The inner circle of the late Tanzanian leader had maintained a strict news blackout on his state of health to delay for as long as possible the elevation of the vice president to the top job.
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An ambitious plan to increase Compagnie des Bauxites de Guinée's production, which was intended to boost its bauxite exports to 18.5 million tonnes in 2021, has been revised by the company's board.
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Mining Currently being debated in the French parliament, the "international development and solidarity" draft bill involves amending the legal framework governing international organisations that opt to establish themselves in France. The stated objective is to compete with Switzerland in this domain.
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Business The RHDP ruling party is set to meet shortly to discuss who should replace Hamed Bayako as mayor of Abobo, a large municipality north of Abijan and an Alassane Ouattara stronghold.
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Having hoped to persuade the Congolese president to back Botswana's candidate for SADC secretary-general, Masisi has returned from Kinshasa empty-handed. Now that he has done the rounds of most of the key influencers in this election, the Botswanan president has no choice but to pay a visit to his South African counterpart, with whom he does not have the best of relationships.
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Diplomacy UN veteran Kituyi, who entered the presidential race in January, is backed by an array of hitherto neutral businessmen close to President Uhuru Kenyatta. This is only adding to the paranoia of Raila Odinga, who hopes to see his own candidacy blessed by the head of state.
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Politics For fear of losing, Kenya has decided to boycott the arbitration hearings at the International Court of Justice on its martime border dispute with Somalia and is hoping to find a solution instead with the help of Doha.
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Diplomacy The legal proceedings initiated in the United States by the Emirati port operator DP World, which wants several arbitration rulings against Djibouti relating to the Doraleh port container terminal to be enforced, now hinge on the legal status of an email.
The Fundo Soberano de Angola, a leftover from the dos Santos era, has lost its shine since João Lourenço came to power. The technocrats appointed in 2018 to run the fund have been forced to shrink their ambitions in the face of a drastic reduction of its portfolio and the government's patent lack of interest.
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Energy Changes at the top of the Botswanan army have given fresh impetus to negotiations to acquire new combat planes, though budgetary constraints remain a central issue.
As he campaigns (though still unofficially) to become president of South Africa's ruling African National Congress (ANC) party, a position widely seen as a springboard for the top job in the land, the ANC's current secretary-general Ace Magashule has decided to take on a heavyweight adversary: the mining giant Anglo American.
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Mining A delegation from Technip FMC, the French-American oil company in charge of the subsea installations of Total's LNG project off the coast of Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique, should be in Mayotte in mid-March for one last survey of the local port infrastructure and services.
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Energy 
The investors selected in 2019 to build five large photovoltaic power plants are still waiting to get the final green light from the government.
Since the 18 August Mali coup and with tensions flaring over Western Sahara, the Sahel has become the new stage for Algeria and Morocco's battle for influence.
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