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Spotlight | Mozambique
After 'hidden debt' affair, Iskandar Safa goes into oil logistics in Pemba

The businessman Iskandar Safa. © PHOTOPQR/NICE MATIN TEAMSHOOT

The head of logistics at Iskandar Safar's Privinvest, Arnaud Lelouvier, has opened a new branch specialised in gas operations in Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Business

Central Africa

Angola, Guinea-Bissau
Lourenço and Embalo's spat widens divisions in Portuguese-speaking Africa

Angolan president João Lourenço received Domingos Simões Pereira - Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco's main election rival - in February 2020. © @dsimoespereira

Already torn apart by the tug of war between the Angolan and Brazilian heads of state, the Community of Portuguese Language Countries now has to navigate the frosty relations between Guinea Bissau president Umaro Sissoco Embalo and his Angolan opposite number João Lourenço.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Senegal
Ageroute fawns over China's CRBC for AIBD airport road contract

Already criticised in 2019 for hiring CRBC to work on the access road to the Blaise Diagne airport without a tender process, the road management agency Ageroute has now awarded the Chinese infrastructure giant a six-month extension to its contract.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Ivory Coast
Perenco eager to move in on Petroci's CI-11 block

Franco-British family-owned Perenco wants to venture into Ivory Coast by rejuvenating aging state-owned oil fields.

Subscribers only Energy

Gambia
How BP plans to avoid 'no drill' fine

As we revealed, BP no longer plans to drill on the Gambian block A1.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast, United States
KPMG wants to manage US Covid-19 funds in Ivory Coast

KPMG Côte d'Ivoire s'active pour décrocher la gestion des fonds Covid-19 de l'US International Development Finance Corp.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Tullow Oil abandons pending arbitration before pulling out of Uganda

On 21 October, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni's government officially authorised British Tullow Oil to sell its 33% share in Albert Lake to Total. Tullow Oil immediately put an end to its pending arbitration procedure against the state, thus cutting its last ties to Kampala.

Subscribers only Energy

South Sudan
Abakan Air helicopters highlight Russian stamp on UNMISS

The Russian air services provider Abakan Air won a year's contract to supply two heavy transport helicopters to the UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan, UNMISS, in September.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Aseole Investments forced to drop chrome production at Goudini amid racial tensions

A family of white landowners has prevailed in its legal battle with black mining operators, putting an end to Aseole Investments' Goudini chrome extraction ambitions. The court ruling comes amid renewed tensions over the question of land distribution.

Subscribers only Mining

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