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Spotlight | Southern Africa
Putin's envoy reassures Harare and Maputo but avoids Pretoria

Valentina Matvienko, President of the Council of the Russian Federation. © Maxim Shipenkov/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

On a tour of southern Africa, Russian Federation Council leader Valentina Matvienko promised Zimbabwe and Mozambique that their imports of basic necessities would not be hit by the war in Ukraine. But the Kremlin envoy notably did not include South Africa in her trip.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Diplomacy

The Continent

Africa
Musical chairs at top of Perenco

The appointment of Perenco's technical director as head of the oil company's new Chadian subsidiary is likely to have a domino effect at the top. Of particular interest is who would take over from group general manager Benoît de la Fouchardière, who according to several sources may be on the way out of the door.

Free access Energy

Central Africa

Chad
ExxonMobil still hashing out bonus payment with transitional authorities

The oil major ExxonMobil, which is withdrawing from Chad on 1 July, has still not managed to agree on the terms of its departure with the transitional leaders.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC
Kinshasa wants a piece of the pie following Glencore's $1bn guilty plea

Breaking news published on 15/06/22 at 12:25 - In the wake of the agreement reached last May between Glencore and the US Department of Justice, which puts an end to the latter's investigations into the Swiss trader, Congolese financial intelligence intends to claim compensation for the prejudice caused to the DRC.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Africa, Russia
Egypt and CAR send delegations to Saint Petersburg economic forum

Egypt is a guest of honour at the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum and Cairo has sent many representatives. CAR is also sending a delegation as part of ECCAS.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Gabon, Togo
Libreville and Lomé to be inducted into Commonwealth in Kigali

The decision was taken by Commonwealth member states on 12 June: Gabon and Togo will officially become members of the Commonwealth on 24 June at the heads of state summit in Kigali.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Sahel
New number two for Operation Barkhane

General Géraud Laborie will become Operation Barkhane's next deputy general of operations (GAO), the second in command and will be the first transport pilot to do so.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta, Ruto and Odinga court Somalia's new president

Somalia's new president Hassan Sheikh Mohamud at his inauguration ceremony on 9 June 2022. © Hassan Ali Elmi/AFP

The Kenyan president and the two main contenders hoping to succeed him have already contacted the new Somali leader's officials. But they will have their work cut out to normalise relations between Nairobi and Mogadishu, which hit rock bottom under Somalia's previous leader.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

South Sudan, Sudan
Hemeti allows mediation on disputed Abyei territory to stall

South Sudanese president Salva Kiir (right) prefers not to intervene in the dispute, leaving it to the vice president of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Hemeti. © Jok Solomun/Reuters

The May agreement between the Misseriya and Ngok Dinka, rival communities in Abyei, a small oil-rich area located between Sudan and South Sudan, has several flaws. Yet Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, aka Hemeti, remains more than happy about the situation.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Tanzania
Zanzibar struggles to update its commercial fleet

The government of the semi-autonomous archipelago is having trouble finding buyers for three of its largest ships on account of their age and recurrent reliability issues.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Major transaction in Mozambican tantalum

In late May, the small but highly lucrative tantalum industry in northern Mozambique saw its most significant change in a decade when Muiane mine changed hands. It is now run by the local market leader Highland African Mining.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya
Dabaiba brings infrastructure protection agency under cabinet control

The Public Facility and Establishment Protection Authority, headed by a lieutenant of the leader of the powerful Ghneiwa militia, has been removed from the interior ministry's control and will henceforth be overseen by the cabinet.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Tunisia
Energy minister Neila Gonji pushes industry towards renewable electricity

The Tunisian government, which is under pressure from its lenders and high gas prices, is trying to speed up construction of new wind and solar power plants, particularly those destined to supply electricity to cement and other industrial producers.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

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