The military defeat suffered in Watiya by General Khalifa Haftar, who was unable to hold on to the main military base in the west of Libya, has further soured his relations with his Egyptian ally.
In recent weeks, the commissioner for peace and security Smaïl Chergui has been seeking to beef up the African Union's counter-terrorism capacities in the Sahel. This 3,000-strong force is set to be financed by UEMOA.
Congo's recently recovered finance minister Calixte Nganongo has rallied and got back to work. Denis Sassou Nguesso needs him to act as a counterweight to the all-powerful minister of major public works Jean-Jacques Bouya, whose sphere of influence is growing.
The forthcoming three-month investigation into accusations that the producer IamGold illegally exported gold from Burkina Faso could turn out to be a very sensitive issue for the camp of President Roch Marc Christian Kaboré.
The arbitration proceedings between the Ivorian national oil firm Petroci and Abuja's favourite trader MRS Oil over the purchase of Chevron's distribution assets are not going to be over any time soon.
The Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, which would involve the use of buses carrying up to 205 people and operating on specially reserved routes, is a key component in the Conakry urban development plan (PDU) submitted to the Guinean authorities in late 2019.
For a long time in the balance, it has finally been confirmed that Grob Aircraft will supply a second consignment of six G 120TP turboprops to the Ethiopian Air Force (EAF).
The Indian government's decision last month to reduce taxes for companies based in Mauritius is to be accompanied by lower transparency requirements. The venture capital firm IndiaRF, a JV between the family-run Piramal and Bain Capital, immediately took advantage of the move.
Salimo Abdula, the frontman for the commercial interests of the former president Armando Guebuza, is going into business with the firm founded by Samora Jr.
France and the United States worked together to airlift the unwell Ana Dias Lourenço to Paris.
Brussels has warned Botswana that it may add the country to its list of third countries with weak money-laundering and terrorist financing regimes on 1 October, sending Gaborone's officials and diplomats into overdrive. The fallout could be huge for Botswana whose economy depends heavily on exports to the EU.
Rached Ghannouchi has been encouraged by the reversal of power in Libya to the Islamists' advantage to try and further politically isolate President Kaïs Saïed and exert his power in Tunis.
The private security firm Sentinel (formerly SMS Security Consultancy) owned by the Frenchman Gilles Bourguignon is to assume responsibility for the security arrangements and personal safety of the delegation of the European Union (EU) in Morocco.