The Canadian planemaker recently met with Morocco's industry minister Ryad Mezzour to discuss several major projects it hopes to launch in the kingdom.
The Central African president, who has only just returned to Bangui, wants the two gold and diamond workers to be released and to save face at the same time.
The Australian miner is at loggerheads with the joint venture between Cominière and the local subsidiary of Chinese giant Zijin.
The Nigerian president's one-year term at the head of the West African regional organisation ends in July, but the Senegalese leader Diomaye Faye appears to have lost interest in taking over.
The employers' federation boss will be looking at ways of boosting the sector.
Faced with a deepening energy crisis, the Kenyan government may review its priorities and seek to source more of its electricity from neighbouring countries. Geothermal production is likely to bear the brunt of this U-turn.
After two years of negotiations, the trading deal is set to be signed next month.
