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Spotlight | Uganda
Museveni sets up yet another elite unit to fight gold smuggling

Gold nuggets before the refining process at AGR (African Gold Refinery) in Entebbe, Uganda. © Reuters/Baz Ratner

President Museveni recently set up a new unit to try to stamp out gold smuggling. His aim is to get Uganda out of the economic doldrums by convincing new operators to come into the country's gold mines.

Subscribers only Mining

The Continent

Africa
PR guru Hudson Sandler's African ambitions

Since the creation of its Africa division last January, Gazprom's preferred public relations firm has been on the lookout for new contracts - whether in hydrocarbons, finance and or telecommunications - on the continent.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Chad
War of influence around Déby for the Paris ambassador post

Former Chad ambassador in Paris Amine Abba-Sidick (left) pays his farewell visit to French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian at the Quai d'Orsay, 24 August. © Tchad diplomatie/Facebook

Wheelings and dealings around Idriss Déby have been in full swing over recent weeks to replace Abba-Sidick as Chad's ambassador to Paris, one the most coveted posts in the country's diplomatic service.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa, United States
How rare earths and evangelicals brought Trump closer to Bujumbura

US Special Envoy J. Peter Pham, mender-in-chief of fences between Bujumbura and Washington, with Burundi's late president, Pierre Nkurunziza. © J. Peter Pham/Twitter

The pending confirmation of Melanie Higgins as the new US ambassador to Burundi, a post left vacant for the past 18 months, spells the final phase of a discreet but important bridging of ties between the United States and Burundi.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
SecPro Africa dives deeper into maritime security with Italian surveillance camera sales

By equipping major local customers with maritime surveillance cameras, SecPro Africa is asserting itself as an increasingly important player at the heart of Nigeria's highly competitive defence market.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

West Africa
Monaco Resources converts auditor into CFO to boost finance repute

Monaco Resources has asked one of its auditors from Baker Tilly to become its first ever group CFO.

Subscribers only Business

Nigeria
Having seized superyacht, Washington set sights on Madueke clan's $25m California mansion

A court in Texas will soon rule on the DOJ's request to seize an opulent LA property owned by Nigerian trader Kola Aluko which Washington contends was bought to launder ill-gotten gains from the Nigerian state.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Addis Ababa bolsters diplomatic route in attempt to rekindle dialogue with Cairo and Washington

Ethiopian foreign affairs minister Gedu Andargachew. © Dragan Tatic/Austrian minister of European and foreign affairs/CC-BY 2.0

The heated Nile dam dispute is still top of Gedu Andargachew's list of concerns. The Ethiopian foreign minister took advantage of the presence of his envoys in Addis to add muscle to his diplomatic blitz.

Subscribers only Energy, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola, Switzerland
Experienced oil litigation lawyer to defend top Angolan businessman Carlos de Sao Vicente in Switzerland

Partner in Switzerland's Schellenberg Wittmer law firm Clara Poglia. © WWCDA/Twitter

Clara Poglia, the lawyer who will represent Angolan insurance magnate Carlos de Sao Vicente before the Swiss courts, has already taken part in several big oil industry cases, including those arising from Brazil's big Lava Jato anti-corruption operation and Gunvor's activities in Congo and Ivory Coast.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique
Electricidade de Moçambique banks on 40-MW solar farm

Engineering company GreenLight Consult has completed the environmental study for a 40-MW PV project in Sofala province, in northeastern Mozambique

Subscribers only Energy, Business

North Africa

Algeria
EY brings Islamic finance to state banks

Ernst and Young Advisory Algérie will be helping Banque Extérieure d'Algérie develop its offer of sharia-compliant financial products, having done the same for two other public institutions.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Morocco
Sahrawi business magnate Dahmane Derham ventures into automobile distribution in Rabat

Businessman Dahmane Derham, a key figure in the Derham family clan which plays a major role in the Western Sahara, is about to begin a new career in the automobile business.

Subscribers only Business

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