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Spotlight | Sudan
Four rebel leaders vie to take their seats alongside strongmen of Khartoum

Following the peace deal, four rebel chiefs are in the running for the three new available seats on the Sovereign Council, the body overseeing the transition in Khartoum.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

DRC
New management faces old issues at MMG's Kinsevere copper mine

The appointment of Weiquan Xia as head of the Kinsevere copper mine marks a switch to Chinese management of MMG's business in the DRC in line with its majority ownership. The new general manager will first have to sort out a number of long-standing issues: construction of a sulphide processing plant, acquisition of new permits and a dispute with former Katanga governor Moïse Katumbi's company MCK.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Congo, Ivory Coast
New lease of life for Marc Sendanki, discreet ex-middleman for Gunvor in West Africa

These days, Marc Honda Sendanki is giving the Russian firm Litasco the benefit of his extensive networks in the region.

Subscribers only Energy

Guinea
Conakry battles to stay up with leaders in race for Israeli business

Guinea, which re-established diplomatic relations with Israel in 2016, has been concerned to see the DRC, Senegal and other countries competing for the favours of the Jewish state in recent years. It plans to take steps to ensure that it stays in the good books of the authorities in Tel Aviv.

Subscribers only Business

Ghana
CNOOC and Boru bid high for Oxy-Anadarko assets to force out their rivals

The Chinese major CNOOC has put in a substantial offer to acquire Occidental Petroleum's 30,000 barrels a day in Ghana, but it is not the only firm in the running.

Subscribers only Energy

Senegal
Main subcontractor abandons Sendou power plant

For lack of funds, Senegalese subcontractor Maor Technologies pulled out five months ago from the coal-fired station run by Compagnie d'Electricité du Sénégal.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Ivory Coast
Ouattara U-turns in mid-campaign to award airport contract to Bouygues

With the presidential election just weeks away and the contract seemingly already in the bag for China Railway, the Ivorian president has in the end decided to award the contract to extend Abidjan airport to France's Bouygues.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

West Africa
West African financial intelligence agencies seek to earn international approval

Under pressure from the FATF, west African governments are trying to improve the performance of their financial intelligence services.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Benin, Gabon, West Africa
From Cotonou lounge bars to Roissy's VIP lounges: Maixent Accrombessi's second life

Ali Bongo's former chief of staff Maixent Accrombessi. © DR

As his associates step up their investments in Cotonou, Ali Bongo's former chief of staff is jetting across Europe.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Head of Nairobi stock exchange Kipono Kittony pays visit to his Paris counterparts

The new chairperson of the Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kiprono Kittony. © CNBC Africa/Reuters

The new Nairobi Securities Exchange chairperson Kiprono Kittony was part of the Kenyan delegation visiting Paris with president Kenyatta from 29 September to 4 October and took the opportunity to make an initial overture to Euronext.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

North Africa

In Focus | Morocco
Moulaye Abdellah Lalami, the accountant who handles the royal court's private business

Moulaye Abdellah Lalami is Société Fiduciaire du Maroc's chairman. © SFR

Moulaye Abdellah Lalami, who was a simple legal adviser at Société Fiduciaire du Maroc during the reign of Hassan II, has under Mohammed VI become the trusted trustee of the king's entourage, discreetly handling the most sensitive affairs.

Subscribers only Business

Algeria
Tebboune favourite Atlas génie civil plants Turkish flag in Annaba

Very much in the good books of the Algerian president, the Turkish construction firm Atlas génie civil recently landed a new contract worth $21m in the wilayah of Annaba, thereby further consolidating its position in the Algerian market.

Subscribers only Business

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