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In Focus | Qatar, Saudi Arabia, UAE
Gulf nations fall back on trading giants for food security

Salic CEO Sulaiman al-Rumaih (left) and Olam group CEO Sunny George Verghese. © Linkedin/SulaimanAlRumaih / Edgar Su/Reuters

Faced with a tense food situation and the lukewarm success of their agricultural projects in Africa, Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar have fallen back on commodities traders such as Louis Dreyfus and Olam. They are also using the traders' Dubai-based teams to help Egypt and other friendly nations struggling.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Central Africa

Congo
Finance Minister Andely under fire amid battle over oil revenues

Congo's Minister of Finance, Budget and Public Portfolio, Roger Rigobert Andely. © Twitter/finances_cg

Roger Rigobert Andely, the pointman in Congo for the IMF, is under pressure from powerful regime figures against the backdrop of a battle for control of financial and oil revenues. His detractors also point out that he has hired family members to work at his ministry.

Subscribers only Politics

Gabon
Laccruche's court case makes regime's praetorian guard uneasy

Cases against Ali Bongo's ex-chief of staff's chauffeur and aide de camp is creating waves within the Garde républicaine, which handles security for the president and his staff. The two men have been accused of doing things that have, over the years, become part of the unit's job.

Subscribers only Politics

DRC
Fortescue has eyes on Dan Gertler's former iron ore project

Australian Fortescue is developing a hydroelectric project for Kinshasa and has its sights set on an iron ore deposit owned until recently by Dan Gertler.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

West Africa

Mali
MINUSMA on the lookout for more attack helicopters

Weakened by serious shortfalls in its air capabilities, the staff of the UN mission in Mali is looking for countries that could provide it with helicopters, with Italy and the Netherlands in its sights.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Senegal
Dakar beefs up security on its brand new train line

Senegalese President Macky Sall during the inaugural journey of the Dakar-Diamniadio TER, 15 January 2019. © Macky Sall/Twitter

Anticipating problems on its new Dakar-Diamniadio railway, Senegal has decided to reinforce security along the line. Both an elite team of gendarmes and private companies have been called in.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Odinga and Ruto look to polls to guide election strategy

In the run-up to the general election, rival polling institutes and media outlets are churning out figures and predictions that are sometimes at odds with each other. These statistics are being scrutinised closely by the political parties to inform their campaign choices.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Tycoon Titus Nakuumba taps into Namibian minerals ambitions

Namibian businessman Titus Nakuumba. © Linkedin/Titus Nakuumba

The project for a new mining warehouse in the port city of Walvis Bay, led by businessman Titus Nakuumba, is about to be given the go-ahead. Windhoek is seeking to establish its ports as an alternative to its South African neighbour.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining

South Africa
ANC pushing to curb party funding law's transparency clauses

For over a year now political parties have been required to publish the names of their donors under the new Political Party Funding Act. The African National Congress, however, is uncomfortable with disclosing its supporters and plans to revise the law.

Subscribers only Politics

North Africa

Morocco
I24 News begins low-key operations after splashy launch

Patrick Drahi and Frank Meloul on 30 mai 2022 in Rabat, Morocco. © i24news

The party to mark the arrival of telecoms magnate Patrick Drahi's Israeli news channel I24 News got Moroccan high society's movers and shakers involved. For the time being, however, its operation in Morocco is small-scale.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Cepsa and Hakkar and Sonatrach still at daggers drawn

The Spanish oil group Cepsa has racked up a number of disputes with the Algerian state company Sonatrach, which Cepsa's new leadership is now hoping to put behind it.

Subscribers only Energy

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