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Spotlight | Libya
Erdogan gives Sarraj a boost, as talks with Mohammed VI drag

A meeting of representatives of eastern and western Libya, hosted by Mohammed VI in Morocco on 6 and 7 September, failed to reach an agreement on how to replace the Government of National Accord, whom Turkey has pledged to save with military aide.

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Central Africa

DRC, Israel, United States
Tshisekedi has second thoughts after jumping first to support US-Israeli peace plan

President of the Democratic Republic of Congo Félix Tshisekedi. © Cyril Ndegeya / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

As Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner strives to win support for his Israeli peace plan in the Middle East and Africa, Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi, the only African head of state to have come out publicly in favour of the plan, is nowdragging his feet.

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DRC
After dismal half-year in copper, China's Pengxin joins the world's cobalt producers

While the first half of 2020 was marked with a fall in profits and drop in copper production for Chinese group Pengxin, the cobalt project it had been preparing for years in the DRC finally got off the ground.

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Presidential election: Ouattara bolsters his Praetorian Guard

Ivory Coast's President Alassane Ouattara © LEGNAN KOULA/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The country is on high alert as the election approaches, prompting the Ivorian president to bring his elite units to the fore.

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Ivory Coast
Schlumberger uses Covid-19 to justify ditching Ivorian subsidiary

After neglecting the country for years, Schlumberger has finally pulled the plug on its Ivory Coast activities, blaming the global health crisis.

Free access Energy

Ivory Coast
The long road to Hamed Bakayoko's re-election as freemason-in-chief

Ivorian Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko © Reuters

The prime minister is soon due to be sworn in for a second term as head of the Grande Loge de Côte d'Ivoire. His re-election was the culmination of more than a year of careful planning.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Somalia, United States
Washington drives Somalian troops, under Turkey's nose

The United States are preparing to deliver nearly 100 light transport and combat vehicles to the Somalian army to help it fight the Al-Shabaab movement. It is also a way to counter the growing influence of Turkey - and its Qatari ally - in the East African country.

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