mantashe is opposed to his green energy transition plans.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

North Africa

Middle East, Sahel, Switzerland
Switzerland ramps up diplomatic presence in Arab world

By sending three seasoned diplomats as the new special envoys to the Horn of Africa, the Sahel and North Africa, Switzerland is taking action on its goal to expand further on the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Libya
Libya special envoys to meet in Washington

US special envoy for Libya Richard Norland is to meet his French, Italian and German counterparts in Washington on 13 January. Abdoulaye Bathily, the head of the United Nations Mission in Libya, is also expected to attend.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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