The Kenya Defence Forces' tender for the supply of new MRAP armoured personnel carriers has caught the attention of several industry heavyweights.
Riyadh has volunteered to finance the rehabilitation of a main road axis in Bangui contracted to a Chinese construction giant.
An American property company claims to be the owner of the $20-25m villa which it says was made over to it in settlement of a debt by Nigerian trader Kola Aluko, who is currently in the sights of the American judicial authorities.
With 175,000 tonnes of iron ore already being produced monthly by India's Ashapura group and a new Chinese company preparing to start prospecting, the Forecariah area is currently Guinea's leading iron ore production zone.
The Turkish government is working all out to win favour with Guinea Buissau and Senegal. It aims to create a pro-Turkish African bloc stretching from Saint Louis in the north to the Nimba mountains in the south.
US defence service provider Bancroft Global Development on 2 October won a United Nations call for tenders for the provision of an aeromedical evacuation team for MINUSMA, the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali.
With just over a year to go before the presidential election, and in light of the events of recent weeks, the French public is starting to take more notice of the country's military presence in the Sahel region.
Almost a year after Andry Rajoelina's government set up State Procurement of Madagascar to centralise fuel imports, oil companies are still running the show.
Prosecutor general Siddiq Al Sour may try to use the audit of the country's sovereign fund, a measure requested by the UN, to oust the fund's chairman and have him replaced with an associate of Interior Minister Fathi Bachagha.
The French aviation giant plans to relocate more work to Morocco, notably to prepare for the return to service of the Boeing 737 Max, which has been grounded since 2019.
Algeria's new wheat import regulations could favour Russian and Ukrainians deliveries and undercut France's current market lead.
