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In Focus | Sudan
Burhan and Hemeti keep a tight hold on power in Khartoum

Generals Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. © Mahmoud Hjaj/Anadolu Agency via AFP

Now in total control, General Burhan and his deputy "Hemeti" form a duo that is holding together the regime currently in charge of Sudan. On paper, they have nothing in common. Burhan is a career soldier, while Hemeti is a militiaman turned politician.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Gabon
Carlyle mastermind Marcel van Poecke wants to pull One-Dyas out of offshore

Marcel van Poecke, head of Carlyle International Energy Partners. © The Carlyle Group/Facebook

One-Dyas has instructed banks to move as quickly as possible in the sale of its Gabonese assets. Several potential firms have already expressed an interest.

Subscribers only Energy

DRC
CapitalKeys' ploy to make Kinshasa pay

After lodging an appeal last June, CapitalKeys is attempting some rather backhanded ways of recovering $16.6m in fees from the DRC.

Subscribers only Business

Congo
Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso plans national airline relaunch

From left: Jean-Marc Thystère Tchicaya, Eric Kenneth Mouritzen and Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso. © Twitter/@ChristelSassou

The Minister of International Cooperation signed a strategic partnership with the South African company Allegiance Capital at the beginning of January in order to relaunch ECAir. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso has won over the Minister for Major Works, Jean-Jacques Bouya.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Yaya Sylla, the technical expert who has the ear of Tene Birahima Ouattara

Yaya Sylla, director of SaH Analytics. © Bpifrance

When it comes to securing the country's borders or equipping the fast-growing Ivorian army, defence minister Tene Birahima Ouattara takes account of the recommendations of Yaya Sylla, a behind-the-scenes adviser who frequents his private office in his capacity as an electronics expert.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Africa, Europe
Monaco Resources under scrutiny from European audit regulators

Britain's audit watchdog is investigating whether the accounts of MRG UK, a British subsidiary of the Monaco Resources group, which is very involved in Africa, have been properly certified. Other European regulators have also debated whether to investigate the conglomerate's bookkeeping.

Subscribers only Commodity traders, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Tanzania
Tanzania hopes to join world's top nickel and cobalt producers

Anglo-Australian group BHP's investment in Kabanga, which is set to begin production by 2025, has fuelled hopes that Tanzania could soon become one of the leading nickel and cobalt producers.

Subscribers only Mining

France, Rwanda
Kigali speeds up digitalisation of legal system

Kigali is preparing to digitise its entire legal system as part of a vast programme to modernise the Rwandan administration.

Subscribers only Business

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Chume rallies foreign support from UN, SADC and Rwanda in Cabo Delgado

Mozambique Minister of Defence Cristóvão Chume. © Embaixada de Portugal em Maputo/Facebook

Since December, Filipe Nyusi's defence minister has been working hard to make sure that international military assistance continues for Maputo in the wake of the crisis in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Zimbabwe
Amari Resources looks for help from US justice to recoup $70m from Zimbabwe

Amari Resources is still waiting for the compensation it was awarded in a legal dispute with the Zimbabwean government. After failed negotiations with Harare, it has filed a new case in Washington.

Subscribers only Mining

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