Uhuru Kenyatta's lieutenants have been asked to persuade MPs and senators to let Kenya increase its debt yet again. But the circle of presidential loyalists capable of pushing such a measure through is shrinking by the day.
The Ivorian economic capital will be the venue for an initial mediation over the Ndassima gold mine. Canadian firm Axmin is challenging Bangui's 2019 cancellation of its two licences there. Illustrating the tension between them, the two parties even had trouble agreeing on a date for the talks.
The visit of Chad's interim president to Doha last week sped up the appointment of officials to the Chadian embassy there, which in recent years had been run by a chargé d'affaires. With many topics to cover, the embassy is likely to be busy over the next few months.
The Congolese president's personal representative for international affairs, Françoise Joly, is currently on a trip to France.
The fall of Alpha Condé, one of Mohammed VI's most reliable allies in West Africa, has caught Morocco off guard and fuelled concerns about its many assets and interests in Guinea.
There have been no discoveries for years in Gambian, Senegalese or Guinea-Bissau waters. But two drilling campaigns by Australia's Far and China's CNOOC are imminent.
Canadian mining group Iamgold, which has been exploring Guinea's Karita gold deposit since 2017, applied for a new exploration permit just a few days after the coup which overthrew President Alpha Condé.
The Dakar Forum on Peace and Security in Africa, which has been the Senegalese president's international showcase since 2013, will be held on 6 and 7 December. This seventh edition, with a revised format, is organised under the leadership of Avisa Partners.
The health crisis is preventing two Chinese warships given to the Djibouti navy earlier this year going into operation. The inertia is surprising given Beijing's growing military presence in the country.
The World Bank and the African Development Bank are supporting the recommendations of the OECD on corporate tax evasion.
Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is interested in the Sudanese market and is understood to be in talks with several operators, including Sudatel, with the view to deploy its antennae and mobile networks.
London investment fund Gemcorp and Brasilian construction giant Novonor (formely Odebrecht) have launched into mining in Angola through new company First Light Mining, and have started building a refinery in Cabinda.
The much-anticipated drilling of the Venus prospect on TotalEnergies' Namibian Block 2913B had scheduled for September, but is now expected to be delayed again. the government expects the drilling platform to arrive in its waters around December.
