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In Focus | Senegal
Thierno Ba, friend to Macky Sall and key military equipment broker

In just a few years, businessman Thierno Ndom Ba, a close friend of President Macky Sall, has established himself as one of Dakar's most sought after military equipment brokers. © Studio Pachamama

In just a short years, Thierno Ndom Ba has established himself as one of Dakar's most sought-after military equipment brokers. With discretionary use of special funds from the presidency, the businessman has become a main supplier of Senegal's gendarmerie.

Subscribers only Defence

Central Africa

Cameroon
'Magil Affair' reveals tug of war between Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Kombi

Canadian construction company Magil has managed to salvage its contract for Olembe stadium, at the heart of a bitter battle behind the scenes between the presidency's secretary general Ferdinand Ngoh Ngoh and sports minister Narcisse Mouelle Kombi.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Politics, Business

DRC
Doha's new diplomatic effort to bring Kagame and Tshisekedi together in Qatar

Rwandan President Paul Kagame and DRC's President Félix Tshisekedi. © Dan Kitwood/Pool/Reuters - Justin Makangara/Anadolu Agency via AFP

Breaking news published on 20/01/22 at 18:25 - A meeting was set to take place in Doha on 23 January between the Congolese and Rwandan presidents, Félix Tshisekedi and Paul Kagame but was called off after the Congolese president pulled out.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

Sahel
Western capitals uneasy about delayed Issoufou report

Former Nigerien president Mahamadou Issoufou's report on the international response to the Sahel security crisis will not be ready in time for the AU summit in February as initially planned, with publication still several months away.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Nigeria
ICSID case ENI vs. Nigeria over OPL 245 stalled once again

Kamal Hossein, the arbitrator named by Nigeria in the 'Malabu' case between ENI and the state, announced his dismissal to the tribunal in December.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast
Ivorian high society haunt Sofitel Abidjan to be closed for renovation

The Accor hotel group plans to close the Sofitel Hotel Ivoire Abidjan for a major renovation before the 2023 Africa Cup of Nations, which is due to take place in Abidjan in January 2024.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

African Union, Comoros islands, Rwanda
M23: Vincent Biruta lobbies Azali Assoumani

Officially, Vincent Biruta visited Moroni on 16 January to sign partnerships that had been planned for several years between Rwanda and the Comoros. In reality, it was to talk about the DRC.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Somalia, United States
Somaliland's SSC region enlists US lobbyists to appeal to Washington

Fighting has gripped the east of breakaway province Somaliland since late December. The conflict has regional repercussions and has been the subject of lobbying in Washington.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Star lawyer behind legal bid to force Ramaphosa government to end power cuts

Advocate Dali Mpofu (L) reacts as he chats to Advocate Tembeka Ngcukaitobi during court hearing arguments on a report into allegations of political interference by wealthy friends of President Jacob Zuma, at the North Gauteng High Court, in Pretoria, South Africa, 2 November 2016. © Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters

A complaint is to be lodged with the Constitutional Court to force the South African government to bring an end to the country's endemic power cuts. The lawyer behind the offensive is Tembeka Ngcukaitobi, who has got opposition politicians to back him.

Subscribers only Energy

Mozambique
South Africa's WBHO reaps first TotalEnergies LNG contracts

While the award processes for the oil giant's gas project continue to be being repeatedly delayed, some service contracts have finally been awarded in a signal that the works suspended in 2020 may be about to resume.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Algeria, France
Sanofi strains relations between Algiers and Paris

French ambassador to Algeria, François Gouyette, in Algiers, Algeria, on 27 October 2022. © Amine Chikhi/APP/NurPhoto/AFP

The French pharmaceutical giant is still unable to produce its diabetes treatment locally, despite a deadline to do so imposed by the Algerian authorities.

Subscribers only Business

Libya, United States
Wagner at the centre of CIA boss's visit to Tripoli

William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, in Washington, DC, 8 March 2022. © Rod Lamkey /CNP/MaxPPP

During his recent visit to Tripoli, CIA Director William Burns called for national unity and sounded the charge against the Russian mercenary group Wagner, which controls several oil fields in Libya.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy, Diplomacy

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