The Libya Stabilisation Initiative meeting organised by Tripoli to get the crisis-recovery process back on track could lead elections slated for 24 December to be put off. Foreign minister Najla al-Mangoush is under pressure from prime minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba, who is in favour of such a postponement.
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In recent weeks, Cameroon's anglophone separatists have carried out a series of deadly ambushes against the Cameroonian army which have been on a bigger scale than anything yet seen since the start of the conflict five years ago.
With the Africa-France summit starting on 8 October, the French president is working behind the scenes on several key announcements. Foremost among them is the end in its current form of the Presidential Council for Africa.
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Diplomacy Loïc Folloroux and Fabrice Sawegnon, both linked to the presidential couple, are competitors in television as well as in the corridors of power, and their stations have got caught up in their tug-of-war.
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Business Keen not to be outdone by China in matters of military cooperation in Africa, the US Department of Defense is working on a programme to equip over a dozen maritime security agencies throughout the continent.
Discreetly but insistently, France is working with its Western and African partners to prevent the junta going into partnership with Russian paramilitary group Wagner. Meanwhile, ECOWAS, egged on by Macron, is considering slapping sanctions on Mali's new leaders.
The P&ID case will return on 10 November to a US appeals court, which must go right back to its roots to determine whether it can be tried in the United States.
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Energy Ghanaian oil junior Springfield E&P has formed a partnership with Sweden's Lundin family to bid against US group Kosmos for the stakes in the Jubilee and TEN fields held by the Anadarko group prior to its takeover by Occidental Petroleum.
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Director of Criminal Investigations George Kinoti has accepted the help of US federal officers to look into the port of Mombasa, a notorious hub for drugs destined for Europe and the US.
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The mining giant is building up its presence in Angola so as to make the most of its exploration licences.
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Mining The US tech mogul originally from Pretoria, Elon Musk, is working on bringing his services to southern Africa.
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Egypt isn't biding its time until the African Union's rotating chair passes to Senegal next year before soliciting its backing over Ethiopia's massive dam.
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Diplomacy The Moroccan employers' organisation CGEM is firing on all cylinders after the cancellation of two trade agreements with the European Union. CGEM's pointwoman for EU affairs, Abir Lemseffer, an acolyte of Prime Minister Aziz Akhannouch, has hired PR firm Open2Europe to craft Morocco's response.
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Business Despite raising concerns in Washington, President Kais Saied's coup has not called into question military cooperation between both countries. The Tunisian army is set to receive two Cessna aircraft transformed into spy planes by ATI Engineering Services and have its interoperability with its US counterpart strengthened.
