The African Union's member states have been tyring to get the commission to shake up its human resources department following a string of damning reports but so far to little avail.
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Economist Carlos Lopes, who is at once a senior international civil servant, an economy professor and a consultant, is trying to help Arise IIP to develop industrial zones in Africa without crossing swords with the international financial institutions
The president is expected to revoke the 2018 settlement with South African oil firm Dig Oil and go back to court.
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Energy The Russian foreign ministry cherishes its relations with the International Civil Defence Organisation, whose member states are due to gather in Abidjan in October.
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Diplomacy The agricultural business interests of the national electoral commission's chairman had suffered under the measures taken by Washington.
Sierra Leone president Julius Maada Bio is ready to compete with its bauxite-producing neighbour Guinea as Supreme Minerals promises it will be able to start exporting from its new mine by 2023.
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Mining The French government is fostering its ties with Nigeria's captains of industry, and in particular Herbert Wigwe, who recently announced that his bank would open a Paris branch.
The Dutch shipyard has been contracted to deliver three military logistics ships to the Senegalese navy, even though two rival Turkish firms were favourites for the business. These ships could help improve the army's deployments in the insurgent province of Casamance.
Despite attempts by their entourage to bring them together, the dividing lines between former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo and his successor are getting clearer.
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Former Tanzanian head of state Jakaya Kikwete, who was sidelined during the presidency of John Magufuli, has become an unofficial adviser to new president Samia Suluhu Hassan. He has been pressing for China Merchants' giant Bagamoyo port project, blocked under Magufuli, to resume.
By contesting a decision taken by the gaming authority in the Western Cape, casino and hotels giant Tsogo Sun has won a legal victory but has also forced the province to review its gaming legislation.
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Business 
With attempts by migrants to cross the Mediterranean from Libya on the increase and the European Union trying to set up its migration controls ever further from its own borders, Libya's coast guards are facing all kinds of pressures, from Libyans and foreign governments alike.
Foued Othman, adviser to transport minister Moez Chakchouk, is to move to the ports and merchant marine office. His job will be to ensure that the partial privatisation planned for the port of Rades is carried out, enabling it to receive a $330m grant from the US's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC).
Libyan army chief of staff Mohamed Al Haddad is due to travel to Moscow on 10 July 10 for a five-day visit.
