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Spotlight | Kenya
British Army training unit makes concerted effort to clean up its image

Soldiers of the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK). © Tony Karumba/AFP

The British Army Training Unit in Kenya, one of the UK's largest military training centres abroad, has been dragging a bad reputation in Kenya for years. This has led to recent efforts to restore its image with the help of communication experts, alongside a reorganisation of its missions.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
Norwegian law firm Selmer to defend Petronor execs targeted by US justice department

The Norwegian junior Petronor is under scrutiny. Following Norway, the United States has also launched an investigation into the conditions under which it bought an oil block in Congo.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ivory Coast, West Africa
Coca-Cola restructures Ivoirian bottling partnership

The Atlanta-based soft drinks company has been dissolving several of its African partnerships and is currently preparing to part ways with its bottler in Ivory Coast.

Free access Business

Guinea
Battery metals attract new exploration hopefuls

The increasing demand for minerals used in the manufacture of electric batteries, namely lithium, cobalt, nickel and manganese, is leading to greater interest in Guinea's natural resources.

Subscribers only Mining

Africa
Africa free trade summit slated for November

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is due to hold a summit this coming November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Tanzania
Suluhu seeks balanced mix of hydrocarbons and renewables

President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu Hassan. © Yuri Gripas/POOL/EPA/MaxPPP

The Tanzanian president Samia Suluhu Hassan wants to diversify the country's energy mix while holding on to her predecessor John Magufuli's fossil fuels legacy.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Zondo commission reveals Zuma bid to gift Johannesburg-Khartoum flight connection to Bashir

The former South African president Jacob Zuma with the former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir in February 2015. © Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/Reuters

The fourth instalment of the explosive Zondo report is critical of attempts by Jacob Zuma and his allies to impose their will on the South African treasury. In 2015, his finance minister resisted the former president's bid to create a flight connection between Johannesburg and Khartoum.

Subscribers only Politics

Brazil, Southern Africa
Brasilia injects fresh blood into its African diplomatic corps

Neglected since the outset of the Bolsonaro era, Brazil's diplomatic apparatus on the African continent is undergoing a complete overhaul with a reassigning of senior officials to the country's key embassies in southern Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

North Africa

Tunisia
Sonede steps up a gear on Japan-financed Sfax desalination plant

Prime Minister Najla Bouden and Japanese ambassador Shinsuke Shimizu during the laying of the first stone of the future desalination plant in Sfax. © Embassy of Japan in Tunisia

Tunisia's National Company for the Exploitation and Distribution of Water has awarded a new contract worth around €7m to oversee the future desalination plant in Sfax.

Subscribers only Business

Libya
ENI and NOC embark on extension of Bahr Essalam offshore superfield

An oil and gas platform off the coast of Libya in the area of Bahr Essalam Gas Field and Bouri Oilfield. © Antonio Sempere/Europa Press/Abacapress.com

Under pressure to find alternatives to Russian gas, Italy is seeking through ENI to bolster its Libyan offshore operations, which offer the major advantage of being relatively unaffected by the insecurity and political chaos reigning in the country.

Subscribers only Energy

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