Though under US sanctions imposed in mi-2020 due to his ties with President Emmerson Mnangagwa, Kuda Tagwirei is still very much in business through a galaxy of companies in Zimbabwe, South Africa and Mauritius.
The drastic reduction in air and sea trade caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on the distributors of fuel for aircraft and boats.
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Terra Mining came to an agreement with Gecamines to determine the potential of two cobalt and copper permits in Haut-Katanga. The company is based in Bulgaria but run by Ukrainian and Israeli businessmen, some of whom are already very active in the DRC.
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Mining The South African junior is eagerly awaiting validation of a financial agreement negotiated under the former government last year. Two of its signatories have in the meantime become ministers.
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The London listing that Africa's largest gold producer is seeking shareholder approval for on 25 May will involve a new financial set-up. The group led by Sébastien de Montessus has already created a new holding company in London that is expected to absorb its current parent company in the Cayman Islands if the London listing goes ahead.
Germany is stepping up its contribution to the fight against violent extremism in the Sahel by equipping the Malian army with some 30 Puma M36 armoured vehicles acquired from South Africa's OTT Technologies. This €15m endowment is part of a plan to strengthen the armed forces put in place by the National Transitional Council.
Djibouti's president is set to be inaugurated on Saturday, after an election boycotted by most of the opposition. France is sending junior foreign minister Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne to represent it at the ceremony.
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Diplomacy Joe Biden's new special envoy to the Horn of Africa, an expert on the Arab world, has embarked on a tour of the region taking expert Payton Knopf along with him.
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Diplomacy Sudan, whose federalism has until now remained largely theoretical, is working to grant fiscal and budgetary autonomy to a set of newly drawn regions. This is one of the projects that Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok plans to present to donors next week in Paris.
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Politics Dennis Hranitzky, the US lawyer DP World hired to obtain an exequatur in the United States on several arbitration rulings made against Djibouti, is up against a wall.
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Business President Yoweri Museveni wants an utterly splendid inauguration on 12 May and is personally overseeing the planning.
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The European Union wants to strengthen its training of the Libyan coastguard, which has been somewhat neglected in recent years, and to stop Turkey using its links with Tripoli to increase migratory pressure on the continent's doorstep.
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Diplomacy After six years of consultations, the Tunisian army has put in an order for 500 Magirus 4x4 and 6x6 trucks from Iveco for a total of €62m.
Niger's new president, Mohamed Bazoum, is expected in Algiers this month to hold talks with his Algerian counterpart, Abdelmadjid Tebboune.
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