The US is putting pressure on its Ugandan ally, which is eager to take advantage of the war in Ukraine to acquire cheap Russian oil products.
African nations are importing more and more corn, sugar and frozen meat from Brazil, whose authorities see the economic crisis and inflation as golden opportunities to strengthen its position on the continent.
After pulling French troops out of Mali, President Emmanuel Macron is expected to announce the closure ofa logistics base at Bangui airport next week. The departure of the last 130 French troops is scheduled for the end of the year.
The dispute is the first in the short history of Gabon's commercial courts, which came into operation less than two years ago. On 15 August, 15 commercial court judges began an indefinite strike.
Convicted in 2021 for corruption, Franco-Israeli businessman Beny Steinmetz is to be tried on appeal in Geneva from Monday. He has parted ways with Marc Bonnant, his longtime lawyer on this case, and has also appointed a PR team to lead the offensive on the media front.
Young French company LMO Fly Dynamics Development has won a European tender to help the Force multinationale mixte reinforce its aerial surveillance capacity over Chad.
Paris decided in July to keep on its cooperation officer in Addis Ababa, who had initially been tasked with participating in the training of the Ethiopian navy, as called for by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali.
Former Zimbabwean gold heavyweight Falcon Gold's decline has reached a new low following a court ruling that revokes its latest gold licences in the southwest of the country.
Faced with the withdrawal of Denel, Fireblade Aviation - owned by Oppenheimer Generations - needs to negotiate a new lease with the South African Airports Company. At stake is the continued use of the luxury private-jet owners terminal in Johannesburg.
Algerian foreign minister Ramtane Lamamra is due to receive his Arab League counterparts in late August to prepare the organisation's next summit. They will try to smooth out their differences on several thorny issues, including the possible return of Syria to the league and the Ukraine war.