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Spotlight | Kenya, Somalia
Kenyatta and Odinga play the Somaliland card to weaken Farmajo's 2021 election chances

Uhuru Kenyatta and Musa Bihi Abdi, on 14 December 2020 in Nairobi. © State House Kenya

For three days, the Kenyan head of state rolled out the red carpet for Somaliland president Muse Bihi Abdi. Bihi himself took advantage of the trip to meet one of the leaders of the opposition to Somali president Farmajo, with the help of Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga.

Subscribers only Politics

Central Africa

Cameroon
Paul Biya has deep pockets... and they're lined with ammo

As Cameroonian authorities prepare for a second round of negotiations with separatist leaders from the Anglophone West, the government awarded its army a hefty budget increase.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

In Focus | Africa, France
Alexandre Benalla and Kamal Benali fall short of their wheeler-dealer heroes of yore

Bernard Kouchner (left) and Kamal Benali (right) during Alpha Condé's presidential inauguration. © Kamal Benali

The businessman-adventurer has long been one of the main characters of the "Françafrique" era. André Guelfi, Pierre Falcone and Vincent Miclet helped to fashion the myth of the deal-maker who could be found in Africa's presidential palaces and the bars of Paris's luxury hotels, setting up multi-million-dollar deals with just a few phone calls.

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France, West Africa
Paris issues fresh tender for Barhkane logistics

Bolloré's competitors now have until mid-January to eat into the French giant's transportation action in West Africa after France re-issued a request for bids it had abandoned.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics

Equatorial Guinea
P Block: Energy minister Gabriel Obiang may soon tire of Levene and Vaalco's stalemate

Offshore exploration in Equatorial Guinea should pick back up in 2021. If Levene Energy and Vaalco, winners of the last bidding round, can reach an agreement, that is.

Subscribers only Energy

Mauritania
French firms Okan, IFP Training, and Sfere rule the roost in consulting

Since gas discoveries in 2015, the oil ministry has been calling on international experts to advise it on Mauritania's future strategy. French groups have carved out the lion's share of the market.

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Guinea
Simandou: Beny Steinmetz gambling on ICSID in his case against George Soros

To keep his case against George Soros from being dismissed by the New York courts, Beny Steinmetz claims evidence introduced to the ICSID proves he is not guilty of corruption.

Subscribers only Mining

West Africa
MBDA hopes to sell its IED solutions to Sahel armies

Since early Novemver MBDA France (owned by Airbus, BAE Systems and Leonardo) has been beating a path to the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa, Israel, UAE
Nascent UAE-Israeli tech alliance turns its attention to Africa

The recent rapprochement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has led business between the tech communities of Tel Aviv and Dubai to boom. Start-ups and investors from both countries are forging close links to make forays into Africa.

Subscribers only Business

Kenya, United Kingdom
London agencies to train Nairobi's anti-terrorism units in 2021

Scotland Yard and a number of other British agencies will take a first group of Kenyan anti-terrorism police through their paces in London early next year.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

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