In re-establishing the iconic Tea Board of Kenya, the Kenyan president hopes to regain control of the country's tea sector, Nairobi's primary source of export revenue.
The French investigating judge Elodie Meryanne, who since last year has been investigating the conditions of detention of Ali Bongo's Franco-Gabonese ex-chief of staff Brice Laccruche in Gabon, has been seeking to interview the most senior authorities in Libreville.
In the legal dispute with Process & Industrial Developments (P&ID), Nigeria's attorney is seeking to activate a mechanism whereby all eleven judges of the appeal court of the District de Columbia would sit in judgement on the case, which relates to the failure of a gas project in the Niger delta.
Australian junior Haranga Resources, which has bought the Saraya uranium project in Senegal, says two other hot commodities have been identified there: lithium and tin.
Sa nomination intervient alors que le gouvernement de transition guinéen, dirigé par le colonel Mamadi Doumbouya, cherche à mobiliser le soutien des bailleurs internationaux.
The House of the People last week reached the quorum needed to elect its speaker. Voting will take place next week, setting the stage for the eagerly awaited election of president Farmajo's successor.
After Barnes & Thornburg, Holland & Knight, Mercury Public Affairs and Actum International, the Ethiopian government has secured the services of a fifth lobbying firm in Washington in just two years.
Ever since the Marikana massacre in the platinum belt in 2012, the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has been losing ground to its rival, the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU). To secure its future, its new leadership is pushing for a rapprochement and making a conscious effort to steer clear of politics.
Botswana, used to being a top performer, has plummeted in the Fraser Institute's annual ranking of countries attracting mining investment. One reason for this is investors' fear of an uncertain period to come after the 2024 general election.
The prime minister designate of the eastern Libyan parliament, who had made the Tunisian capital his base, has had to leave the country after being warned that he could not carry out his political activities there.
The Casillo family group, the leading supplier of durum wheat to Italian pasta manufacturers, has for several years systematically responded to calls for tenders from the Tunisian cereals office. This has enabled it to bag a swathe of the country's supply contracts since the start of the Ukraine war.
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune will head to Rome on 26 May for an official visit. In the Italian capital, he'll meet with Prime Minister Mario Draghi to talk gas and security.
