Since he became president in 2021, Ebrahim Raissi has been trying to use the support of a small number of African capitals to enable Iran to break out of its isolation on the international stage.
Faced with the president's brother's wife Isabelle Kibassa's growing ambitions to take over the reins of the southern mining province, Lualaba's interim governor Fifi Masuka Saini's position looks increasingly under threat.
The Cameroonian military's Rapid Intervention Battalion (BIR), which provides protection to President Paul Biya, is soon to receive a batch of Ratel infantry fighting vehicles
German firm Siemens is using the media to pressure President Bolu Tinubu into reevaluating the $2b contract it signed in 2019.
Ivory Coast plans to raise more than €800m in syndicated debt at a time when the country's public finances are in difficulty and the government is struggling to pay its domestic debt.
A delegation from President William Ruto's United Democratic Alliance is to meet with the Chinese Communist Party on its home turf later this week. They want to know the secret to its longevity.
Businesswoman Tolmone Almis Haid, a niece of First Lady Kadra Mahamoud Haid, is quietly diversifying her business interests in Djibouti, particularly in the health sector.
The Anglo-Australian mining group Rio Tinto has just secured the renewal of its tax agreement for a 25-year period, in exchange for paying more significant tax contributions to the Madagascan state.
Several of Cairo's new representatives will take up their roles in African capitals in the coming weeks. The reshuffle follows the resumption of negotiations over the GERD in July.
