A new anticorruption watchdog is digging into the details of a Kabila-era deal that tasked Chinese firms Sinohydro and WIETC with renovating N'Djili airport.
Behind the scenes, Nouakchott has been rallying influential supporters to back its candidacy in the upcoming election for the AU education commissioner seat.
Given that problems at mines in the east of the country are often linked to the armed forces, the installation of military governments in Nord Kivu and Ituri is a source of concern.
The new leader in N'Djamena, also known by the name "Kaka" - grandmother in Chadian Arabic - can draw on a strong network of well-connected Chadians in the African Union.
Rima Le Coguic will be soon stepping down as the Africa director of the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) after two years in the job.
Norwegian-UAE firm Petronor and the Senegalese state have to wait another year before they hear the outcome of their dispute handed by the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID).
The Burkina Faso authorities have put an end to a source of tension with mining firms active in the country: arrears on value added tax (VAT).
Defence contractors RMGS and Apogee-SSU are bidding for a contract with the Kenya Air Force, which is undergoing a major transformation following the recent acquisition of a number of aircraft. The winning contractor will be funded by the United States to enhance security cooperation between the two states.
President Ismail Omar Guelleh is due to be sworn in on 15 May for a fifth term in office after the constitutional court validates the results of the election held on 9 April. We understand that IOG will shortly thereafter reshuffle some of the lesser seats in his cabinet.
Botswana is becoming increasingly attractive to the solar energy sector and battery-metal mining juniors. Among the latest to be lured by its opportunities is Vigor Group, based in neighbouring Namibia.
TechnipFMC, the French major subcontractor on its vast gas project that is now in limbo, have hired a group of firms to take down and remove the infrastructure still in Palma.
Madagascar's national airline has three main planes and only one is working.
Groupe Bourouag Construction has been picked to finish a hospital build near Constantine that had been started by a Canadian firm then put on ice for ten years, further growing the company's presence in the health sector.