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Africa Energy Bank hampered at the starting blocks

Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022.
Omar Farouk Ibrahim, Secretary General of the African Petroleum Producers' Organization, in Cairo, on 14 February 2022. © Amr Abdallah Dalsh/Reuters

African governments have been slow in releasing the funds promised for the future African hydrocarbon bank. The project, led by Nigeria's Omar Farouk Ibrahim, is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2025, but only a portion of the financing it needs has been raised.

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Central Africa

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West Africa

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France's new military command for Africa begins to take shape

A French soldier from Operation Barkhane in northern Chad, on 2 June 2022.
A French soldier from Operation Barkhane in northern Chad, on 2 June 2022. © Aurélie Bazzara-Kibangula/AFP

The new military coordination body, which is modelled on the United States Africa Command, is working to reorganise France's presence on the continent. In addition to preserving military outposts in West and Central Africa, the project entails closer cooperation with a handful of other African states, some of which are English-speaking.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

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Southern Africa and islands

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North Africa

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