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Spotlight | Angola
Sonangol determined to oust Isabel dos Santos's husband from its Dutch subsidiary

Isabel dos Santos and her husband Sindika Dokolo, in 2011. © MaxPPP

Angola's national oil company Sonangol has accused local businessman Sindika Dokolo of buying into its Dutch offshoot Esperaza at a discounted rate and has managed to convince a Dutch court to examine the case.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

DRC
Mining industry squares up to Tshisekedi over VAT

Congolese president Félix Tshisekedi met with representatives of mining operators on 8 September. © DRC Presidential Press

Since early August, mining operators in the DRC have been pushing back against recent fiscal and budgetary measures introduced by the central government in Kinshasa. On 8 September, the leading industry players turned out in force for a meeting with President Félix Tshisekedi.

Subscribers only Mining

Central African Republic
Touadéra forced to find new prime minister and reshuffle his cabinet

Several ministers, including the prime minister, will be running for office in the Central African general elections scheduled for 27 December and are therefore obliged to step down from their posts.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Guinea, Sierra Leone
Sierra Leonean army reinforces its borders in run-up to Guinean election

To pre-empt a potentially explosive situation in Guinea following the presidential election on 18 October, the Sierra Leonean military is already stepping up its capacities along the borders.

Free access Defence, Politics

Senegal
Amarante on verge of bailing out of Senegal's airports

Dakar Blaise-Diagne International Airport. © Sadak Souici/Le Pictorium/Maxppp

Le groupe de sécurité privé Amarante est en négociations pour céder ses activités aéroportuaires au Sénégal à Securicom Mali.

Subscribers only Defence, Infrastructure, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Sudan
Pompeo puts Chemonics at heart of Hamdok's government

At a pivotal moment in US-Sudan relations, the State Department is funding a major contract for American consultancy firm Chemonics to support the Sudanese government.

Subscribers only Politics

Djibouti
DP World resumes court battle with Djibouti

After the failure of negotiations with President Ismail Omar Guelleh over the Doraleh port concession, the Dubai operator has turned to the US justice system in its efforts to recover $485m.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

Uganda
Weakened by primaries, Museveni tries to regain control of NRM

Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni. © MaxPPP

The members of Uganda's ruling National Resistance Movement were to nominate their candidates in early September ahead of the general elections scheduled for February, but the results have caught the president off-guard, forcing him to intervene swiftly.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Inner circles | Botswana
Farouk Ismail, Choppies founder and political philanthropist

One of Botswana's wealthiest tycoons, Farouk Ismail, frequently donates to the country's most high-profile charities. Founder of country's supermarket leader Choppies, which has stores across southern Africa, this charitable strategy is a way of making friends with Botswana's heads of state.

Subscribers only Business

Mauritius
Carlyle sets up new vehicles for Asia and Africa in Mauritius

The decision of the American investment fund to continue domiciling its companies on the island could reassure the financiers and fund managers of Port Louis, who are in the sights of the European Union.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Madagascar
Lazarosy Mining gives American mining veteran Tom Cushman new lease of life

Registered in Mauritius on 14 September 2020, Lazarosy Mining (the Malagasy name for the biblical figure Lazarus) boasts among its board members the American-British duo Tom Cushman and John Ffooks.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya
How Macron derailed UNSMIL head Stephanie Williams' peace plan

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to organise a mini-summit on the Libyan crisis on 17 September in Paris. © Ludovic Marin/POOL/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

France's attempt to organise a meeting meeting between Fayez Sarraj, Khalifa Haftar and Aguila Salah Issa provoked a wave of protests in Tripoli. Its intervention has disrupted the crisis exit negotiations led by the United States and the United Nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Tunisia
New energy minister Salwa Sghaier takes charge of a sector in ruins

The majors present in Tunisia, already struggling to contend with Covid-19, could leave the country altogether because of the highly volatile social situation there. New energy and mines minister Salwa Sghaier is taking up her post at a time of tension in the Tunisian oil sector.

Subscribers only Energy

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