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Spotlight | Africa, Italy
Giorgia Meloni's Africa policy

The new Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni has been busy working on her Africa policy. She has surrounded herself with a tight-knit team actively involved in African matters, and for the moment has kept in place the foreign ministry staff in charge of the continent.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Chad
Succès Masra derails Doha-N'Djamena relations

Tchadian opponent Succès Masra. © Marco Longari/AFP

Chadian opponent Succès Masra's trip to Qatar over a month ago continues to weigh on the bilateral relations between Chad and the Gulf state, already at a low ebb despite efforts by Chad's foreign minister Mahamat Saleh Annadi to revive talks last week.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Congo
Medef seeking investments but not Jean-Jacques Bouya in Brazzaville

The French employers' federation, MEDEF, is due to visit Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire, the economic capital of Congo, from 7 to 9 December, after a stop in Libreville, Gabon.

Subscribers only Business

West Africa

Senegal
Dakar set to revitalise groundnut industry

The economic outlook is on the up for the groundnut sector, a key component of Senegalese agriculture, and the government has decided to give a financial boost to Sonacos, the state company run by Modou Diagne Fada, so that it can take full advantage.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Guinea-Bissau, Senegal
Imbroglio over AGC allows CNOOC to shelve drilling plans

CNOOC is still waiting for Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to settle the matter of resource distribution on their joint maritime zone, where it operates the AGC Profond block. Until a solution is found, the Chinese major does not want to start its drilling programme on the licence.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Ghana
Ghana army kept waiting for UkrSpecSystems drones

Ghana's armed forces are bearing the consequences of the war in Ukraine. They ordered 10 VTOL drones from UkrSpecSystems for an estimated €15m that have yet to be delivered.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Victims of US embassy attack count on Biden-Ruto rapprochement

The US charm offensive directed at William Ruto has sparked fresh hope among the families of the Kenyan victims of the 1998 attack on the US embassy in Nairobi. With help from a lobbyist, they are seeking reparation from Congress.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy

Somalia
Moagadishu's budgetary headache in face of dual threat of al-Shabaab and drought

With drought hitting the country hard, Somalia is facing a major contraction of its revenues. But its security requirements have not diminished.

Subscribers only Politics

European Union, Mozambique, Rwanda
Kigali poised to receive €20m from EU to fund its military intervention in Cabo Delgado

The EU, through the European Peace Facility, could delay by a few weeks the release of its €20m aid package to finance Kigali's military intervention in the Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Inner circles | Zimbabwe
Mnangagwa steps up pressure on ZMDC as general election looms

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa. © Boniface Muthoni/Zumapress.com/MaxPPP

The Zimbabwean president is banking on the ZMDC, which he has radically overhauled, to get the country's stalled extractive sector moving again. The state-owned company, which manages the state's mining portfolio, is central to his government's economic strategy for winning the 2023 general election.

Subscribers only Mining, Politics

North Africa

Egypt
EU allocates €19.5m to supply Egyptian defence ministry

As part of an €80m aid programme, the EU has committed to help the Egyptian armed forces prevent illegal immigration. France is playing a major role in this partnership.

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Tunisia
Ex-president Moncef Marzouki cosies up to Radwan Masmoudi

Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki. © Ali Garboussi/MaxPPP

The ex-Tunisian president, a fierce opponent of Kais Saied, will be the guest of the Center for the Study of Islam & Democracy on 22 November for a debate on democracy in the Arab world.

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