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Spotlight | Mozambique
Total, Société Générale, TechnipFMC... French groups reign supreme in LNG

Total's arrival in Mozambique in September 2019, which marked a high point in France's efforts to establish its presence in the southern African country, was only the cherry on the cake of a wider-ranging campaign in which French banks and companies were already heavily involved.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Former deputy mines minister takes control of Banro's ill-starred Namoya gold deposit

Victor Kasongo Shomary, when he was deputy minister of mines. © Reuters

Shomka Resources, the company which has just acquired Congo's Namoya gold mine from Canada's Banro group, is headed by Victor Kasongo Shomary, a former deputy mines minister during the presidency of Joseph Kabila.

Subscribers only Mining

Congo
Jean-Yves Ollivier's Russian alliance scares off foundation partners

Businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier heads the Fondation Brazzaville. © Gilles BASSIGNAC / Divergence

Now associated with a Putin associate's research institute, French businessman Jean-Yves Ollivier's Brazzaville Foundation is keen to offer its mediation services to Libya's warring factions. But the new partnership is prompting the departure of Ollivier's scientific allies in the fight against contraband drugs.

Subscribers only Politics

France, Gabon
Will France continue to be Bongo's preferred partner in eavesdropping ?

Long a key component of France's low-key but continuing electronic intelligence cooperation with Gabon, Ali Bongo's eavesdropping service is struggling to adapt to Libreville's new political landscape.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Nigeria
P&ID affair: VR Advisory Services tries to avoid further questioning by Nigeria over $9bn compensation award

Cayman Islands-registered asset manager VR Advisory Services, which has a 25% stake in the capital of P&ID, has asked an American court to quash the summons with which it has been served in its $9bn legal dispute with Nigeria over a failed LNG project.

Subscribers only Energy

Nigeria
Death of oligarch Alhaji Attom deprives Norinco of a key partner in Nigeria

The death of Baram group head Alhaji Gujja Attom could lead to a shake-up in the Nigerian defence sector, where he was the agent of Chinese giant Norinco.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

India, Somalia
New Delhi chooses Daallo Airlines to operate air bridge

The Indian foreign ministry has called in the small Djiboutian company Daallo Airlines to repatriate Indian citizens stranded in Mogadishu.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Luxembourg, Mauritius
Luxembourg wants to make the most of EU's red flag for Mauritius

Now that the European Union has decided to blacklist Mauritius over money laundering and terrorist financing concerns, Luxembourg sees an opportunity to attract financial flows destined for Africa.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

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