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In Focus | Ethiopia
Abiy Ahmed builds tailored security strategy to fight Oromia rebels

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali with soldiers as he joins the frontline against rebel groups for the second time in Ethiopia, 29 November 2021. © Ethiopian Prime Minister's Office/Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via AFP

While the eyes of the world are on northern Ethiopia, another conflict has been going on quietly in Oromia. In this region, the most populous in Ethiopia, the prime minister is trying to modify his strategy to curb the OLA rebellion.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Gabon
Paris suspends sale of armoured vehicles to Republican Guard ahead of elections

Fearing repression during the 2023 presidential election, the French authorities have suspended the export of armoured vehicles to Libreville.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa, DRC
Elections 2023: INEC's financing still a bone of contention

Doubts remain over whether the timetable for elections scheduled in the DRC at the end of 2023 will be respected. Denis Kadima, head of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), regularly rants in private about the pace of the Ministry of Finance's disbursements.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Guinea, West Africa
ECOWAS split over how to deal with Doumbouya junta

The Economic Community of West African States' decision to impose sanctions on Guinea's junta was the result of a fragile consensus and is far from being unanimously backed by its member countries.

Subscribers only Politics

Ivory Coast
Petroci jumps in after Perenco throws in towel on three offshore blocks

The Franco-British junior Perenco has given up on its plans to take over three offshore blocks in Ivory Coast. State-owned Petroci is hoping to take advantage of the new situation.

Subscribers only Energy

Togo, United Kingdom
Gnassingbé due in London to formalise Togo's Commonwealth membership

President Faure Gnassingbé will travel to London to attend the traditional flag-raising ceremony on 19 October to induct Togo into the UK's Commonwealth.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa, Japan
Tokyo names new Africa team

The Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yoshimasa Hayashi, just named a new Africa director. The Ministry of the Economy did the same.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Uganda
Museveni mobilises to save TotalEnergies EACOP pipeline project

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni attends in Entebbe on July 26, 2022. © Handout/Russian Foreign Ministry/AFP

The Ugandan president, in coordination with his Tanzanian counterpart, is pulling out all the political and diplomatic stops to rebuff the European Parliament's request to postpone the East African Crude Oil Pipeline.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Chevron's Orange Basin acquisition is part of wider Namibia strategy

The acquisition of Block 2813B by Chevron, which is expected to be announced soon, is the first step in the US oil major's wider strategy to conquer Namibia.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique, Zimbabwe
Kembo Mohadi coal destined for export through Mozambican ports

To kick-start his coal project in south-eastern Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF vice-president Kembo Mohadi is reorganising his logistics towards Mozambique, rather than towards the major South African ports.

Subscribers only Energy, Mining

North Africa

Morocco
Coca-Cola boils down bottling providers to just ECCBC

Unloading a cargo of Coca Cola in the Jemaa el-Fna square in Morocco. © Pascal Deloche/Godong/Photononstop/Photononstop via AFP

The US drinks giant is restructuring its bottling circuits in the kingdom. Its aim is to work with a single local supplier and increase market concentration.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Béni Saf cement producer loses appeal against former Saudi shareholder

On 13 September, the Paris appeals court dismissed an appeal from Société des Ciments de Béni Saf (SCIBS) against its former manager, the Saudi group Pharaon Commercial Investment.

Subscribers only Business

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