Primera Gold has a monopoly on the trade and export of artisanal gold from the eastern province thanks to a partnership between the DRC and UAE. But it has not been able to stem the flow of illicit gold to neighbouring countries.
The South African boss of the Swiss trading and mining giant is counting on two righthand men and a close-knit new team of managers to usher in a new era and turn the page on old corruption cases.
As the US private military company Bancroft makes inroads in CAR, the Russian paramilitary outfit is consolidating its presence outside the capital.
French President Emmanuel Macron's new Africa adviser Jérémie Robert is due in Kinshasa for Félix Tshisekedi's inauguration on 20 January.
The businessman's foundation, which had been affected by the closure of the borders between Benin and Nigeria, is now benefiting from better relations between the two countries since the new Nigerian president was elected last year.
Despite winning the international call for tenders in October, the consortium made up of Chinese companies CREC and Covec has withdrawn from the Bus Rapid Transit project in Abidjan.
South Sudan's president is currently making do with the governor of Jonglei State, who is an opposition politician. But increasing violence in the region could prove to be a game-changer.
In order to strengthen agricultural cooperation between Angola and India and to take on already established players, New Delhi has appointed a former vet to head its Luanda embassy.
The Algerian ferry Tariq-Ibn-Ziyad, belonging to the Entreprise nationale de transport maritime de voyageurs (Algérie Ferries), has been moored at the port of Béjaïa since mid-December 2023.
The next round in the legal stand-off between French-Algerian businessman Tayeb Benabderrahmane and those he claims acted as his advisers during his 2020 detention in Qatar will take place on 23 January before the Paris Court of Appeal.
