The Treasury secretary Ukur Yatani has officially asked the World Bank for further financial assistance, while the IMF has approved a new eurobond. A new loan of $750m has just been announced, but in reality the country hopes to borrow a great deal more than that.
In March, the oil distributor Elton Oil was awarded the concession for an LNG storage and distribution facility in Senegal, but the exact details of the arrangement remain unclear.
The South African manufacturer of mining explosives AECI has initiated arbitration at ICSID with the Burkinabe state, which has seized its bank accounts and brought legal action against it over import duties.
Niger's new president is appointing people close to his predecessor to key posts in a bid to ensure continuity. But how long will they stay in their jobs?
The US State Department has hired military subcontractor Miracle Systems to strengthen border controls in Niger as part of its Anti-Terrorism Assistance (ATA) Program.
French authorities have informed one of the daughters of Félicien Kabuga, the alleged financial mastermind of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, that her application for French nationality has been rejected. She has been living in France for 27 years.
The Ethiopian government's ten-year transport plan, which will cost an estimated $70bn, comprises some forty projects focused around six major axes.
Banks in the UAE have rushed to freeze the assets of the Dos Santos family and its associates following a request for cooperation from Angola's judiciary, just ahead of the start of Ramadan.
The Chinese mining conglomerate plans to revise its internal controls after forgetting, for months, to inform to its board and the Hong Kong stock exchange about two copper contracts with a firm active in the DRC.
The Zimbabwean president, frustrated with SADC's position on the Cabo Delgado crisis, caught his fellow leaders off guard when he unilaterally announced that the organisation's military force would intervene in the troubled province. Mnangagwa's statement was in sharp contrast to SADC's usually prudent language.
With his proposed global minimum tax rate, Joe Biden could deprive offshore players in Mauritius of one of their unique selling points.
To encourage France and the European Union to recognise its sovereignty over Western Sahara, a step already taken by the United States, Morocco will be replacing its otherwise engaged ambassadors in Paris and Brussels.
Tourism minister Nadia Fettah Alaoui will replace Mustapha Bakkoury as commissioner general of the Morocco pavillion at the World Expo in Dubai in October, African Intelligence understands.
The governor of the Central Bank of Libya, Al Kabir, didn't take the trouble to consult with his board before appointing the new management team for Libyan Foreign Bank, keeper of the country's oil revenue.
