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Spotlight | Mozambique, Somalia, South Africa
African business as usual for Djaparidze, Potanin, Mikhelson, the oligarchs spared EU and US sanctions

Alexander Djaparidze (Eurasia Drilling), Vladimir Potanine (Nornickel) and Leonid Mikhelson (Novatek). © Roscongress/Maxim Shemetov/Reuters

Alexander Djaparidze, Vladimir Potanin and Leonid Mikhelson are among the few Russian oligarchs who escaped the EU and US sanctions that targeted dozens of their peers. This allows them to continue their activities on the continent.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Congo, United States
Conservation NGO The Nature Conservancy sets its sights on Brazzaville

During his trip to Washington from 19 to 22 April, Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso was not only busy with economic and security issues, he also met with the management of The Nature Conservancy.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Inner circles | Senegal
Macky Sall's APR party riven by divisions as parliamentary elections loom

Senegal's President Macky Sall. © Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

The Alliance pour la République (APR), the party that carried Macky Sall to victory in the last two presidential elections, is faced with major internal dissensions. Apart from wars between party leaders, the APR is struggling to maintain party unity at its local branches.

Subscribers only Politics

Burkina Faso
Brussels resumes security reform talks with Ouagadougou

The European Union is ready to commit tens of millions of euros to restructuring Burkina Faso's military and police apparatus, to the delight of the ruling junta.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Africa, Russia
Former Ivorian minister Don Mello becomes Moscow's 'Mr Economy' in Africa

Former Ivorian minister Ahoua Don Mello has been appointed BRICS representative for West and Central Africa. © Reuters

Ahoua Don Mello, who served as a minister under president Laurent Gbagbo, has with the support of Moscow been appointed as BRICS representative for West and Central Africa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Yum! and Burger King fish in Kenya for workers for Kuwait restaurants

The Kenyan firm Gulf Resource Consultants has for several weeks been advertising jobs in Kuwait on behalf of Burger King and Yum!, the owners of the fast food chains KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Southern Africa
Vedanta Zinc on the hunt for new CEO

Having been run by a management committee for two years, Vedanta's zinc subsidiary is looking for a new CEO to support its strategy to increase production.

Subscribers only Mining

Botswana
Debswana ditches foreign suppliers to stick to Masisi's will

The parastatal firm has begun a complete overhaul of its maintenance and fuel supply contracts. The aim is to squeeze out multinational companies to make room for Botswana-owned businesses.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Morocco
As the drought continues, Israeli water start-ups set to showcase the latest solutions

Six Israeli start-ups specialising in drinking water and irrigation will be presenting their technologies at the end of May in Casablanca in front of ONEE, the Crédit Agricole du Maroc and the private group Lina Holding.

Subscribers only Business

Libya
Erdogan weighs up abandoning Dabaiba for Bashagha

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. © Vladimir Smirnov/Sputnik/KREM/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

The main mediator in the duel between Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Fathi Bashagha, his successor appointed by the Eastern Parliament, Ankara very discreetly hosted the latter on 30 April. Recep Tayyip Erdogan is increasingly uncomfortable with Dabaiba's hard line.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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