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Spotlight | DRC
Between AU and Fortescue, Tshisekedi determined to get Grand Inga off the ground

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Felix Tshisekedi. © Hayoung Jeon/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Numerous member states of the African Union have shown interest in taking part in the Grand Inga hydropower project while Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi an arrangement with Australian mining giant Fortescue Metals Group.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

The Continent

Africa
In wake of Covid-19, modular refineries pose further threat to Total's market share

With the public health crisis having already taken a toll on Total's sales of petroleum products on the continent this year, the spectre of competition from modular refineries is giving the major cause for further concern.

Free access Energy

Central Africa

DRC
US businessman Rubar Sandi gets busy with railways, roads, and solar farms

Entrepreneur Rubar Sandi made a fortune in Iraq after the US-led invasion in 2003. With the help of Indonesian authorities, he has now embarked on several major infrastructure projects in DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

DRC
NB Mining staff protest over unpaid salaries

De nombreux salariés de l'entreprise de services miniers congolaise NB Mining Africa ont manifesté à Lubumbashi devant le gouvernorat du Haut-Katanga, affirmant qu'ils subissent trois mois de retard de salaires.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Senegal
New oil minister Sophie Gladima is going to get on famously with Macky Sall and his oil and gas commitee

New minister of petroleum in Senegal Sophie Gladima. © Senegalese Ministry of Mines and Geology

The Senegalese president has decided to appoint a close associate, who is more of a technician than a politician, to the key oil ministry post. The oil and gas sector is going to be particularly important as the start of production at the Tortue and Sangomar fields approaches.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast, Mauritius
Air Côte d'Ivoire finances new plane in Mauritius

Air Côte d'Ivoire plans to finance the purchase of its next plane in Mauritius' offshore financial centre via a company called Cavally created on 28 October.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Mali
MINUSMA to build helicopter landing pad in Aguelhok

MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping force in Mali, is seeking to boost its air infrastructure with a new helicopter landing pad in the northeast, where it faces a growing threat of terror attacks.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Africa
French court to hear round one in Africanews sale case

On 9 November, the Paris court of Commerce will be examining the sale of Euronews's Africanews, to Sipromad, a company owned by French-Malagasy businessman Ylias Akbaraly.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenyatta resigned to prospect of Ruto or Odinga benefiting from Tullow's first oil

Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta. © Daniel Irungu/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Dragging their feet in responding to the injunctions of the government, the oil companies are at risk of being driven out of the country, which would very likely result in delays in developing the resources of Turkana.

Subscribers only Energy

China, Uganda
Beijing advertises Museveni-China relations as the February elections approach

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni (left) and Chinese president Xi Jinping met in Beijing in 2018. © Yan Yan/Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

Intent on protecting its numerous investments in Uganda, China is singing the praises of Yoweri Museveni, who will be seeking a new term in February 2021.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola, Portugal
The twelve labours of Lisbon to reconcile Lourenço and Bolsonaro

Portuguese diplomats have been mediating since the summer between the Brazilian president and his Angolan opposite number, who have clashed over the treatment reserved for a Brazilian evangelist group in Angola. This vexed issue is continuing to divide the community of Portuguese-speaking states.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Mozambique
Rio Tinto and US SEC in sparring match over expert witness testimonies

The SEC is moving to exclude expert witness testimony it believes unfairly favours Rio Tinto in its case against the mining giant over the $5.5bn raised to purchase and explore the failed Benga coal project in Mozambique.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya
Stephanie Williams to host latest round of Libyan peace talks at Four Seasons in Tunis

The 5-star Four Seasons hotel in Tunis will host a new round of Libyan negotiations on 9 November. © Four Seasons

The five-star hotel owned by the businessman Marouane Mabrouk has been chosen as the venue for the latest round of Libyan negotiations, which will once again be overseen by the American diplomat Stephanie Williams.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Algeria
Tahkout fights to remain in driving seat of student transport from behind bars

The season of tender calls for the transportation of Algerian students is once again under way, and though there have been no major changes, there have been a few surprises.

Subscribers only Business

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