Not everyone within the Doha-based Gas Exporting Countries Forum is happy with the pressure group's results, especially its African member states, who are now considering a run for the top seat.
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The ailing British junior has gone into survival mode to ensure it doesn't default or pierce its debt ceiling.
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A proposal from former presidential candidate Noël Tshiani to allow only candidates with a Congolese father and mother to run for president has caused a public outcry in the DRC. It has also brought an angry reaction from the new party of former Katangan goveror Moïse Katumbi, who is thought to be part-Italian.
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Just as a Togolese army delegation meets Emirati defence industry contractors, foreign minister Robert Dussey and his team are working to strengthen relations between Togo and Turkey, with economic and security benefits in mind.
Bruno Le Maire went to Ivory Coast last month to bang the drum for French business. His trip sped up the attribution of a vast contract to improve the road between Abidjan and San Pedro, the world's busiest cocoa port.
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Business On 9 June, Emmanuel Macron will host a small defence council at the Elysée Palace to discuss France's military cooperation with Mali.
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The Canadian junior is unable to explore its gold, copper and zinc project in northern Ethiopia because of the conflict there. Its boss recently met with mining authorities in neighbouring Sudan, which is riding high after the lifting of US sanctions and good news from the recent Paris conference on African economies.
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Mining Wallace Karia's broadcasting deal with the Bakhresa Group will redistribute rights to local clubs and should thus ease the clubs' criticism of the football federation.
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Business Rwanda Finance, the state entity behind Kigali's new financial centre, is ramping up efforts to convince investors to settle in Rwanda. Even though the official launch was postponed again, the agency has been setting up bilateral meetings.
France is equipping the Ethiopian navy with two Sillinger boats in a bid to capture a share of the market for its shipyards. Ethiopia does not have an access to the sea, but it hopes to house its fleet in a port in Eritrea or Djibouti.
The former French president played no direct part in the process of normalising relations between France and Rwanda, which was finalised by Emmanuel Macron at the end of May. He nevertheless acted as a knowledgeable and consulted "observer" throughout the negotiation process.
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Brazil has proposed Marcelo Crivella, ex-mayor of Rio and a leading figure in the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God, for the post of ambassador to South Africa.
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Diplomacy After an encouraging trip to Paris, President Filipe Nyusi is hoping French and Portuguese leaders will supply military vehicles.
The Austrian businessman Gerhard Weiser, who planned to build a gigantic hydrotherapy centre in El Khbayet, in the stronghold of Ennahda boss Rached Ghannouchi, has thrown in the towel. Turkish firm Hattusa is working to take over the project, with the help of development minister Ali Kooli.
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