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Spotlight | Mali
Tensions sky-high between Washington and Paris over MINUSMA

Chadian peacekeepers stand guard at the Minusma peacekeeping base in Kidal, Mali, July 22, 2015. REUTERS/Adama Diarra

There is a battle raging behind the scenes within the UN's MINUSMA. The United States wants to place its candidate at the head of the peacekeeping mission while cutting personnel numbers - both measures Paris deems unacceptable.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
Olive Energy boss Ahmed Ouenes reinforces ties with Ominga and SNPC

The geologist, who lives in the United States, has been looking to expand in the two Congos in recent years, mainly through contracts with the two state-owned companies SNPC and Sonahydroc.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Convalescent Gon Coulibaly still RHDP's only presidential candidate

Ivorian prime minister Amadou Gon Coulibaly. © Reuters

The Ivorian prime minister, who left Paris's La Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in the evening of 7 May, is set to return to Abidjan at the end of May and to be declared the RHDP's presidential candidate sometime in June.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Lake Albert: CNOOC willing to share Tullow Oil assets with Total

The Chinese major has already made its decision: it has no intention of leaving the way clear for its French rival.

Subscribers only Energy

Kenya
Kenyatta contacts help Ergon Solar push forward on Kisumu solar plant

The renewable energy producer Ergon Solar drew on the contacts of its vice president Alberto Soprani among Kenya's presidential clan to push forward with its solar power plant in Kenya.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Southern Africa and islands

DRC, Zambia
China's CNMC bids to become central player in Copperbelt

Active for a long time in copper production in Zambia and the DRC, China's CNMC is now investing resources in becoming a key operator in trading and mining services.

Subscribers only Mining

Mozambique
Multi-sector contractor CADG expands presence in the skies over Cabo Delgado

On 24 April, the Helix intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft operated by its South African sister company Ultimate Aviation was spotted on the ground at Pemba airport. © CADG

In late April, defence and engineering service group CADG sent up several of its reconnaissance aircraft over the province of Cabo Delgado, which has become a battleground for private sector operators since the beginnng of the insurrection in 2017.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Mozambique
Lionel Dyck's private military, anti-poaching contracts collide

The Dyck Advisory Group's military raids in Cabo Delgado are making it difficult for its counter-poaching partner, the Peace Parks Foundation, to raise funds.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

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