The level of activity at the huge gas project in Cabo Delgado province suggests that legal barriers to an official resumption of work there could soon be lifted. But the French major is facing reservations from financial backers.
Robert Friedland's group managed to transport its copper via the Angolan port of Lobito late last month. It has thus won its logistical gamble and is one step ahead of its competitors.
Jean-Pierre Robins Ghoumo was appointed director of Cameroon's intelligence service in December, but cannot access the files of his predecessor, Léopold Maxime Eko Eko, currently in jail. The new management is weeding out the old director's confidants.
Shell's announcement of the sale of its Nigerian onshore subsidiary is a sign that President Bola Tinubu has made a break with the policies of his predecessor. The buyer, a consortium led by Samuel Dossou-Aworet, had previously failed to get presidential approval.
The planned expulsion of thousands of migrant pastoralists is polarising the presidential party. Local leaders are critical of how the operation is being carried out, while farmers who back the government are seeking to preserve their interests.
On 10 January, the Chinese construction firm Stecol, a PowerChina subsidiary formerly known as Sinohydro, landed a road-building and drainage contract for the town of Rubavu.
Angola's attorney general has accused the former head of state oil company Sonangol of a long list of crimes, ranging from embezzlement to money laundering. Her lawyers denounce the claims as a 'conspiracy'.
After calls to boycott Carrefour supermarkets in Morocco in the context of the Israel-Hamas war, the stock value of its parent company reached its lowest point since August 2021. But things are looking up.
Berlin voted for Pretoria's candidate, Mxolisi Nkosi, in the election for the next UNHRC president. Germany's permanent ambassador in Geneva, Katharina Stasch, did, however, extend her congratulations to the election's winner, Moroccan Omar Zniber.
