Armed violence in the region has brought work on the French major's liquefaction trains to a complete stop. When it will resume is anybody's guess.
The CEO of Monaco Ressources, Alex Fischer, who sued Africa Intelligence for 'invasion of privacy' following the publication of an investigation into his career, has seen his claim definitively dismissed by a Paris court last month.
To launch its luxury tourism projects, Ali Bongo's government has turned to the former vice president of FC Barcelona Jaume Ferrer Graupera, who has roped several of the Catalan football club's star strikers into his Gabonese adventure.
French security services are keeping a close eye on the offensive launched from southern Libya on 11 April. For the time being, however, the French army does not plan to intervene as it did in 2019.
Thanks to the boom in gold prices, two new gold refineries are set to open in Ghana, while applications for gold trading licences are increasing and local traders are opening companies in Dubai to market their stocks.
The World Bank plans to fund further studies for the $500m Dorsale Nord interconnector project.
Burkina Faso's opposition leader Eddie Komboïgo travelled to Paris in early April to meet with French officials, journalists, and parliamentarians.
The recent government reshuffle has cleared the path for South Sudan's chief spy Akol Koor. But president Salva Kiir remains deeply suspicious of the Internal Security Bureau director, barring him from any power over the country's lucrative oil resources.
ExxonMobil's exploration ambitions in Africa have been curtailed by disastrous results in 2020, but the company is maintaining its planned investments in Angolan offshore.
The Covid-19 pandemic has failed to deter the Filatex conglomerate, one of Madagascar's biggest economic players, from diving into tourism. It has already built two hotels, but has never managed such establishments.
Diplomatic missions in Madagascar are expanding their defence and security teams. After, China, India and the United States, now France is taking on more advisors.
After a decade of unbridled growth, Brazilian meat exports to Angola could take a steep dive as early as this summer due to new protectionist policies put in place by President João Lourenço.
Public works minister Kamel Nasri is trying to complete routes linking several cities to the motorway network and to set up the 56 toll booths aimed at making the infrastructure profitable.
Elsewedy Electric has been awarded its first contract in Tunisia for the supply, installation, and commissioning of high-voltage lines at a cost of 57m dinars (€17m). The project was ordered by the Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG).