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PetroSA interim chairman Nkululeko Poya, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Gwede Mantashe and President Cyril Ramaphosa.

In Focus | South Africa
State-owned PetroSA in death throes as national energy crisis persists

PetroSA has been fighting for survival since its Mossel Bay refinery shut in 2020. Its crisis has deepened in recent months, with a lack of funds preventing urgent maintenance work on high-risk infrastructure. Company documents seen by Africa Intelligence paint a grim picture of an almost bankrupt firm hobbled by inept management and an allegedly cavalier chairman, Nkululeko Poya.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Central Africa

Cameroon
Mi-17 army helicopters remain grounded despite military cooperation agreement with Moscow

With its Mi-17 transport helicopters all out of service, the Cameroonian army is suffering from major logistical difficulties. The military cooperation agreement signed last year with Russia has not so far produced the repair and maintenance assistance Cameroon was hoping for.

Subscribers only Defence

DRC
China Three Gorges may be back on track to bag Grand Inga deal

The Congolese government, after a series of U-turns in the Grand Inga mega-dams project, is now looking again at plans proposed by China Three Gorges. Much to the chagrin of Australia's Fortescue Metals Group, which fears that it will lose the project.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Nigeria
US lobbying firm Ballard Partners hires ex-minister with ties to Tinubu

With Bola Ahmed Tinubu in office, those working in the field of political influence are scrambling to hire people capable of weighing in on discussions with Nigeria's new administration. US firm Ballard Partners has made some headway.

Subscribers only Politics

The Tema oil refinery near Ghana's capital Accra.

Ghana
Accra struggles to end dependence on petrol imports

Ghana currently imports 100% of its petroleum products and that situation looks unlikely to change any time soon. Work on a new refinery promised by Chinese developers is at a standstill, while negotiations to restore the Tema Oil Refinery, which has been shut down for five years, are dragging on.

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Benin, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Togo
EU defence attachés to reinforce military diplomacy in coastal countries

The European External Action Service aims to create four new defence attaché posts to increase Brussels' security cooperation with four coastal countries of West Africa by the end of the year.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Government poaches from education ministry to carry out prefectural reshuffle

Earlier this month, Interior Minister Said Nouh Hassan devised a new line-up of the state's representatives in Djibouti's five regions and Djibouti City. It was an opportunity to hand out some plum posts to friends and former colleagues.

Subscribers only Politics

Kenya
Ruto stands firm over finance bill

Keen to stay on good terms with international lenders who have recently released new funds, the Kenyan president is reluctant to tinker with his proposed budget, which calls for numerous new taxes and tax hikes.

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Southern Africa and islands

Comoros islands
The World Bank provides Moroni with extra funds for port renovations

The World Bank is providing an additional $15m to overhaul the three main ports in the Comoros Islands.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

North Africa

Algeria, Morocco, Western Sahara
Confederation of African Football rejects Sahrawi membership move

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic had been hoping to join the Confederation of African Football, thanks to an Algerian initiative in its favour. The Algerian proposal was discreetly set aside, however.

Subscribers only Politics

Algeria's president Abdelmadjid Tebboune in Lisbon on 23 May 2023.

Algeria
Tebboune's Paris trip faces further delays as tiff with army chief continues

Abdelmadjid Tebboune's visit to France, which had already been pushed back to June, is set to be postponed again. Scheduling problems are supposedly to blame but, behind the scenes, tensions between the Algerian president and his army chief Saïd Chengriha could also be playing a role.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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