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Inner circles | Africa, Congo, Namibia, Nigeria
Antoinette Sassou Nguesso plays queenmaker for African first ladies

The Congolese first lady Antoinette Sassou Nguesso. © Vincent Isore/IP3 Press/MaxPPP

The Organisation of African First Ladies, originally launched to fight AIDS, planned in 2019 to add development to its remit. But Covid-19 put a stop to that project. Its new president, the Namibian first lady Monica Geingos, is now hoping to find new impetus, as another organisation led by Nigeria's Aisha Buhari is trying to compete with it.

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The Continent

Africa
Rwanda pips Algeria to host HQ of new African Medicines Agency

Paul Kagame and his teams had to battle right up to the line to ensure that Kigali will serve as the headquarters for the new African Union body. The support of Morocco was key to Rwanda's victory.

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Central Africa

Equatorial Guinea
Vaalco profits as Ukraine war drives Russia's Gunvor out of Block I

The latest Russian-owned firm to be affected by the consequences of the Ukraine war is oil trader Gunvor, which is set to sell its assets in Equatorial Guinea to the US firm Vaalco.

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West Africa

Senegal, United States
Macky Sall frets over international image in tense run-up to elections

Senegalese president Macky Sall. © Legnan Koula/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

With parliamentary elections due to take place on 31 July, the Senegalese president is worried that the tense social climate will reflect negatively on him in the eyes of the international community. He is therefore redoubling his PR efforts abroad.

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Senegal
Ousmane N'Diaye brokers US Schweizer helicopters for air force

The Senegalese air force is about to take delivery of four helicopters from the US manufacturer Schweizer. The contract was negotiated by businessman Ousmane N'Diaye, who is involved in brokering military equipment between the two countries.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
IOG to keep close tabs on finance minister during Djibouti Telecom privatisation

Generally kept at arm's length on account of his political ambitions, in early July Djibouti's finance minister Ilyas Moussa Dawaleh inherited the tricky task of overseeing the partial privatisation of Djibouti Telecom, under the close supervision of the president's allies.

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Tanzania
Suluhu orders foreign firms to register in bid to clean up private sector

Tanzania president Samia Suluhu Hassan. © USA Today Network via Reuters Connect

The Tanzanian government is calling on foreign-registered companies operating in the country to comply with the law or risk being struck off.

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Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
Black granite export ban causes rare frictions between Beijing and Harare

Although relations between China and Zimbabwe have reached new heights since China handed over the new Zimbabwean parliament building it has built and paid for in early July, a new law banning the exportation of black granite, which is in great demand on the Chinese market, has created some friction between the two countries.

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South Africa
Two bigwig ANC ministers allegedly burgled

According to our sources, Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe and Justice Minister Ronald Lamola were both burgled at their official residences in Pretoria last week.

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North Africa

Algeria
CREA employers' federation seeks to embody Algerian economic revival

Algeria's brand new CREA employers' federation has hit the ground running and established itself as a key player in the business community. It is keen to distance itself from the defunct business leaders' forum led by jailed oligarch Ali Haddad, a vestige of the last years of the Bouteflika regime.

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Egypt
Sisi expected to meet Macron in Paris today

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's flying visit to Paris may not be inked in Emmanuel Macron's diary; but the two are nonetheless scheduled to meet today.

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