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Spotlight | Libya
Germany's BASF trying to cut loose from Russian shareholder in Wintershall

On the way to Wintershall's Jakhira oilfield, Libya, 2004. © DB Wintershall / Wintershall / dpa Picture-Alliance via AFP

The chemical giant has yet to find a way to sell off all its oil assets in Libya. The problem is that its partner has been under international sanctions since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Subscribers only Energy

Central Africa

Central African Republic
Wagner enlists former rebels to regain control in the southeast

The Russian paramilitary group has deployed former rebels demobilised by Livestock Minister Hassan Bouba to take on Zande militiamen in the southeast of the country, where the security crisis continues to worsen.

Subscribers only Defence

Central African Republic
Touadéra's emergency hospitalisation in Brussels causes concern in Bangui

CAR President Faustin-Archange Touadéra, in Serbia, 29 February 2024. © Âandrej Cucik/EPA/MAXPPP

The president has been in Belgium for emergency medical treatment since 21 June, having been hastily evacuated from Bangui. The resulting, worrying power vacuum comes just a few months before the presidential election, in a particularly tense political, security and diplomatic context.

Subscribers only Politics

West Africa

Niger
Niamey requests extension of IMF programme

Faced with a tense financial situation, the junta led by General Abdourahamane Tchiani would like to extend an agreement between his country and the International Monetary Fund until the beginning of 2026.

Subscribers only Finance

West Africa
Julius Maada Bio's coup to seize ECOWAS presidency

Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio in Nice, France, on 9 June 2025. © Ludovic Marin / AFP

Senegalese President Bassirou Diomaye Faye flew to Abuja on 21 June confident that he would take the helm of the West African organisation. However, it was ultimately the Sierra Leonean head of state who was appointed.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Museveni and son make mark on media ahead of presidential elections

President Yoweri Museveni in Kampala, 25 April 2025. © Nicolas Maeterlinck / Belga photo / Reuters

Financial and political pressures are mounting on the country's independent media, while the presidential camp seeks to build a network of influence.

Subscribers only Politics

Rwanda
Qatar takes on role of mediator between Belgium and Rwanda

Rwandan authorities seem willing to work on resuming relations with Belgium.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

Madagascar
Tycoon Mamy Ravatomanga makes a move into private security

Bruno Lemasson has taken the reins of Madagascar Security Academy, a company dedicated to training security professionals and founded by the powerful businessman Mamy Ravatomanga.

Subscribers only Defence

North Africa

Mauritania, Morocco
SNTM-led consortium favourite to win Kankossa water supply contract

Allied to Mauritanian firm BISTP, the Moroccan company Société Nouvelle Travaux Maroc is poised to land a water supply project for the town of Kiffa and neighbouring areas.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business

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