The French major is discreetly preparing to resume developing the Mozambique LNG mega-complex in the troubled Cabo Delgado province.
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Energy 
The Cameroonian government has been caught up in an internal crisis since the SNH bought a 10% stake in the company running the oil pipeline between Doba and Kribi. In a series of letters seen by African Intelligence, presidency secretary general Ngoh Ngoh and SNH boss Moudiki have been locked in a violent dispute over the operation.
Unhappy with the results of the regional force deployed by the East African Community, Kinshasa has once again turned to the Southern African Development Community for help trying to regain control of its eastern territory.
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara has decided to name Abidjan's fourth bridge after the country's former president, Laurent Gbagbo. A proposal to this effect is to be presented at the next Council of Ministers.
The Canadian firm Altair Resources is relying on Toussaint Bamouni, the former head of Burkina Faso's chamber of mines, to boost its presence in the country's mining sector.
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Mining The European Union's European External Action Service (EEAS) has been working for several weeks on the launch of an African anti-disinformation unit.
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Diplomacy Two months on from a visit to Ouagadougou by EU representatives to make a fresh offer of security back-up, the Burkinabe junta has still not responded to Brussels.
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Defence 
Numerous militia fighters from Darfur and Chad are present in Libya. For the time being, they have refrained from intervening in neighbouring Sudan but, if the hostilities there persist, one of the warring parties could be tempted to call them in.
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Defence 
South Africa is keen to catch Atul Gupta and Rajesh Gupta, suspected of masterminding the embezzlement of $940m of state funds. But it is wavering on whether to ask for help from the FBI or to appeal the United Arab Emirates' refusal to extradite the brothers.
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Diplomacy Le financier russo-suisse Aleksei Korotaev a été arrêté le 27 avril à Moscou. L'homme d'affaires âgé de 37 ans était recherché par Interpol pour de présumés détournements de fonds de dizaines de millions de dollars de la société de gestion de fortune Helin international.
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Business 
The circuit, which was in operation between 2014 and 2019, enabled major companies, often those close to the authorities, to obtain substantial reductions in customs duties.
Moroccan construction group Mojazine, led by Brahim Mojahid, former PAM president of the Béni Mellal-Khenifra regional council, has won another contract for the vast Tiznit-Dakhla expressway project.
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Infrastructure 