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Spotlight | DRC
Kinshasa calls on armed Chinese drones and Foreign Legion vet to take on M23 rebels

CASC Rainbow CH-4, an unmanned aerial vehicle in Zhuhai, China, 8 November 2022. © Miyuki Yoshioka/Yomiuri/The Yomiuri Shimbun via AFP

The Congolese army is struggling to contain the M23 rebel group. In seeking to reverse the balance of power, Kinshasa has bought military drones from China and hired private Romanian soldiers operating under the command of a French Foreign Legion veteran.

Subscribers only Defence

The Continent

Africa
AU summit special: Denis Sassou Nguesso, Paul Kagame, Moussa Faki, Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Intrigues big and small: every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond. This week, we report back from the African Union summit in Addis Ababa.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Sinopec and Perenco frustrated as Addax Petroleum drilling campaign fails to produce results

Addax, a subsidiary of Chinese major Sinopec, has drilled a number of wells in Cameroon but has failed to significantly increase its production there, to the great displeasure of its two local partners.

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Central Africa
Ali Bongo keen to mediate between Kinshasa and Kigali while head of ECCAS

Gabonese head of state Ali Bongo, who will shortly take over ECCAS's rotating presidency, is keen to be involved in resolving the DRC-Rwanda crisis.

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West Africa

Niger
Niamey looks to rid itself of Western arms donations maintenance headache

Rather than counting on donations of American and French military hardware to strengthen the country's armed forces, defence minister Alkassoum Indatou is now trying to negotiate contracts directly with defence companies.

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France, Niger
Bruno Fuchs and French MPs pay visit to Niamey

Bruno Fuchs, a member of the French Presidential party majority, has been in Niamey since 20 February and will remain there until the 23rd for a working visit,

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

South Sudan
World Bank pressures South Sudan to address urgent drinking water problem

As another wave of violence shakes the country, the World Bank has issued a red alert on water resource management, abandoned by the current administration. The population relies almost entirely upon humanitarian aid and NGOs for access to drinking water.

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Kenya
Mount Kenya Foundation business club members divided over support for Odinga

Some business leaders who financed the unsuccessful election campaign of opposition leader Raila Odinga are ready to provide fresh funds to pay for the protest meetings he is staging against the government. Yet some fear the government could retaliate.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Angola
Luanda's lawyers pull out big guns in $1bn turbine case against Aenergy

The legal team representing Luanda did not take long to step into the breach the US Supreme Court left open. It has requested the Court of the District of Columbia permanently withdraw Aenegy's complaint.

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North Africa

Libya
Rome-Tripoli gas deal reawakens threat of blockades

ENI CEO Claudio Descalzi and NOC chief Farhat Bengdara with Italian PM Giorgia Meloni and the head of Libya's national unity government, Abdelhamid Dabaiba, Tripoli, Libya, 28 January 2023. © Hazem Ahmed/Reuters

Both Libya's oil minister and the Libyan Cities and Tribes Supreme Council believe the recent gas deal between Italy and Libya goes against the country's interests. The East-leaning council, which has filed a complaint with a court in Tripoli, has been known to create blockades in the past.

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Libya
Tripoli prosecutor probes NOC payments to oil trader BGN International

Prosecutor General Siddiq al-Sour in Tripoli, 14 March 2018. © Mahmud Turkia / AFP

The Tripoli prosecutor general is investigating payments made by Libya's National Oil Corp to a Dubai-based firm called BGN International. The several million dollars paid out were allegedly due to be used as a financing tool by the Haftar clan that dominates the east of the country.

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