After intervening in Sudan, Afghanistan and, most recently, Chad, Doha is now looking to mediate in the Sahel, where jihadist groups are increasingly active and insecurity is spreading fast.
The multinational private equity giant has gone ahead with its plan to sell the oil junior, which is active in Gabon. A growing number of companies are now keen to purchase it.
After more than ten months of unsuccessful mediation between the CAR state and Axmin regarding the N'dassima gold mine, talks have reached an impasse.
The Norwegian-Emirati junior PetroNor has a number of irons in the fire. It is trying to get new partners for its blocs in Gambia and Guinea Bissau and is expecting a ruling in its arbitration case against Senegal in a matter of weeks.
France's Minister of the Economy and Finance Bruno Le Maire is expected to visit Abidjan in December. The visit was initially scheduled for 22 and 23 November, but had to be postponed since Allassane Ouattara will be abroad during that time.
Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara has since mid-October been mulling a plan estimated at nearly 100bn CFA francs (€153m) to accelerate the acquisition of military equipment to strengthen the Ivorian army.
Two rebel chefs in Dafur and South Kordofan are still refusing to lay down their arms. One of Khartoum's main means of pressuring them is the South Sudanese president's security adviser Tut Gatluak.
Republican Senators Jim Inhofe and Rob Portman will retire when the United States heads into its midterm elections. The US Senate will be losing two senior Africa experts. Those specialised in African matters in Washington are worried about what that loss could mean.
After three years coordinating Portugal's contribution to combating the insurrection in Cabo Delgado, the navy commander Paulo Gonçalves da Silva is preparing to make way for the air force officer Bertolino Miranda Ferreira at Portugal's embassy in Mozambique.
The Tunisian government wants to up the share of renewable energy in its energy mix from 3% to 35% by 2030, with half of the increase coming from private sector investments. But it will have to revise the country's investment laws in order to achieve this goal.
Backed by the powerful lobby group, plaintiffs suing the eastern Libyan strongman in the US state of Virginia are seeking millions of dollars over a January 2020 attack on a military academy in Tripoli.
As it develops abroad, French hotel and restaurant player Moma Group, known for Café Lapérouse and Le Boeuf sur le Toit, is negotiating for a place in a Moroccan hotel complex. The project counts the family of late French property magnate Arnaud de Ménibus and two of King Mohammed VI's sisters among its shareholders.
Africa Intelligence can reveal that French president Emmanuel Macron and Morocco's King Mohammed VI spoke by telephone on the evening of 1 November. The call was an attempt to smooth the decidedly strained relations between Paris and Rabat of late.
