Even as it prepares to implement the Great Lakes mineral certification scheme, the Ugandan government is still cashing in on the illicit trade of minerals in the country.
Some $43m is at stake in the multi-front war between M&P and Gabon's state-owned oil company. Libreville may have won round one, but its opponent is not giving up the fight yet.
On top of diplomatic and military aid to the Central African Republic, Rwanda has quietly been placing its pawns in the country's mining sector and has its sights set on various infrastructure projects. This economic entryism is made possible by a handful of advisors close to the CAR president.
A US court is investigating how Denis-Christel Sassou Nguesso's wife purchased a luxury apartment in Florida in 2012 but the son of the Congolese president is trying to have the trial suspended so he can reach an amicable settlement.
A Madrid court has locked into another tug-of-war with Malabo to force the nephew of the current vice-president to testify in Europe.
Countering Islamist insurgency in the Sahel is set to top the agenda when Faure Gnassingbé is received by Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace on 9 April. During his stay in Paris, the Togolese president is also scheduled to visit the Senate and the employers' group Medef.
The number of African cardinals in the Holy See keeps dropping, despite the pope's efforts to appoint more.
President João Lourenço has finally authorised parliament to ratify an internal security cooperation deal between Angola and Brazil that had languished for the past year and a half. The decision could mark the beginning of his reconciliation with Jair Bolsonaro.
Russia's ambassador in Maputo, Alexander Surikov, has been making discreet approaches to the Mozambican administration in a bid to revive economic and security cooperation between the two countries.
Wavel Ramkalawan's government plans to shortly amend legislation covering foreign companies, foundations and trusts to meet the tax policy demands of its foreign partners.
The construction and engineering firm will help build a huge array of turbines in Western Sahara owned by royal holding company Al Mada. Since its acquisition by the king's former steward, Zouhair Fassi Fehri, CMS's turnover has increased fortyfold.
Italy is determined to defend its interests in Libya, especially against Turkey, and so will back to the hilt Tripoli's efforts to reopen air links to the European Union.
