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Spotlight | Sahel
Niger coup upsets Berlin's Sahel strategy

German chancellor Olaf Scholz during a visit to the Tilia camp in Niger in 2022. © Michael Kappeler/DPA/Reuters

Germany, which had made Niger the hub for its activities in the Sahel region, is following events in the country anxiously following the 26 July putsch.

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Central Africa

DRC
Gaps in evidence hamper investigation into Chérubin Okende murder

A string of oversights, including the contamination of the crime scene and failure to collect DNA evidence, has complicated the inquiry into the death of the ex-minister, who was murdered in his car in mid-July.

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Gabon, Ivory Coast
Gabonese presidential campaign strains Abidjan-Libreville relations

An audio recording, purportedly of a discussion between Gabonese opposition politicians Albert Ondo Ossa and Alexandre Barro-Chambrier, led to Libreville's foreign minister asking the Ivorian ambassador to explain himself.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

West Africa

Guinea
Junta clashes with Russia's Nordgold over state's 15% stake in SMD

Conakry has demanded payment of a debt dating from 2006 for the sale of the state's shares in Societe Miniere de Dinguiraye to Crew gold, the former owner of the mine that sold it in 2010 to Alexei Mordashov's group.

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Senegal
Macky Sall to represent AU at G20?

There is much speculation as to the future of Macky Sall when he steps down as president after the February 2024 election. One option could be an African Union role at the G20.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Odinga struggles to internationalise his campaign against Ruto

The unsuccessful candidate in the 2022 Kenyan presidential election, Raila Odinga. © Claudia Lacave/Hans Lucas/Reuters

Bobi Wine, Samia Suluhu, Olusegun Obasanjo and Chris Coons are among the many high-profile names in Raila Odinga's impressive address book. But despite this, the unsuccessful candidate in Kenya's 2022 presidential election is struggling to find international allies in his fight against his victorious rival, William Ruto.

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Eritrea
Asmara seeks designer for 30MW solar power plant

The tender for Eritrea's first solar power plant has been launched.

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Southern Africa and islands

Angola
James Whitehead hired as Luanda's US lobbyist

The US cybersecurity expert is poised to start promoting Luanda's interests in the US.

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North Africa

Tunisia
Tunis still in sights of African Court on Human Rights

The Tunisian president, Kaïs Saïed. © Lewis Joly/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Tunisian lawyer Brahim Belghith is awaiting a ruling by the court in September on his challenge to the legality of certain political decisions taken by Kais Saied.

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Algeria
Malik Rebrab turns page on his father's era at Cevital

Cevital CEO Malik Rebrab plans to carry out a profound restructuring of the Algerian agri-food giant, reversing the centralised development strategy followed by his father, Issad Rebrab.

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