News of the scission of the Tigrayan Orthodox Church from its Ethiopian headquarters, widely reported in pro-TPLF media, has taken the religious community by storm. But the new entity still has a long way to go to achieve official recognition within the Orthodox world.
Congolese civil society is embarking on an assessment of the extent to which mining companies are respecting the principles of sustainable development and supporting local communities.
Since the arrest of his security adviser François Beya on 5 February, the Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi has been keeping a tight lid on the matter, fuelling furious rumours. Africa Intelligence reveals why the head of state had his master spy arrested and how it happened.
The UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is preparing to appoint a Rwandan diplomat to replace Mankeur Ndiaye at the head of the UN mission in the Central African Republic.
Ivory Coast's main Masonic lodge will next month officially appoint its new leader, a year after its veteran Grand Master and former prime minister Hamed Bakayoko died.
The deputy president's remaining allies in the government have resigned in order to reach out to the grass roots and help finance his election campaign. Now that they have nothing left to lose, they are preparing a concerted offensive against the Kenyan leader.
The Tanzanian president visited France from 11 to 15 February, and made the most of Tanzania's current favourable international position to conclude a series of trade agreements. It was an opportunity to sell a new image of her country to French investors.
Botswana's President Masisi hoped that Minergy Coal, the operator of the country's first private mine, would herald a thriving coal sector. But Minergy is now suffering from the travails of South African rail and port operator Transnet.
Justice Minister Ronald Lamola hopes to become one of the ANC's top six at the party's elective conference in December. The 38-year-old, who is in charge of several highly sensitive legal cases, has the confidence of President Cyril Ramaphosa.
With billions of dollars of oil revenues in its coffers, the politically powerful Central Bank of Libya has been presided over for a decade by the unbudgeable Al Seddik Omar Al Kabir. It recently began the process of reuniting with its breakaway branch in eastern Libya and found itself straight away in the middle of the tug-of-war between Abdelhamid Dabaiba and Fathi Bachagha for the premiership.
Several solar energy specialists, including Scatec and Engie, are studying the call for tenders that Algeria issued in December. But the project specifications are missing, and the minister for energy transition lacks the clout of his counterpart at the energy ministry, not to mention of Sonatrach and Sonelgaz.
No transaction between the two European majors is likely to be concluded any time soon in the face of opposition from the Algerian authorities.
