With local and regional elections eight months away and a presidential poll due in 2025, the Ivorian president is determined to bolster his majority. His RHDP party has launched a massive campaign to drum up support that is dealing unprecedented blows to two of his predecessors.
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The US firm and Kinshasa are currently in negotiations over the exploitation of methane in Lake Kivu to produce electricity. Symbion Power expects to start operations soon, despite no such project having been successfully implemented in the DRC to date.
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Energy The IMF is due to send a team to Kinshasa in the next few days to plan the continuation of its Extended Credit Facility arrangement with the DR Congo.
Several buyers of Sangocoin, the cryptocurrency launched by Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, are still waiting for it to go live. But first, laws need to be changed so that they can receive their promised purchase dividends, such as CAR passports.
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The recent appointment of Serigne Bassirou Guèye, a former prosecutor, as the new head of Senegal's anti-corruption agency has not been universally welcomed in the country's legal community. Some magistrates and lawyers fear his arrival will further weaken an institution already hobbled by limited powers.
An increasing number of potential candidates for the leadership of the UN's West Africa and Sahel regional office UNOWAS is being put forward.
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The shareholders of Kenya's main telecoms operator, which include the state, have agreed in principle to extend the tenure of its CEO Peter Ndegwa, with the reappointment linked to him continuing the group's international expansion.
The Ethiopian Prime Minister is using his current European tour to raise funds and secure Western support for his country as it enters a post-civil war period.
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Since 2018, the mine has been owned by Scott Pedzai Sakupwanya, a close associate of President Mnangagwa. Its closure, due to fatal accidents, deprives the ruling party of a key source of revenue ahead of this year's polls.
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Talks have resumed on getting Egypt to open up its airspace to European airlines. Meanwhile, Cairo is looking to develop its own low-cost carrier, a subsidiary of national flag-carrier EgyptAir, to cash in on an expected flood of tourists.
The East Mediterranean Gas Forum has picked French firm Mazars to audit its 2022 accounts.
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