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Spotlight | Africa
Africa's ambitions at Paris Artificial Intelligence summit

Kenyan President William Ruto and French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on 22 June 2023. © Ludovic Marin/Pool/AFP

Heads of state and senior delegations from across Africa will be at the two-day Artificial Intelligence Action Summit next month. Taking part will be the AU Development Agency, which hopes to attract public and private partners in order to maximise potential across the continent.

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Central Africa

DRC
Sicomines wins $60m rebate claim

The Chinese-Congolese joint venture took advantage of its total tax exemption status to devote certain resources to financing infrastructure projects.

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Chad
CAE Aviation, collateral victim of withdrawal of French forces

The French ISR specialist has been asked to leave the 172 Fort-Lamy air base by 19 January.

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West Africa

Ivory Coast
Israeli firms queue up to boost cybersecurity in Abidjan

Several Israeli companies are hoping to bag state contracts to help Ivory Coast boost cybersecurity as it prepares for this year's presidential polls.

Free access Defence

Ivory Coast
Viviane Bakayoko-Diarrassouba to assume AmCham presidency

The managing director of Citibank in Ivory Coast is set to take over as head of the American Chamber of Commerce in the country. She would succeed Yohannes Mekbebe, who does not wish to stand for re-election.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Comoros islands, Kenya
Kenyan intelligence chief Noordin Haji on secret mission to Moroni

Noordin Haji, chief of the National Intelligence Service, in Nairobi on 28 August 2018. © Tony Karumba/AFP

The powerful director of the National Intelligence Service has been sent to the Comorian archipelago to convince Azali Assoumani to support Raila Odinga's bid to chair the African Union Commission.

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Somalia
Puntland's battle against Islamic State hampered by the Yemeni connection

Amid a rapprochement between Houthi rebels and armed groups operating in the Horn, the president of the autonomous Puntland region, Said Deni, is also having to contend with Mogadishu's plans to appoint a new ambassador in Aden.

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North Africa

Morocco
Candid royal biopic or PR job? Mohammed VI documentary raises eyebrows

Morocco's King Mohammed VI during a signing ceremony in the Royal Palace in Rabat on 28 October 2024. © Ludovic Marin/AFP

Just days before President Emmanuel Macron paid a state visit to Morocco last October, a French public broadcaster aired a "documentary" about the country's king that bore all the hallmarks of a PR job.

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Morocco
US ambassador in Rabat quits ahead of Trump's return to White House

The outgoing US Ambassador in Rabat Puneet Talwar and US First Lady Jill Biden in Marrakech, Morocco, on 5 June 2023. © Fadel Senna/AFP

The imminent departure of Puneet Talwar, who was posted to Morocco in 2022, will leave Washington in an awkward position given China's assertive economic policies in the country.

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