The Italian major ENI resumed activities at the Egyptian gas terminal Damietta LNG in mid-February after a near decade-long wrangle with the local authorities. Its return was helped by an abundance of resources and a bilateral supply agreement with Israel, allaying fears of supply shortages.
Kenya again showed its support for the Polisario cause during a meeting of the African Union's Peace and Security Council.
The Congolese authorities, who have been struggling to keep a lid on the proliferation of armed groups in the eastern Kivus, is banking on the upgrade of the Bukavu-Goma road link to boost economic development.
Less than two years after buying the Ezzedine family's shares in Compagnie de Distribution de Côte d'Ivoire (CDCI), Zouhaïr Bennani's Moroccan group Label'Vie is already considering a retreat from Ivory Coast.
The Senegalese authorities have dismissed a complaint lodged by one of Systra's rivals for the Dakar Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project, thereby confirming the awarding of the contract to the French engineering firm.
The Ménaka military base, which is situated where the borders of Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger intersect, is to be modernised at the initiative of UN peacekeeping force MINUSMA.
Portuguese-speaking countries have been busy behind the scenes trying to get their voices heard in ECOWAS, which is dominated by French- and English-speaking members. The president of Guinea-Bissau has even reached out to foes Alassane Ouattara and Alpha Condé.
Base Resources, the Australian operator of the Kwale mineral sands site in Kenya, has been watching its resources get dangerously low. It has identified new high-potential sites, but the Nairobi government has yet to grant the permits it needs to exploit these.
The parastatal munitions manufacturer and trader Mudemol set up by the Mozambican president Filipe Nyusi has ceased trading, despite its powerful partners and the opportunities offered by the guerilla war raging in the north of the country.
Deon Garbers has kept a low profile since he left Katanga Mining in 2018 following investigations into the Glencore subsidiary. But he recently reemerged to set up a consultancy firm in Mauritius.
The Botswanan president Mokgweetsi Masisi appears to have distinctly improved his chances of getting his permanent secretary Elias Magosi elected as the new executive secretary of the SADC.
The South African government wants to ensure close monitoring of prominent foreign and domestic public officials and influential persons, and the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) issued a draft guidance on reporting measures in early March.
Senior executives from Britain's Rose Partners security firm travelled to Tripoli recently to try to convince new interior minister Khaled Tijani Mazen to extend the contract it signed last year with his predecessor Fathi Bachagha
Turkey's TAV Airports, which has the operating concession for the Enfidha and Monastir airports, has had several hundred million euros worth of debt cancelled by international institutions and Tunisia but now faces scrutiny by Tunisian deputies.
To stay in good graces with its longtime American defence partner, Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has added a former Podesta lobbyist to his team.