Abuja's decision to remove the Chinese oil firm over a tax dispute has prompted complaints and threats of litigation. The four blocks previously exploited by Addax have been transferred to two Nigerian firms.
The Congolese navy has begun operating several BK-10 assault boats recently acquired from Russia. But the professionalisation of the country's maritime agencies will owe much to the support of the European Union.
As armed insurgents, mobilised since this month's presidential poll, threaten to capture Tebesti in northern Chad, the government is desperate to get back helicopters that have been overhauled in eastern Europe.
The 88-year-old Cameroonian president will not let his fellow executive members retire out of fear that their retirements could raise unspoken questions about his own position as head of state.
French director Philippe Boisseau has edged away from Carlyle International Energy Partners (CIEP), the oil investment arm of American financial services group Carlyle.
The country's mining register, which is essential to the growth of its mining sector, is still not online even though it is now several years since software company Trimble was commissioned to prepare the operation.
The first buying period for the 2020-21 cocoa season ended on 31 March and initial results show a major rebalancing between the main buyers. Agri-business behemoth Olam lost the pole position it had held among buyers of Ivorian beans since 2016 to US firm Cargill West Africa.
Bharti Airtel CEO Gopal Vittal has summoned his right-hand man in Africa Raghunath Mandava to weigh up the worth of his Kenyan business following Nairobi's request the company give up 30% of its capital to Kenyan businesses by 2024.
If he loses the financial and logistical support of his Western allies, Somalia's president knows he'll be skating on very thin ice. Expecting this funding to dry up, he is now turning to the Arab world.
On 12 April, the company TL Diamond Valuation was registered in Gaborone by sole shareholder Timothy Lee.
Sonatrach is reviewing security arrangements for its latest pipeline, which carries gas from Reggane to Hassi R'Mel. Vigil Grup, led by an ex-colonel of Algeria's gendarmerie, is doing well out of the overhaul.
With Tunisia on the verge of default, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has begun talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the hope that the former IMF chief will help him persuade the institution to resume its financial support.
With the social housing construction market in full swing, particularly in the Skikda and Boumerdès provinces, Groupe Bourouag Construction's activity has skyrocketed, partly thanks to the political involvement of some of its members.
