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Spotlight | DRC
UN analysts predict gloomy scenarios for 2023's elections

A polling station in Kinshasa for the presidential election held in December 2018. © Stefan Kleinowitz/ZUMA Wire/Alamy Live News

In two confidential reports, the UN Electoral Needs Assessment Mission (ENAM) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have drawn up an overview of the current situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo and attempted to forecast possible outcomes at the time of the late 2023 elections.

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The Continent

Africa, France
French foreign ministry changes nearly entire Africa and Indian Ocean senior line-up

Three of the Africa and Indian Ocean department's four deputy directors are on the out, as are their respective deputies. The unit's director, Christophe Bigot, however, is to remain in place.

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West Africa

Guinea
Under pressure at home, Guinea's FNDC mobilises its European network

Ordered to disband this month by the ruling junta, the FNDC movement spearheading Guinea's wave of protests is mobilising its networks in Brussels and Paris. It aims to get EU sanctions passed against those it says were behind the crackdown on demonstrations on 28 and 29 July.

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Senegal
Amadou Ly sets up own party with eyes on 2024 presidential election

Having run unsuccessfully in the municipal elections in January, the businessman Amadou Ly is about to launch his own political party. But he has not ruled out allying himself with other figures on the Senegalese political scene in the run-up to the 2024 presidential election.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy goes behind Hassan Sheikh's back to talk border security

Ethiopia's Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed talks to Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh during his inauguration in Mogadishu, Somalia June 9, 2022. © Feisal Omar/Reuters

Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed is going behind new Somali president, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud's back in discussing the threat from Al-Shabaab directly with state governors.

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Kenya
Washington turns to Kenya's HLB Cezam for its African off-grid projects

The US African Development Foundation (USADF), the American agency which invests in grassroots enterprises and social entrepreneurs, has turned to the Kenyan consultancy HLB Cezam to recruit an off-grid energy specialist by 9 September.

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Southern Africa and islands

DRC, South Africa
Virunga National Park to seek repayment for blocked shipment from arms manufacturer Truvelo

After the South African police seized equipment destined for the Virunga National Park in eastern DRC, South Africa company Truvelo faces questions from its client.

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North Africa

Morocco
Minister Benali sends gas plans back to the drawing board

Leila Benali speaks during a news conference at the United Nations headquarters in Gigiri, in Kenya, 2 March 2022. © John Ochieng/SOPA images/Sipa USA

Morocco's energy minister Leila Benali is planning a complete overhaul of the country's gas supply arrangements in the wake Russia's war on Ukraine. She is even prepared to jettison certain projects that have already been launched, such as the floating gas facility in Mohammedia.

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