Ethiopia's civil war is prompting growing unease among ambassadors stationed in Addis Ababa, where the AU is headquartered. The pan-African organisation has discreetly told its staff it's time to leave.
Félix Tshisekedi's government and the Dubai-based DP World have both had to make concessions to reach a deal on constructing the Banana deepwater port.
On 9 December, the international arbitration court of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) wrote to the lawyers of the Congolese state and of Commisimpex to inform them that it had decided to reopen the proceedings.
Following a ruling by the Supreme Court of Delaware, Erin Energy's creditors will now have their day in court.
A lawyer who worked closely with wealth manager Helin International had his home and office searched last month in Paris. Investigators were looking for documents related, among other things, to companies registered by Hélin and used to channel proceeds of the loss-making 2011 sale of uranium from Niger by Orano (formerly Areva).
Australian mining giant Rio Tinto is trying to assert its interests in the Simandou iron project over those of Winning Consortium, which is reputedly close to the president ousted in a coup in September, Alpha Condé.
The French president will visit Bamako from 20 to 21 December. In the Malian capital, he will meet interim president Assimi Goita for the first time to discuss the ongoing talks between his junta and the Russian paramilitary group Wagner.
The Ghana Navy (GN) has begun negotiations with Belfast-based Harland & Wolff over patrol boat contract.
Senegalese President Macky Sall will be among the few African heads of state to travel to Yaoundé on 9 January for the opening ceremony of the African Cup of Nations (CAN).
China Molybdenum has been ordered to settle unpaid VAT on the importing by its South African subsidiary of an Embraer aircraft that runs services between Johannesburg and the company's flagship mine in the DRC.
The management of Hasan Toprak's real estate portfolio has just been placed in the hands of a brand new company created in November with the well-connected Canadian businessman Karim Premji, who operates in South Africa, Mozambique and Portugal.
The Biden administration has banned Isabel dos Santos from entering the US. The ban signals US support for Angola's worldwide hunt for her assets, which allegedly come from embezzled public funds.
With the postponement of the 24 December elections all but certain, the army chiefs of staff in the west and east of Libya are intensifying their discussions. The aim is to maintain the ceasefire... and also to stand united against the rehabilitation of the former Gaddafi regime, which badly damaged the military system.
