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Spotlight | Morocco
Compagnie minière de Touissit boss in firing line of forex regulator

Congolese buisinessman Luc Gérard Nyafé in Kinshasa, DRC, on 20 April 2021. © Ashley Gilbertson/VII/REDUX-REA

The Office des Changes is investigating Luc Gérard Nyafé over CMT's failure to repatriate 2023 income from Glencore, its main client.

Free access Mining

Central Africa

Central African Republic
First setback for Bancroft in Bangui

An employee of the private US security company was briefly arrested and interrogated by the police, with the involvement of Russian paramilitaries, in the Central African capital.

Subscribers only Defence

Cameroon
Siemens, Safran and Meridiam due in Yaoundé for EU showcase

The European Union intends to use Cameroon's Promote trade fair later this month to showcase its commercial ambitions.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business, Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea, Liberia
Billionaire Robert Friedland in Monrovia to talk railway access with Joseph Boakai

Joseph Boakai addresses the joint chambers of the National Legislature in Monrovia, Liberia, on 29 January 2024. © Ahmed Jallanzo/EPA/MaxPPP

The US-Canadian mining magnate is to meet with Liberia's new president. The main topic of discussion will be access to the railway linking the Nimba mining area to the port of Buchanan. But ArcelorMittal remains eager to retain the monopoly it has on that strategic route.

Subscribers only Mining, Diplomacy

Inner circles | Senegal
Presidential candidates court top echelons of Mouride brotherhood

Pilgrims at the Great Mosque of Touba on 25 September 2021, the day before the Grand Magal of the Mourides. © Carmen Abd Ali/AFP

Mountakha Bassirou Mbacké, the head of Senegal's powerful Muslim Mouride brotherhood, and his inner circle are trying to ease political tensions sparked by the abrupt postponement of the presidential election, initially scheduled for this month.

Subscribers only Politics

Senegal
ECOWAS Commission chief takes hard line against Macky Sall

The president of the Economic Community of West African States Commission, Omar Touray, has adopted a tough stance following the announcement by the Senegalese leader Macky Sall on 3 February that his country's presidential election was being postponed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Ruto struggles to find new jobs for his allies

Dozens of the president's supporters reckon they merit government posts, far more than the number available. Only the most powerful are likely to prevail.

Subscribers only Politics

Kenya
Treasury under IMF pressure to settle outstanding contractor bills

The government has for the past two decades been racking up debts to its contractors. The situation has now become untenable and must be addressed if Kenya is to benefit from the next tranche of IMF aid.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Lourenço and spymaster Miala overhaul military intelligence

Angolan president João Lourenço in Luanda on 25 January 2024. © Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/Pool via Reuters

With the help of his ever-loyal head of internal intelligence, the Angolan president has embarked on a restructuring of the intelligence services and extended the powers of the SISM.

Subscribers only Defence

North Africa

Libya
Paris launches new plan to end Libya's divisions

France is overseeing a series of wide-ranging consultations in an attempt to find a way out of Libya's political logjam. The aim of these inter-Libyan talks is to relaunch the organisation of elections.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

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