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In Focus | Nigeria
The latest secrets of a $10bn legal scandal between Abuja and London

Illustration: Julien Pacaud © Photomontage - R. Necati Aslim/Anadolu via AFP ; Y. Sarfaraz/NurPhoto via AFP ; H. Nicholls/AFP ; P. Utomi Ekpei/AFP

Africa Intelligence can reveal how the offshore company P&ID sought to obstruct British justice. A key witness in the alleged corruption of Nigerian officials in order to obtain a major natural gas contract remained silent after being offered money.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Central Africa

Central African Republic
European Centre for Electoral Support helps with Central African elections

Employees of the national agency for elections in Bangui, 30 July 2023. © Barbara Debout/AFP

Based in Brussels, ECES, the European Union's regular technical support provider for African elections, is supporting the National Elections Authority ahead of forthcoming polls.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

West Africa

Nigeria
Billionaire Gilbert Chagoury's shadow looms over new NNPC chair

The logo of the Nigerian oil company in Abuja, August 2022. © Afolabi Sotunde/Reuters

Ahmadu Musa Kida, who has been appointed chairman of Nigeria's national oil company, has multiple connections with Lebanese-Nigerian tycoon Gilbert Chagoury, a close ally of Bola Tinubu. Kida sits on various boards of the latter's companies.

Subscribers only Energy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia
Oromo opposition cornered by government

The recent rapprochement between the two Oromo opposition parties has failed to lead to a breakthrough for the OLF and OFC. The Ethiopian government secretly orchestrated this alliance in the hopes of mobilising public opinion in the Oromia region.

Subscribers only Politics

South Sudan
Tension and violence forces Chinese major Sinopec to head for the exit

The upsurge in fighting in oil-producing areas of the country is causing major disruption to Chinese investors, who are now busy reorganising their operations from Beijing.

Subscribers only Energy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Start-up delay confirmed for new state oil company SANPC

A number of obstacles have stood in the way of the South African National Petroleum Co, an entity that suffers in particular from a lack of funding.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Algeria
Algiers' tough terms for importing coffee

State-owned companies are trying to secure large quantities of coffee amid soaring prices, but international traders are cautious about the strings attached.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Morocco
Mohammed VI launches cosmetics brand in Amsterdam

The king's marocMaroc opened its first shop in the Dutch capital at the beginning of March. He's had a store in Paris since 2022.

Subscribers only Business

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