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Spotlight | Sudan
Five candidates in race to lead UNITAMS in Khartoum

Five diplomats are discreetly jockeying for the top job at UNITAMS. Sudan's prime minister would like a European to take the post, but Russia and China disagree.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Gabon
BW Offshore and Maurel & Prom join the race for Sasol's stake in Etame Marin

South Africa's Sasol has begun the process of sellling its shares in the Etame Marin production block. Two candidates have already come forward.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
ECOWAS chair Nana Akufo-Addo sounds out member states over Ivory Coast presidential election

The Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo, chairman of ECOWAS. © Reuters

The Ghanaian president Nana Akufo-Addo has embarked on a first round of consultations within ECOWAS, and a delegation from the regional body is due in Abidjan shortly.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa
BPC, HPS and OpenWay in running to harmonise UEMOA mobile money systems

To gain better control over the development of mobile money, the Central Bank of West African States is planning to make digital financial services compatible in its eight member states.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Mali, Senegal
World Bank tries to lay the groundwork for Dakar-Bamako railway

A potential funder of the rehabilitation of the railway between Dakar and Bamako, the World Bank is supporting the two capitals to structure the project.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Brazil, East Africa
Brazafric walks in Bolsonaro's footsteps to foray into African agrobusiness

Brazafric, the distributor of leading brands of Brazilian agricultural machinery in eastern Africa, has the wind in its sails and is expanding its business on the back of Bolsonaro's new-found interest for the continent.

Subscribers only Business

China, Djibouti
China Merchants steps up maritime operations in Djibouti

Sinotrans, the logistics subsidiary of China Merchants, is gearing up for a large-scale deployment in Djibouti having received a significant injection of capital investment.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Egypt, Sudan
Al-Sisi spymasters plays guardian angel to transition in Khartoum

The president of Sudan's Sovereign Council Abdel Fattah Al Burhan and the Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. © EPA/MAXPPP

Following the Cairo visit of the president of the Sudanese transition Abdel Fattah Al Burhan, Egyptian intelligence has opened a military liaison bureau in Khartoum. The stated objective is to prevent any Islamist rearguard action against the transitional government.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eritrea, Ethiopia
Why Tigray is challenging Abiy

Fearing they will pay the price for the demilitarisation of the border between Ethiopia and Eritrea, Tigray's leaders have put numerous obstacles in the way of the Ethiopian army, pushing the federal government to escalate its action.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Ex-boss of De Beers Botswana Sheila Khama goes into consultancy

Sheila Khama, former boss of De Beers Botswana. © Reuters

Sheila Khama, who has served in senior roles at several mining giants and is the aunt of the former Botswanan president Ian Khama, has struck out on her own. In founding her own consultancy firm, SK Resources Consulting, she is hoping to offer her services to African governments as well as to the private sector.

Subscribers only Mining

Mauritius, Switzerland
Trusts between Geneva and Port-Louis stay largely unnoticed

The Mauritian ambassador to Geneva, Usha Dwarka-Canabady, and the embassy's economic advisor, Poonam Mohun, took part in the online Swiss-African Business Circle conference on 23 October.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

North Africa

Algeria
Tebboune reliving Bouteflika downfall, Chengriha already making plans

The weakened physical and electoral state of Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune could work out just fine for his chief of army staff, as long as his term is not cut off too soon.

Subscribers only Politics

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