The head of state is carrying out a series of consultations as he prepares a major reshuffle in which several government heavyweights look likely to lose their posts. Behind the scenes, Tebboune is making no attempt to hide his dissatisfaction with a number of ministers, including foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra.
The discovery of major fraud in Trafigura's nickel business, which could cost the Swiss firm up to $577m, pushed its trader Socrates Economou towards the exit. Mehdi Wetterwald and Daniel von Arx are taking over from him and will head to DR Congo to secure the group's supplies of cobalt.
The Sao Tomé & Principe government formed last November by Prime Minister Patrice Trovoada is looking for a solution to the problem posed by Block 4.
The Paris Court of Appeal has granted plaintiff status to the state of Gabon in the "Ill-gotten gains" case, making it the first country involved in the case to obtain that status and providing it with access to the investigation file.
The High Court in London has ended six weeks of hearings in an $11bn dispute between the government of Nigeria and engineering firm P&ID during which it was revealed that a key witness in the affair, James Nolan, has fled Nigeria over fears for his safety.
The president of the World Bank David Malpass is expected to travel to Niamey at the end of March where he should meet with the Nigerien head of state Mohamed Bazoum.
A series of government scandals is exasperating Ugandan MPs, who are calling in vain for the resignation of the ministers involved. This is an exceptionally tense time between the executive and legislative branches.
The signing of a final governance agreement after Sudan's 2021 coup has stalled, partly due to tension between the potential signatories. Representatives of armed groups and their allies are taking advantage of the delay to try to secure positions in the future government.
Earlier this month, the Indian health consultancy group Astron Hospital & Healthcare Consultants signed a cooperation agreement with Kenyan consultancy firm Elite Edge Consult to support hospital management in Kenya.
The appointment in early March of Romy Voos Andrianarisoa as President Andry Rajoelina's chief of (civilian) staff provoked surprise in Antananarivan political circles.
Six months after the announcement of its creation, tensions between France and Algeria are delaying the establishment of a bilateral body that is supposed to resolve a row over the countries' shared past. The decrees appointing the commission's French and Algerian experts have still not been published.