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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi's brother's dealings in Lualaba province

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi on 30 April 2024 in Paris. © Christophe Ena/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

The Congolese leader's younger brother Christian Tshisekedi heads a company that has been in talks with the Luxembourg-based mining firm ERG to secure a concession in the rich mining province of Lualaba.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics

The Continent

Palace Intrigues
Vladimir Putin, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, Félix Tshisekedi

Intrigues big and small – every Thursday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

CongoLimited attendance at Julienne Sassou-Nguesso's wedding

RussiaPutin's Africa man in tête-à-tête with Ahoua Don Mello

DRCAn unhappy Francophonie summit

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

West Africa

Ivory Coast
Air Côte d'Ivoire bosses set to visit Airbus

The Ivorian national airline's directors are due to travel to the aircraft manufacturer's headquarters in France at the end of the month to check on their order for an A330neo.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa
YARIS marine surveillance platform delivery delayed

The Gulf of Guinea GoGIN II project is running behind schedule.

Subscribers only Defence

Burkina Faso
National gold refinery construction at a standstill

Eleven months after the project began, production is still a long way off.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya, Morocco
Race to head AU Commission in full swing in French-speaking bloc

French junior minister for the Francophonie Thani Mohamed Soilihi (left) welcomes Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, Djibouti's foreign minister, on the eve of the 19th Francophonie Summit in Paris on 4 October 2024. © Sarah Meyssonnier/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Djibouti's foreign minister is the main challenger to former Kenyan PM Raila Odinga for the AU Commission chairmanship next year. Youssouf made the most of the 19th Francophonie Summit held in France earlier this month to rally support for his bid.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Uganda
Ola Energy could face $700,000 tax bill

The East African Court of Justice has thrown out a case brought by the Libyan fuel distributor's Ugandan arm, which has been disputing a Uganda Revenue Authority tax bill on its imported products from Kenya since 2020.

Subscribers only Energy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Beijing picks up two €60m road contracts

China Railway 18th Bureau Group Co has won another road construction contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

North Africa

Morocco
Rabat remains confident after plug pulled on Morocco-EU trade deals

Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita, in Rabat, 8 October 2024. © Jalal Morchidi/EPA/MaxPPP

After the cancellation of the fishing and farming trade deals between Morocco and the European Union, actors in the two sectors are already looking ahead to new bilateral arrangements.

Free access Business, Diplomacy

Libya
Rome discreetly rejigs Fezzan migrant project

All mention of migrants has been removed from the project's name, now known as "Enhancing Farmer Entrepreneurship in the Municipalities of Sebha, Murzuq, Ubari and Ghat".

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