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Spotlight | Southern Africa, Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe under threat of losing Copperbelt-Durban truck traffic

Copperbelt import and export routes. © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications 2020

With congestion at the Beitbridge border post between Zimbabwe and South Africa recently worse than ever, the Kazungula Bridge between Zambia and Botswana has just been completed, opening up a new direct route between the Copperbelt and the port of Durban.

Subscribers only Mining

Central Africa

DRC
Deaths at cobalt mine force Commus to negotiate with locals

Chinese group Commus has finally begun the relocation negotiations which people living near its cobalt mine in Lualaba have been demanding for years. The death of two miners on the periphery of the mine was the catalyst for the talks.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa

Sierra Leone
Freetown looks to triple its electricity output

The Sierra Leonean authorities are seeking partners to revive an ambitious project to construct a 100 MW gas-fired power plant.

Subscribers only Energy, Business

Mali, Togo
Hush-hush diplomacy between Lomé and Bamako shores up junta

The meeting with Faure Gnassingbé (left) on 13 November in Lomé was a key stage in Bah N'Daw's regional tour. © Présidence du Mali

Though the visit to Lomé by the president of the transition Bah N'Daw on 13 November was the first by a top Malian official to the country, very close contacts have been nurtured behind the scenes between the leaders of the putsch and Faure Gnassingbé ever since the coup d'état on 18 August.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Frontrunner emerges in Fluor vs CB&I race for Total's Tilenga infrastructure contract

Fluor's lower bid is thought to have given it an edge over its rival, the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, for the vast works on the Lake Albert field. With an election round the corner, Museveni is keen for things to move quickly now.

Subscribers only Energy

Kenya, Somalia
Farmajo fed up with Kenya's intelligence operations in Somalia

During a visit to Mogadishu in mid-November, Somalian minister of foreign affairs, Ahmed Isse Awad, demanded the Kenyan secret service stop infiltrating its agents onto Somalian soil.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Fanuel Samuel Paunde's business thrives on back of political connections

Increasingly emerging as one of the leading figures in Maputo's new generation of high-profile businessmen, Fanuel Samuel Paunde is developing his business interests thanks to a solid network which extends to the top echelons of the ruling FRELIMO party.

Subscribers only Business

Angola
Telecom giant Unitel SA's $430m battle with ex-CEO Isabel dos Santos

Businesswoman Isabel dos Santos. © Tiago Petinga/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

The Angolan telecommunications giant Unitel SA is hoping to make Dutch firm Unitel International Holdings (UIH), controlled by Isabel dos Santos, settle its debts through a lawsuit filed with the High Court of London.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
Akhannouch generation 2.0 joins family business

The daughters of Morocco's agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch have in recent months embarked on a range of e-commerce ventures, a move that will also boost their parents' businesses.

Subscribers only Business

Morocco, UAE
The secret story of Abu Dhabi's consulate in Laâyoune

In becoming at the start of this month the first Gulf state to open a consulate in the capital of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, the United Arab Emirates is hoping to put an end to three years of tensions with Rabat.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Tunisia
Khemaies Jhinaoui brings anti-Kais Saïed diplomats together in his think tank

Tunisia's Foreign Affairs Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. © Eduardo Munoz/Reuters

Former diplomats who served under Ben Ali and Essebsi and whose positions run counter to the president's pro-Qatar and Turkey foreign policy have set up their own international relations institute together with former foreign minister Khemaies Jhinaoui.

Subscribers only Politics

Libya
With no accord in Tunis, Stephanie Williams to discuss demobilising militias in Turkey

Head of UNSMIL Stephanie Williams. © Mohamed Messara/EPA/Newscom/MaxPPP

Representatives from UNSMIL, including mission head Stephanie Williams, and the GNC are set to talk about security at a conference organised by a pro-Ergodan think-tank.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Libya, Netherlands
Septimius Security bags first European embassy protection contract in Tripoli

Septimius Security has won its first European embassy security contract in Tripoli.

Subscribers only Business

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