The slow installation Joe Biden's administration is making Uhuru Kenyatta worry that he will never see the free trade agreement that was meant to boost his standing on the continent.
Fewer and fewer members of former president Omar Bongo's extended familiy occupy official positions, fuelling ill-feeling within the clan towards president Ali Bongo and his main advisor and eldest son, Noureddin Bongo.
Historically linked to Portugal, one of its main sources of financial support, Cape Verde has also relied on the European Union to buy its Covid-19 vaccines. It is now building bridges with other European countries, such as Luxembourg.
As Mauritanian prosecutors investigate the former head of state Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz's handling of various industries, it is clearly the mining sector that has their main attention.
British bauxite company Alufer has seen its revenues fall by $70m over the last two years. Bauxite prices have fallen but it has also lost business as a result of former clients Chalco and SPIC going into mining on their own account.
The Italian major ENI is keen for more than the acquittal handed down in mid-March by a Milan court in the long-running Malabu Oil corruption case.
At 54, Houssein Mahamoud Robleh has an ambitious line of projects ahead of him and many international contacts to help, as well as the blessing of president IOG, who sees his projects as a useful PR tool for his Vision 2035.
The Dutch firm Damen Shipyards is making the final preparations for its delivery of two tugboats to the Kenya Navy to boost its logistics capacity.
The Angolan president's quiet trip to Abu Dhabi last week is the latest sign of a fast-tracked rapprochement between the UAE and Angola. But this blossoming diplomatic and economic alliance depends on the UAE's willingness to hunt down the dos Santos family's assets.
The London-based investment fund Gemcorp, which is financing the future 60,000-bpd Cabinda plant, has hired Odebrecht to carry out part of the work. But the Brazilian company is negotiating for more.
The Franco-Tunisian businessman Lotfi Bel Hadj, a provider of digital influence operations to African politicians and governments, has closed his agency in Brussels only to reinforce his Tunisian firm, Ureputation, and open a new branch in Cyprus.
Western capitals are busy repositioning themselves in Libya. Following Italy's lead, Washington will soon appoint a special envoy, while Paris is bringing Emmanuel Macron's former advisor Paul Soler back into the Elysée Palace.
US President Joe Biden does not appear keen to open the US consulate in Western Sahara promised by Donald Trump.
Breaking news published on 23/03/21 at 14.00 - Mohamed el-Menfi and Musa al-Koni, who represent Libya's Cyrenaica and Fezzan regions, are set to dine at the Elysée Palace on 23 March, in the conspicuous absence of other council leader Abdullah al-Lafi.
