In July 2021, four months after the blocking of the Suez Canal by the Ever Given, Egypt received damages after finally agreeing to set the container ship free. The authorities in Cairo preferred, however, not to reveal the heavily reduced amount of compensation paid.
The US International Development Finance Corp (DFC), which was relaunched two years ago, is increasing its activity on the African continent. Washington has made the DFC, which invests in the private sector, its key weapon for attracting African countries wooed by Beijing.
In the closing days of Bolsonaro's current term, his executive intends to use the upcoming meeting of security directors of Portuguese-speaking countries to focus on piracy.
A seven-year unpaid bill could see the Gabonese state dragged before a court in London. Sovereign Global Solutions has sought conciliation, one step away from arbitration.
Paul Biya's son travelled to the Chadian capital on 23 September to finalise the opening of Afriland First Bank's local branch. Cameroon's second-largest bank is looking to expand its business within the CEMAC bloc.
In difficulty with the International Monetary Fund, Ghanaian President Nana Akufo-Addo met in great secrecy with a team from the French advisory bank Global Sovereign Advisory. Accra has previously used Lazard bank for such matters.
Paris and Riyadh resumed their strategic dialogue in September, with the situation in the Sahel at the heart of their talks.
The presidents of Angola, Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau will take part in the 8th Dakar Forum on Peace and Security from 24 to 25 October. They will be joined by the foreign ministers of Mali, Democratic Republic of Congo and Saudi Arabia, as well as the French secretary of state Chrysoula Zacharopoulou.
The new president William Ruto has secretly decided to put an end to the monopoly enjoyed by Autoport Freight Terminals Ltd, a company owned by Ali Hassan Joho, who is thus paying the price for giving financial support to defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga.
Hart Nationwide, a very active service provider in Mogadishu, has been entrusted with the task of providing security the United Nations mission in Somalia, for the next three years.
A Moroccan official at UNESCO is under internal investigation. She is accused by her management of having disclosed details of the contract with Freedom Voices Network, which investigated the Pegasus spy software.
Franco-Tunisian businessman Sam Zormati, an entrepreneur with a strong presence in Africa, was arrested at Dubai airport in early October at the request of the Guinean judiciary.