After more than 10 years of exploring the uranium potential of Namibia's subsoil, the Russian state nuclear group Rosatom has applied for a permit to mine uranium in the east of the country, far away from the rest of the country's uranium operations.
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Further studies need to be carried out before work can begin on the Maluku Special Economic Zone which has been in the pipeline since 2008. Work had been due to start in the second half of 2021.
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Business The dismissal, on 15 September, of the Gabonese troops posted in Bangui under the direction of the UN was a major shock. One month on, Gabonese diplomats have demanded an explanation from New York, with the backing of the Central African government.
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Diplomacy Carlyle Group's Assala is counter-attacking to try to see off a legal complaint from an aggrieved former executive and to keep an angry union at bay.
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Energy The arbitration launched by Avima Iron Ore (@AvimaO) against #Congo in June 2021 will soon be the focus of a first court hearing before the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). #Oil
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Mining The Central African Republic is revising its plan for a public company to nationalise the trade in precious stones. President Faustin Archange Touadéra presented a new project on 8 October.
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The two heavyweights of the Nigerien opposition, who were allies in the last presidential election, have not spoken to each other since April. They have fallen out over the strategy to adopt in relation to the Nigerien president Mohamed Bazoum.
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Politics During his official tour of Angola, Nigeria and Togo from 17 to 20 October, the Turkish president will be aiming to strengthen political and economic ties with the countries of the Gulf of Guinea. Central to this strategy will be promoting the interests of Turkey's defence industry ahead of the Turkey-Africa summit scheduled for December in Istanbul.
Isolated within the East African Community, Kigali is counting on Nairobi to help it relaunch its business interests at the regional level.
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Business Franck Riester will end his African tour with a stopover in the Sudanese capital next month. He is hoping to cement links established between the Sudanese government and France's private sector.
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While the head of state may have effectively placed himself at the centre of power on 25 July when he rejected the parliamentary system born from the 2011 revolution, his entourage of advisers and friends at Carthage Palace has since become a hotbed of clan rivalries.
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Politics The king plans to invest more than €20m to build a hotel school in Salé. It will be managed in partnership with the prestigious Ferrandi Paris hospitality school and its goal is to provide his luxury hotels with qualified workers.
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Business EU diplomats are starting to lose patience with Tunisia, where parliament remains completely sidelined and political and constitutional reforms are still pending, despite the recent formation of a government.
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