Ten years after Forafric was bought by Franco-Moroccan financier Yariv Elbaz, the group is fighting for survival. Its strategy of investing across the board, combined with opaque management, has plunged the company into debt that has reached alarming levels.
Rebel leaders Ali Darass and "General" Sembe Bobo will formalise the dissolution of their political and military movements at a ceremony scheduled for 10 July in Bangui, orchestrated by Central African President Faustin-Archange Touadéra.
While Yaoundé is increasing its efforts to attract international mining investors, the American company Tronox is discreetly eyeing Cameroonian rutile deposits and is considering buying the Australian junior Peak Minerals.
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Mining 
Bayo Bashir Ojulari, who has recently taken over at the helm of the Nigerian National Petroleum Co, will soon travel to Vienna to participate in the ninth edition of OPEC's international seminar.
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Energy Japan will hold its next Tokyo International Conference on African Development from 20 to 22 August in Yokohama, and Benin will be among the countries in the spotlight at the event.
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Diplomacy Karifa Condé, the new president of the Chambre des Mines de Guinée, was easily elected against Abdourahamane Diaby.
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Mining 
Former president Daniel arap Moi's heir has put an end to the truce in his relations with the head of state. While Ruto attacks the family's businesses, Moi is getting back in the political saddle.
The next joint exercise between Africa Command and the South African military is scheduled to take place in South Africa at the end of August. Discretion is required to avoid attracting the attention of the American authorities, whose diplomatic relations with Pretoria remain strained.
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Defence 
Mahmoud Al-Farjani, executive director of the NDA, which is part of Khalifa Haftar's LNA, meets with leading Qatari investors and a British lord to support major projects in eastern Libya.
