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Spotlight | Sudan
Burhan's Islamist allies endanger rapprochement with US

Sudan's army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan in Port Sudan on 29 April 2025. © AFP

Weeks after a secret meeting between US envoy Massad Boulos and Sudan army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, Washington sanctioned the Al-Baraa Ibn Malik brigade - an Islamist militia closely linked to Burhan's government and now key to the army's fight against the paramilitary RSF.

Subscribers only Politics

The Continent

Africa
AU ambassadorial list soon to be complete

The new chairperson of the African Union Commission, Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, is putting the finishing touches to his team of mission chiefs for key capitals.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Demand for death penalty for Joseph Kabila raises tensions in SADC countries

The request for the death penalty against former Congolese President Joseph Kabila has worried several countries in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), which fear a precedent within the regional organisation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Cameroon
Paul Biya's phantom presidential campaign

The head of state is standing for re-election on 12 October but his supporters are struggling to ascertain whether or not he will campaign in person.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

West Africa

Africa
The AfDB counts on Africa Investment Forum to reel in Gulf states

The AfDB's investment platform will begin a tour of several Gulf states in the next few days. It is hoping to find new investors.

Subscribers only Finance

Guinea-Bissau
Pereira goes on the offensive with drug trafficking accusations against Embaló

Guinean President Umaro Sissoco Embaló and former Prime Minister Domingos Simões Pereira. © Ludovic Marin/AFP ; Seyllou/AFP

The opposition leader and former prime minister of Guinea-Bissau has joined forces with an NGO that has close ties to the United Nations. His goal is to develop a strategy to destabilise the outgoing president, Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who he accuses of being involved in international drug trafficking.

Subscribers only Politics

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
World Bank increases support to Kampala

The World Bank has been working to resume its funding to Uganda for several months. Its programmes there are, however, subject to awareness-raising on discrimination against sexual minorities. In 2023 the Bretton Woods institution suspended its financial support following the passing of an anti-homosexuality law.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
TotalEnergies' sly tactics on Mozambique LNG project

TotalEnergies CEO Patrick Pouyanné in Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia on 16 June 2025. © Mohd Rasfan/AFP

The lifting of the force majeure on the French oil major's gas project in Cabo Delgado is now only a matter of weeks away. The company is keeping the suspense alive, but on the ground, subcontractors are already hard at work.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Morocco
Due to Trump tariffs, US giant Target sets sights on sourcing supplies in the kingdom

A casualty of the trade standoff between the US administration and India, the American retail giant is now making plans for Morocco.

Subscribers only Business

Libya
The Libyan consul in Marseille woos French investors

The new Libyan consul, Mohamed Hamuda, is organising a business networking meeting on 25 September in Marseille, France.

Subscribers only Business, Diplomacy

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