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Spotlight | Kenya
OTT, TAG, IAG: Kenyan APC tender lures the big guns

The Kenya Defence Forces' tender for the supply of new MRAP armoured personnel carriers has caught the attention of several industry heavyweights.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Central Africa

Central African Republic, Saudi Arabia
Saudis to rescue Bangui-to-airport road rebuild

Riyadh has volunteered to finance the rehabilitation of a main road axis in Bangui contracted to a Chinese construction giant.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria, United States
US property company challenges DoJ's right to seize Madueke clan villa in Los Angeles

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.

Subscribers only Energy

Guinea
Forecariah forges ahead of Simandou and Nimba as Guinean iron ore hub

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.

Subscribers only Mining

Turkey, West Africa
Erdogan aims to form a pro-Turkish bloc along the West African coast

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan (right) and Guinea-Bissauan president Umaro Sissoco Embalo. © www.tccb.gov.tr

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Mali
Bancroft wins aeromedical evacuation contract with MINUSMA

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.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

France, Sahel
As presidential election nears, Macron worries of risk of politicising Operation Barkhane

French President Emmanuel Macron (C) and Mali's President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (C-R) visit the troops of France's Barkhane counter-terrorism operation in Sahel region in Gao, northern Mali, 19 May 2017. © MAXPPP

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.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
State fails in bid to supplant private sector over fuel imports

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.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

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