The British-Dutch major is trying to sell its onshore business to concentrate on larger offshore fields.
In a sign of its growing interest in Africa, the Israeli cyberintelligence firm Rayzone Group presented its interception and cybersecurity systems to a visiting delegation from the DRC recently, a few weeks after prospecting for business in Ghana and Ivory Coast.
While President Bongo is busy travelling to foreign capitals, in Saudi Arabia, Scotland and Morocco just a few days ago and this week in France, back at home a small team has been busy auditing foreign companies carrying out state contracts, and fining those who are not on schedule.
The democratic opposition withdrew from the 'republican dialogue' peace talks last week, after a move by the president of the National Assembly to waive the parliamentary immunity of three of its leaders. This falls at the precise moment that President Touadera is seeking funding for the talks.
The action brought by BSGR against George Soros, which has now been voluntarily abandoned, was a key element in Beny Steinmetz's legal strategy against Vale.
The former adviser to Manuel Valls at Matignon notably supervised the French operator's integration within the French Development Agency (AFD)
The fate of the corporate intelligence firm Livingstone & Co is up in the air following the sudden death of its founder, former Financial Times journalist Mark Huband, last week.
With its neighbour Ethiopia threatening to descend into chaos, Djibouti placed its gendarmerie and national police on high alert on 2 November.
Last week's expulsion of Amisom's number two is a reflection of the struggle for influence between the African Union and the Somali government over the future of the peacekeeping mission.
The war between Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and Patriarch Theodore II of Alexandria over Ukraine, which has been ongoing since 2019, has spread to the African continent. Theodore II, with whom Moscow has broken all ties, controls all Orthodox churches on the continent.
At the initiative of the United States, new asset freezes and travel bans could soon target those parties seeking to impede the elections scheduled - theoretically - for 24 December. Initially, these measures would not target the country's political heavyweights.
Ichrak Moubsit, head of communications at the Moroccan agriculture ministry since 2009, has followed Aziz Akhannouch and become de facto head of his private office. She was the only adviser to go with him to the COP26 in Glasgow.
