Brazil's former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is reaching out to the continent's leaders with the help of a veteran diplomat. His tenure in the early 2000s marked a golden age for relations between Africa and Brazil.
After a seven-year dispute with the company in charge of its maintenance, the Congolese Ministry of Defence has finally given up ownership of the MI-8 helicopter that it used as its air ambulance.
The Gabonese geologist Odette Nzaba Makaya, who took the helm of the state oil company in June, reportedly aims to use oil legislation to boost its stake in the country's blocks.
On 24 November, Morocco's industry minister Ryad Mezzour is expected to make his first trip to Africa since his appointment last month, when he replaced Moulay Hafid Elalamy. Mezzour will attend the DRC Africa Business Forum instead of Mohammed VI who had been invited by President Felix Tshisekedi.
The directors of the Dubai-based logistics and catering giant Ecolog, the main supplier to the UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) since its creation in 2014, are worried about the impending 2022 tender.
The Nigerian Air Force, which is looking for attack helicopters to boost its firepower, is currently conducting negotiations with the European manufacturer Airbus and India's HAL. But the Turkish TAI, solidly supported by Ankara, has a head start with its T-129 model.
The Chinese company Mauritania Titanium Resources has resumed mining on its black sands licence after getting the green light from Nouakchott. The authorities have found a compromise between the environmental risks posed by the project and their desire to enter the growing global market for titanium, which is extracted from black sands.
Germany's military commitment in the Sahel is one of the issues on the table in negotiations between the Greens, the business-friendly FDP and the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to form the next government.
The African Union's special envoy for the Horn of Africa, Olusegun Obasanjo, was in Russia this weekend to discuss the Ethiopian conflict. Meanwhile, the rebel coalition continues to close in on Addis.
The UNHCR has obtained government approval from Kenya to start improvement works at the Kakuma refugee camp in the north-east of the country. This decision is urgent as the countries bordering Ethiopia may have to absorb a possible influx of refugees.
The new ambassadors appointed to Paris, Mohamed Benchaâboun, and to the European Union, Youssef Amrani, have joined a long list of diplomats unable to take up their duties because they have not yet been received by the king.
The European Union is considering sending an election observation team for the elections scheduled for 24 December, yet it still needs a request from the government. The US agencies are already working on the issue.
