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Spotlight | Senegal
Dakar-Washington axis threatened by Trump's cost-cutting diplomacy

At the Ouakam base in Dakar, Senegal, 22 March 2018. © Seyllou/AFP

With the freeze on US funding being felt on both the economic and security fronts, Bassirou Diomaye Faye's government is worried about a possible reversal of the IMF's position, spurred on by the new US president.

Subscribers only Defence, Finance, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Chad
N'Djamena takes over as secretary general of ACP organisation

Chad's former economic minister Moussa Natal Batraki was appointed secretary general of the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States during a council of ministers meeting in Brussels on 20 February.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

DRC
EAC military heads recommend plan for ending M23 crisis

Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the Extraordinary Joint Regional Summit between SADC and the EAC heads of state in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, 8 February 2025. © Ericky Boniphace/AFP

The East African Community chiefs of staff met on 21 February in Nairobi to outline a plan to end the crisis in eastern DRC. They are considering the deployment of a new force and even a 'special status' for the cities of Goma and Bukavu.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

Nigeria
Kano throne turns into poisoned chalice for Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II

Sanusi Lamido Sanusi returned to the head of the northern Nigerian emirate last May, four years after being dethroned, but now once again finds himself in the crosshairs of the central government.

Subscribers only Politics

Ivory Coast
Société Générale's results fall short

Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire has published its results for 2024, the first year under new CEO Patrick Blas. Although net profit was up by 4%, this year's results fell short of the targets set.

Subscribers only Finance

Guinea
China's Baowu beefs up its Simandou workforce

Baowu Steel has strengthened its teams on the Mount Simandou iron ore megaproject, with around 150 people, mainly from China.

Subscribers only Mining

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Former Supreme Court president David Maraga sets sights on 2027 election

Kenya's then-Supreme Court president David Maraga at the Independence Day ceremony in Nairobi, 12 December 2017. © Yasutoshi Chiba/AFP

The magistrate is gathering his network of political, religious and economic supporters with an eye on the next presidential election. Yet he's working with limited resources and has to counter the ambitions of former interior minister Fred Matiang'i, a heavyweight from his own native region.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Inspired by Nigeria's Dangote, Pretoria dreams of its own mega refinery

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari (in blue), Aliko Dangote (on his right) and Togolese President Faure Gnassingbé (on his left) in Lagos, 22 May 2023. © Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP

South Africa is considering building a new oil refinery to reduce its dependence on fuel imports, yet the colossal cost may make it an unlikely option.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Algeria
Tebboune faces questions about industrial woes in Annaba

Soon after Sifi Ghrieb's appointment as industry minister last year, MPs from the northeast quizzed him about problems facing factories in one of the country's industrial heartlands. The minister then raised the matter with the head of state.

Subscribers only Business

Morocco
Attijariwafa Bank to set up shop in Kenya

Well established in West Africa, the leading Moroccan bank is now looking to expand its footprint on the continent, starting with Nairobi.

Subscribers only Finance

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