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Spotlight | Angola, UAE
Dubai vies to keep grip on Angolan diamonds

The Dubai Diamond Exchange currently handles 90% of diamonds produced in Angola, and it wants things to stay that way. It is taking steps it hopes will prevent Luanda's mining sector reforms from reducing its market share.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa

DRC
Tshisekedi's advisors wade into Albert Yuma affair

Albert Yuma Mulimbi, President of the Federation of Businesses of Congo (FEC). © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

Several members of Félix Tshisekedi's entourage are implicated in the controversy surrounding the re-election of the president of the Fédération des entreprises du Congo.

Subscribers only Business

Gabon
Bonus scheme changes create dissent in the ranks at the economy ministry

New Gabonese finance minister Nicole Janine Roboty. © Ministère de l'économie et de la relance du Gabon

Nicole Janine Roboty, who replaced economy minister Jean-Marie Ogandaga on 9 December, has inherited an explosive situation among staff at the ministry's various department. Tax and customs staff are in battle mode after having had their bonuses indexed on the amount of money they recover for the state.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Ghana
ENI, Tullow and Aker mediate between state giant GNPC and its subsidiary GNGC

Operators active in Ghana could play a decisive role in the state-owned GNPC's battle with its gas branch GNGC over the country's natural gas resources.

Subscribers only Energy

Mali
TR Equipement supplies new Aeraccess drones to Malian army

A Hawker Q800x observation drone. © TR Equipement

TR Equipement recently supplied Aeraccess observation drones to the Malian armed forces and is also working with Dronengel to train local personnel, thereby promoting a trio of French security firms on the back of Malian funding.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Ivory Coast
After Zimbabwe, B2Gold sets its sights on Ivorian gold

The booming Ivorian gold sector has succeeded in attracting a new player that is already well known in African mining circles: Canada's B2Gold Corp.

Subscribers only Mining

Ivory Coast
Sarkozy to be guest of honour at Ouattara's inauguration

Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara and his then outgoing French counterpart Nicolas Sarkozy in May 2012. © Frédéric Dugit/PhotoPQR/Le Parisien/MaxPPP

French former president Nicolas Sarkozy is due in Abidjan on 14 December to attend the swearing-in of newly re-elected Alassane Ouattara

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa, Portugal
Aga Khan smooths over gaps in Portuguese diplomacy

Prince Shah Karim al-Husaini, better known as the Aga Khan. © Andy Rain/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Influential in Lisbon and Maputo, Nazim Ahmad, the Aga Khan's top diplomat, is weighing in on resolving the conflict in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

East Africa, Mauritius, Southern Africa
Luxury safari industry expands its base camp in Mauritius

As the countries of southern and eastern Africa look to resurrect their ailing tourist industries, a leading player in high-end safaris in Africa, Wilderness Safaris, is increasingly using Mauritius as a launchpad for its business ventures.

Subscribers only Business

Rwanda
Ex-Barclays boss Bob Diamond's bank calls it quits on Rwandan venture

Once a favourite with the government, Atlas Mara, owned by former Barclays boss Bob Diamond, has pulled out of Banque populaire du Rwanda.

Free access Finance, Business

South Sudan, Sudan
Hemeti and Kiir's quid pro quo on dealing with their enemies

South Sudan's president and the number two in Sudan's Sovereign Council are both troubled by a warlord who has taken refuge in the other's country. The two leaders have been working on a quid pro quo solution.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Ex-Jirama directors caught up in anti-corruption net

Antananarivo's anti-corruption unit has secured the arrest of several former top managers at the national electricity supplier Jirama, including the man whom its current CEO Vonjy Andriamanga wanted to appoint as his number two. But the affair has also drawn in the consortium SMTP owned by the industrialist Danil Ismaël.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics

North Africa

Tunisia
Tight battle for leadership of strategic Tunisia-Algeria chamber of commerce

The chairman of the Tunis stock exchange and a business lawyer are in the running for the top job at the CTACI, which has been growing in influence as its network expands.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
El Amine Gard dethrones Vigil Grup in Hassi Messaoud

Nothing seems to be going the way of Vigil Grup, the security firm owned by the retired Republican Guard colonel Ahmed Assassi.

Subscribers only Business

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