The prime minister may be tipped as the person most likely to succeed the president after next February's election, but he still has to contend with the hostility of several ruling party bigwigs.
The Belgian businessman Alain Goetz is to remain on the sanctions list of the Office of Foreign Assets Control. The US treasury believes he still controls the various firms that have been used in illegal gold trading in Africa.
Draft CAR constitution boosts Touadéra, eases Wagner mining constraints.
The solid relationship between Mali's interim leader and the colonel had been a cornerstone of the junta, but Goita's major reshuffle on 1 July has driven a wedge between the two men.
The Ivorian family conglomerate Carré d'or has suspended the production of mineral water at the Abidjan plant, which it acquired from France's Castel and which produces bottled mineral water for the well-established brands Awa and Cristaline.
The Ugandan president has tasked his son-in-law, Odrek Rwabwogo, with doubling the country's export earnings over the next five years. A tightly-knit and well-equipped team with contacts in key sectors is now getting up to speed.
The ruling coalition is scrutinising the books of Kenya's independent electricity producers, whose tariffs skyrocketed in 2022. One of the aims of the investigation is to uncover potential links with the previous administration of Uhuru Kenyatta.
Present in Antananarivo for a week, the French military contingent was only informed at the last minute that it would not be taking part in the parade to mark the 63rd anniversary of Madagascan independence.
Mohamed Grazem has lost his appeal against Belgian mining equipment supplier Matera, which accused him of influence peddling and corruption on their behalf in Algeria.
Paris will decorate the Libyan "5+5" joint military committee on 17 July in a ceremony that will be held in the Hôtel de Marigny. The event is an attempt to pay tribute to the army reconciliation process that the committee has led.
