Ever since the demise of Operation Barkhane was announced, French diplomats and military brass have been pondering their country's next steps in the region. A strategy paper is being prepared for Emmanuel Macron.
UK Export Finance is walking a tightrope as it contends with pressure from both NGOs and industry. The agency responsible for promoting British exports has abandoned fossil fuels but continues to back the airline industry.
Istanbul traders and food companies are increasingly serving as intermediaries between Russia and the agricultural trading giants, particularly to supply North and East Africa with grain, flour and sunflower oil.
In a letter to the chairman of Congo's employers' association, Unicongo, the minister of international cooperation and public private partnerships caused a great deal of confusion regarding the imported goods certification process, forcing Fylla de Saint-Eudes, the minister of industry, to offer clarification.
N'Djamena needs cash and is looking for any way to pressure oil companies pulling out of Chad to pay up.
Deputy President William Ruto's campaign team is exasperated by the failure of his running mate, Rigathi Gachagua, to toe the official line. Communications advisers in the Kenya Kwanza coalition have had to deal with a string of polemics sparked by Gachagua's speeches and by comments on social media by some of Ruto's more vocal allies.
Tanzania's state-owned railway company has announced it is severing its contract with Turkish partner Eurowagon, whose managers say they are open to negotiation but have not ruled out legal action.
Undermined by the scandal over Cyril Ramaphosa's farm, the African National Congress fears losing its majority at the next general election in two years' time. One wing of the party close to the president is pushing for a post-electoral alliance with its traditional opponent, the Democratic Alliance.
A dairy tycoon who owns a farm that until 2019 belonged to the late president Robert Mugabe has taken legal action against a scion of a rich Zimbabwean mining family, whom he has accused of illegally extracting gold from his land.
As Ethiopia prepares for the third filling of the Renaissance Dam, Egypt's diplomatic corps is taking action to keep Sudan on its side. It has come to Gen. Al Burhan's aid in Khartoum, where negotiations between the government and military have reached an impasse.
The French-Tunisian businessman, who tried to sell a Paris building belonging to the Libyan sovereign wealth fund LIA and valued at €250m, has had his sentence upheld by the Paris Court of Appeal. Several other legal procedures however continue to threaten Libyan assets in France.
Naval Power Egypt 2022, a military fair and conference that was to have been held for the first time in Alexandria from 5 to 7 September has been postponed indefinitely.