A report seen by Africa Intelligence has indicated there were several missteps in the hiring process of four AU heads of department.
In an about-turn, the head of Cameroon's Société Nationale des Hydrocarbures has asked President Paul Biya to open a legal investigation after Swiss trader Glencore admitted paying the company's top executives.
The new defence minister will have his work cut out strengthening the Congolese army, not least because some of his ministry's prerogatives have been allocated to the president's closest allies. To consolidate his influence, Jean-Pierre Bemba will have to play hardball within the government.
The grandson of Congolese president Sassou Nguesso has given his fiancée's family a dowry at a ceremony in Brazzaville in the presence Omar Bongo's eldest daughter Pascaline, heralding a further thaw in relations between the two countries.
The Ivorian president is keen for the US trader, which has been accused of failing to pay its taxes, to put its affairs in order. The US ambassador in Abidjan is keeping a close eye on developments.
By giving up the operating licence it has held since 2009 for the Imouraren uranium deposit and applying for an exploration licence, French mining giant Orano is once again postponing the development of the site until the last possible moment.
Orange, which is looking into ways of cutting costs, is to audit the tender calls, service providers and suppliers of its subsidiary in Abidjan.
Britain's House of Commons voted on first reading in favour of a bill recognising the independence of Somaliland. The small East African state, which declared itself independent in 1991, still has a long way to go, however, to get the British government to support the legislation.
The lawyer for Mozambique's former finance minister has criticised his client's detention conditions in South Africa, where he was held for more than four years pending his extradition to the United States, which finally took place on 12 July.
To ease the pressure on the agrifood sector, the Algerian authorities have taken over two entities belonging to the Boudiab brothers, who are currently facing corruption charges.
