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Spotlight | Chad
Savannah wins arbitration battle after junta blocks Exxon asset takeover

The Chadian authorities, unhappy with the conditions under which the US major ExxonMobil left the country, are preventing Savannah Energy from resuming operations on the Doba oil deposits. Savannah has referred the case to the International Chamber of Commerce in Paris.

Free access Energy, Politics

The Continent

Africa
Football bosses in final stage of picking CAN 2025 host nation

CAF is due to decide next month on which country will host the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations, with Morocco seen as favourite. The confederation is also expected to decide on the host country for the 2027 and 2029 editions.

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Central Africa

DRC
$42m dispute between SCTP and Agemi

In dispute with the Congolese public infrastructure company SCTP since 2015, the construction company Agemi has embarked on a legal battle to enforce a ruling handed down in February by the Matadi court of appeal.

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West Africa

Nigeria
Oil minister Timipre Sylva plays the long game

The secretary of state for petroleum resources Timipre Sylva in Abu Dhabi on September 2019. © Karim Sahib / AFP

The secretary of state for petroleum resources and former governor of Bayelsa has every intention of remaining influential after the February presidential election and can leverage a significant network in the oil-rich Niger Delta region to make sure he does.

Subscribers only Energy

Niger
Spanish defence minister Margarita Robles due in Niamey

Spanish Minister of Defence Margarita Robles is due to make an official one-day visit to Niamey on 11 January, during which she will meet her counterpart, Alkassoum Indattou, and Niger's President, Mohamed Bazoum.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
World Bank stumps up funds to tackle rising poverty

The financial institution has approved significant funding to revive agriculture in Uganda. Productivity has stagnated in recent years and tangibly affected the general standard of living.

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Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen frustrated in his Okavango tourism plans

The Botswanan authorities are seeking in the public interest to oblige the potential buyer of two luxury lodges to cede 30% of the shares to local operators.

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South Africa
South African customs to investigate Russian arms deliveries

The Russian ship Lady R. docks at Simon's Town naval base near Cape Town on 7 December 2022. © Esa Alexander / Reuters

In the coming days the South African Revenue Service (SARS) is due to launch an inquiry to ascertain what military equipment was delivered in early December to Simon's Town by the Russian ship Lady R.

Subscribers only Defence

North Africa

Morocco
Rabat's heavyweight Davos delegation

Africa's fifth largest economy, which aims to decarbonise its economy by 2050, will turn up in force this month at the World Economic Forum's annual meeting.

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Algeria
Ailing big guns of Bouteflika era languish in prison

Djamel Ould Abbes, former secretary-general of the National Liberation Front (FLN) during the parliamentary election campaign in Algiers, 11 April 2017. © Nabil/APP/MaxPPP

The former FLN secretary-general Djamel Ould Abbès, who is serving an 8-year prison sentence, is experiencing serious health problems and was recently hospitalised. He joins several senior figures of the old regime who are also in prison and in poor health.

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