After the SADC summit, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa remains wary of his Congolese counterpart Félix Tshisekedi, who has distanced himself from Pretoria in favour of new countries like Kenya.
The Constitutional Court, headed by Daniele Darlan, is due to rule by the end of the month on the legality of the drafting committee for a new constitution, set up on 26 August by Faustin-Archange Touadéra.
The French giant has been negotiating for several months to renew its contract for the distribution of drinking water throughout the country. But Niamey wants to exclude a group of private shareholders, led by businessman and opponent Omar Hamidou Tchiana, from its local subsidiary, SEEN.
The twists and turns of who will build the Rwandan capital's airport with Qatari funds are continuing.
The Sudanese ministry of foreign affairs has a new director running its Africa department since late June.
Operator Telmad has cut off the phone lines and internet access of the cash-strapped body that collates information on Madagascar's maritime traffic.
Suspended public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane has had to leave the institution in the hands of her deputy, Kholeka Gcaleka, who is fighting to restore the institution's credibility after serious questions were raised about its capacity to remain unbiased.
Leonard "Len" Makwinja, an experienced entrepreneur in mining and logistics in Gaborone, is moving into coal trading: South African and global demand is seeing strong growth and there are several projects underway to upgrade railway connections to South Africa.
Germany's special envoy for Libya, Christian Buck, was refused a visa by Abdelhamid Dabaiba's government in Tripoli. Other Western diplomats have been prevented from travelling to Misrata to meet Dabaiba's rival, Fathi Bachagha.
Six years after leaving Egypt, Mohamed Badran has returned to his homeland to take part in Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's "National Dialogue". After the 2013 military coup, the former student leader had a meteoric rise with the help of the presidency and the intelligence services.
The Ministers of Transportation in countries that are members of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) will meet on 3 October in Cairo.