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Spotlight | DRC
Tshisekedi to finally take helm of regional security body set up to fight rebel groups

DRC President Félix Tshisekedi was caught off guard by Uganda's moves - including on Congolese territory - against rebel forces proliferating in the Great Lakes region. He will seek to regain the initiative when next month he takes over the presidency of a regional security cooperation alliance.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Central Africa

Burundi, United Nations
President guns for UN Security Council seat

A few months after the US lifted sanctions against Burundi, President Evariste Ndayishimiye now has high ambitions for his country within the United Nations.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

West Africa
OECD prepares to enlist banks in fight against gold fraud

Recognising that high banking fees are among the factors contributing to illegal gold trafficking, particularly in the west of the continent, the OECD plans to shortly engage in discussions with financial institutions and governments in the region.

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Africa
AU states battle for seats on powerful Peace and Security Council

Member countries are jockeying for a place on the African Union's most influential body.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ghana
Elbit to provide army with General Dynamics armoured vehicles thanks to Israeli funds

After having promised armoured vehicles to the Ghanaian army from Iveco, the Israeli defence leader Elbit Systems, backed by Tel Aviv, is completing the deal with hardware provided by General Dynamics.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Ivory Coast, Mauritius
Ex-AfrAsia founder Ben Padayachy helps Bernard Koné Dossongui make his Indian Ocean splash

The BNP, Barclays, Standard Bank, and AfrAsia Bank veteran is working to structure the Ivorian magnate's assets in Mauritius, Madagascar, and the Comoros.

Free access Finance, Business

French president Emmanuel Macron with Burkinabe president Roch Marc Christian Kaboré in Ouagadougou in 2017.

Burkina Faso, France
Paris had been planning for months in anticipation of a coup against Kaboré

The French government had been expecting an event such as the putsch attempt that took place on 23 January since September, and had been on maximum alert for months. On Sunday, Paris was in constant touch with President Kaboré and even offered to evacuate him.

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Africa
Bolloré Africa assets sale: Nicolas Sarkozy and Cyrille Bolloré on joint mission in Abidjan

Breaking news published on 24/01/22 at 19:00 - Former French president and the CEO of Bolloré landed earlier this afternoon in Abidjan. They will meet with Ivorian president Alassane Ouattara, as well as all of Bolloré's Africa country directors.

Subscribers only Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Uganda
Kampala drags out second bid round talks

The president's shake-up of his top oil honchos has failed to speed up the attribution of five new blocks that have been up for grabs for more than two and a half years.

Subscribers only Energy

Djibouti
Sovereign Fund's management treads water

Following the dismissal of the managing director of the Sovereign Fund of Djibouti in the second quarter of 2021, the fund's board meetings have become a rarity and its management structure is hazy.

Subscribers only Finance, Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Zimbabwe
Morgan Stanley and Mitsubishi bet on Prospect Resources' battery metals operations

Australian Prospect Resources may have just shed its flagship Zimbabwean lithium project to China's Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt, but this hasn't deterred investors Mitsubishi and Morgan Stanley from betting on the junior's future battery metals projects.

Subscribers only Finance, Mining

North Africa

EU Ambassador Marcus Cornaro met with Nadia Akacha, director of Tunisian President Saïed's cabinet, on 14 January 2022.

Tunisia
EU envoy frank on economy, aid and elections to Nadia Akacha

In a sign of the growing frustrations between Tunis and Brussels, EU ambassador Marcus Cornaro made plain his concerns earlier this month when he met the president's chief of staff - who has now resigned.

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Morocco
Forafric creates new flour mill in Fez as it awaits Nasdaq listing

On 14 January, Morrocan agribusiness firm Forafric created a new subsidiary the Minoterie Epidor mill based in Fez.

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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