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Spotlight | DRC
Glencore chief executive Ivan Glasenberg denies involvement in Katanga Mining's alleged misconduct

Glencore CEO Ivan Glasenberg. © ALEXANDRA WEY/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Ivan Glasenberg has been accused by Katanga Mining's American shareholders of having contributed to the management problems and publication of false information by the Glencore subsidiary operating the Kamoto copper mine. He claims, however, that he and Glencore have nothing to do with the affair.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Mali
Military determined to retain control of transitional parliament

Colonel Malick Diaw. © Life Tiemoko/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Following the formation of a new government on 5 October, Bamako is to set up a provisional parliament which the putschists are hoping to preside over.

Subscribers only Politics

Africa
African Union commissioner shortlist emerges

The panel led by the former PM of Cameroon has completed its shortlist of candidates for the next African Union Commission line-up.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Nigeria
ICSID issues verdict on Fabbri family's PanOcean dispute with Abuja

The years of fighting Nigeria's federal government and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp (NNPC) over the loss of its rights in Nigerian company PanOcean, have led the Italian Fabbri family nowhere.

Subscribers only Energy

Senegal
Turkish defence manufacturer Havelsan casts its net wide in Senegal

A delegation from the Turkish defence equipment manufacturer Havelsan travelled to Dakar last week for several days of meetings with the Senegalese army high command to discuss potential collaborations.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta issues ultimatum to Mogadishu

The Kenyan foreign secretary Raychelle Omamo has warned her Somalian counterpart that the Kenyan army will retaliate in the event of a further military incident on the countries' shared border.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Horn of Africa, South Sudan
GERD: Egypt and Ethiopia kowtow to South Sudan

The GERD dam (Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam), a source of tension between Addis Ababa and Cairo. © Yirga Mengistu/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

Cairo and Addis Ababa, engaged in a bitter diplomatic squabble over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), are each seeking to win over as many countries as possible in the Nile Basin. South Sudan is currently the centre of their attention.

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South Sudan, Sudan
How the Emirates sidelined Qatar from the Sudanese peace process

The peace accord between Darfur rebels and Khartoum, though sponsored by Qatar, was signed not in Doha but in Juba. The Emiratis, who are actively rebuilding their networks in Sudan, were behind this latest diplomatic setback for Qatar.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
Cash-strapped Mnangagwa takes on copper thieves

Amid a surge in copper theft from public infrastructure Harare has abruptly stopped granting copper sales permits and will only resume issuing them once the recent law amendment, which plans to tighten licensing rules and increase the punishment of offenders, is implemented.

Subscribers only Mining

India, Mozambique
Firmly anchored in Mozambique, India's ONGC, Bharat and Oil India snubbed by rest of continent

New Delhi has struggled to make its mark on African oil exploration and production everywhere but Mozambique, where three Indian firms are going from strength to strength.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Libya, Turkey
Erdogan holds Turkish-Libyan trade forum amid power cuts in Tripoli

In Libya, many cities, such as the capital Tripoli, suffer from long power cuts. © Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

The DEIK-sponsored trade fair to be held in mid-October in Istanbul will open up opportunities for Turkish companies to shore up the government of Fayez Sarraj, with the restoration of the electricity supply in the capital being a particular priority.

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Algeria
Ambassador Salah Lebdioui to miss out on Paris farewell dinner?

Hastily recalled to Algiers at the beginning of September against a backdrop of Franco-Algerian tensions, the ambassador Salah Lebdioui is unsure as to whether he will be to accept an invitation from the think tank ADAPes to a debate and dinner on 21 October.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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