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Spotlight | West Africa
West African leaders meet to address financial turmoil

The Ivorian leader and current WAEMU president Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan on 5 December 2022. © Legnan Koula/EPA/MaxPPP

West African Economic and Monetary Union heads of state are due to meet on 14 December to discuss the financial woes of the French-speaking economic organisation, which is burdened by a dearth of foreign currency, difficulties in borrowing on the markets and major unpaid debts.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Central Africa
CEMAC heads of state to discuss Gabon and Congo's debts

Libreville and Brazzaville have strayed from the convergence criteria of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa. The issue will be discussed at an extraordinary summit in Yaoundé next week.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy

Benin, Congo
Businessman Claude Dohou's star on rise among French Freemasons

He will be appointed Deputy Grand Master of the GNLF on 14 December in Paris.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Nigeria
Mele Kyari set to remain at helm of oil giant NNPC

CEO of Nigerian National Petroleum Corp, Mele Kyari, in Houston, Texas, on 19 March 2024. © Mark Felix/AFP

The CEO of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corp looks set to remain in his post for the coming months after all. Despite pressure and rumours, this survivor of the previous administration still enjoys the support of the president.

Subscribers only Energy

Mauritania
Washington sanctions scupper Poly Technologies military ship contract

The Mauritanian navy has suspended the contract for the sale of several patrol boats awarded to the Chinese defence giant. The US has accused it of supporting the Russian war effort in Ukraine.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, South Sudan
Tricky South Sudan peace talks in Nairobi stumble on

The government and the opposition are holding firm on their positions as to the type of text that needs to be drawn up together. Civil society and Kenyan mediators are trying to defuse what is a tense stand-off.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Sudan
Antony Blinken presses UN Security Council for progress on Sudan

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on 24 September 2024. © Julia Demaree Nikhinson/POOL/AFP

After failing to broker a ceasefire between the two warring parties, Washington is now trying to reconvene the members of the Security Council to discuss the situation in Sudan. The US Secretary of State may attend the meeting in person.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
TotalEnergies to delay resumption of Mozambique LNG until mid-2025

The French major is not intending to relaunch its LNG project until May or June of next year. And then only if it receives financial guarantees from US Exim Bank, whose new board is set to be appointed by president-elect Donald Trump in January.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Inner circles | Algeria
Army chief Saïd Chengriha asserts himself in relation to Tebboune

Army chief of staff Saïd Chengri in Algiers on 12 October 2022. © ANIS/APP via MaxPPP

The chief of staff has tightened his grip on the Algerian army in recent years, partly through various appointments. But he still has to deal with the choices made by the president's office and with senior army figures who do not owe their positions to him.

Subscribers only Defence

Morocco
Shipowners tired of waiting for merchant navy assessment

Moroccan shipowners have been waiting since July for US firm BCG to deliver a report ordered by the Ministry of Transport. One of their key concerns is how ship orders will be financed.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Egypt
Security services on alert after Syrian regime change

In response to the local Syrian community's celebrations at the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime, Egypt's intelligence services have established an action protocol to ban or restrict gatherings.

Subscribers only Politics

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