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Spotlight | Benin, Rwanda, Sahel
Rwanda readies to deploy troops to northern Benin

Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) soldiers on mission in Mozambique, July 2021. © Simon Wohlfahrt/AFP

In the utmost secrecy, Kigali and Cotonou have entered the final phase of negotiations for the deployment of several hundred Rwandan soldiers to northern Benin, a part of the Sahel region that has been seeing a spike in jihadist activity.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
Sassou's enigmatic adviser, rising star Françoise Joly, helps cement Brazzaville-Ankara ties

Denis Sassou Nguesso's adviser, Françoise Joly. © Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service/EPA/MaxPPP

President Denis Sassou Nguesso's international affairs adviser, on matters such as Russia and the UAE, partly organised his Turkish holiday. Her rising influence has been the subject of much speculation in Brazzaville and led to a new equilibrium within his first circle.

Subscribers only Politics

Cameroon, Chad, Niger, United Kingdom
London to boost security cooperation in Lake Chad region

The UK is outlining a new military cooperation programme for Cameroon, Chad, Niger and Nigeria, dubbed the Lake Chad Support Framework. It aims to increase British influence on security projects largely dominated by the EU and the AU, and to try to stem growing Russian influence in the region.

Subscribers only Defence

Sao Tome and Principe
Shell/Galp's drilling on block 6 may kickstart negotiations over block 4

The offshore field in Sao Tomé has recently become a hotspot for oil companies eagerly awaiting the results of drilling on block 6. If drilling is successful, negotiations over block 4, contested by ERHC, Kosmos and TotalEnergies, may resume.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Niger
Showdown between oil minister Abba and China's CNPC continues unabated

Used to more conciliatory relations under former president Mahammadu Issoufou's rule, oil major China National Petroleum Corp is not being given any special treatment by Niger's current hydrocarbons minister Mahamane Sani Mahamadou, aka Abba, who is hard-set on setting aside jobs in the industry for locals.

Subscribers only Energy

Burkina Faso
Néré Mining rocked by shareholders' dispute

After the Karma gold mine was raided once again by attackers on 20 August, forcing owner Néré Mining to temporarily halt its extraction operations, the firm's deputy managing director Stefan Maré was fired by its co-founders Grégory Quérel and Elie Justin Ouédraogo.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Spike in violence looms in the east amid Beja unrest

Separatist Beja rebels are threatening to take up arms to further their cause, prompting junta leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to dig in his heels about talks.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Namibia
Rio Tinto faces double-or-quits choice over Kalahari copper

While Namibian Kalahari is now attracting miners in search of copper deposits, the Anglo-Australian giant will have to decide whether to continue its investments or sell its myriad exploration permits in the area.

Subscribers only Mining

Inner circle | South Africa
How key ANC body steers South Africa's foreign policy

Lindiwe Zulu, chairperson of the ANC foreign policy sub-committee. © SOPA/Zuma Wire/Alamy Live News

At its conference in December, delegates from the ruling party will vote on a range of new national measures. Led by Lindiwe Zulu, the ANC's powerful international relations sub-committee is once again set to impose its will on the executive, with implications for Israel, Russia and Western Sahara.

Free access Politics

North Africa

Libya
NOC and Tripoli prepare response to ex-Gaddafi communicator in Paris

A French court has ruled that the National Oil Corp (NOC) is an extension of the Libyan state, opening the way for the country's creditors to seize state assets. But Tripoli is planning a counterattack based on arbitration fraud claims.

Subscribers only Business

Egypt, Ethiopia
Egypt's desalination plant projects are running dry

As Ethiopia continues to fill the GERD dam, threatening as it does so to reduce the flow of the Nile River, Egypt is looking to diversify its water supply. But these projects are still marginal, and plans for desalination plants have been scaled back due to the economic crisis.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Libya
Khalifa Haftar reboots seven free zone projects, seeks foreign investors

The Benghazi authorities affiliated with Khalifa Haftar are reactivating seven free zone projects in the hope of attracting investment to the Cyrenaica region.

Subscribers only Business

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