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Spotlight | Mozambique
Maputo's failure to pay Kigali's security bill alarms oil majors

Mozambican police officers accompanied by soldiers from Rwanda's special counter-terrorism units in Palma, Mozambique, 18 December 2023. © Cyrile Ndegeya/Anadolu via AFP

The Rwanda Defence Force has been part of Mozambique's counterinsurgency in northern Cabo Delgado since 2021. TotalEnergies and ExxonMobil, whose gas projects rely on this support, are doing all they can to ensure Maputo resumes paying for it.

Subscribers only Defence, Energy

Central Africa

Cameroon
Corsair revives Paris-Douala project

A Corsair plane at Orly airport, near Paris, in June 2020. © Stéphane de Sakutin/AFP

Abbas Jaber, French-Lebanese businessman and 40%-shareholder in the French airline, is seeking to open a direct flight path with France. However, to carry out this project, he'll have to strike up a business partnership with overly indebted Camair-Co.

Subscribers only Politics, Business

Congo, Gabon
Bongo, Sassou, Oligui: presidential family reunites in Paris

President of Congo Denis Sassou-Nguesso in Paris on 23 May 2025. © Thomas Samson/AFP

The Congolese and Gabonese heads of state are both currently in Paris. Their trips to the French capital have coincided with that of Noureddin Bongo and his aunt Pascaline Bongo. This maneuvering has led to several very low-key meetings.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

West Africa

Benin
Paralysis within energy and mines ministry raises concerns among investors

Various ministers are increasingly wary of taking decisions for fear of making a move that would displease Patrice Talon. The energy, water, and mines sectors are the most incapacitated by this noxious atmosphere.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Nigeria
Agriculture minister calls on Brussels to help map cocoa production

The Ministry of Agriculture wants the EU to participate financially in the updating of maps of Nigerian forests.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Eastern Africa and the Horn

East Africa
Harassed African opposition politicians bid for united front

Lawyers of opposition leader Kizza Besigye, led by Martha Karua (center) in Kampala, 2 December 2024. © Abubaker Lubowa / Reuters

A platform bringing together opposition leaders from Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and elsewhere in the region is being set up to exert influence on the international stage and secure the release of imprisoned officials and candidates prevented from standing in elections.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Sudan
Far from the war, a business diaspora get-together in France

Ugandan ambassador to Sudan, Rashid Yahya Ssemuddu, will soon be heading to Lyon, France's third largest city, to take part in a forum set up by the Sudanese Diaspora Business Club.

Subscribers only Business

North Africa

Morocco
Dislog selects CFG Bank to manage its IPO

The flotation of Moncef Belkhayat's logistics company on the Casablanca stock exchange should take place between now and 2026. A long time in the making, the operation will boost its international activities.

Subscribers only Finance, Business

Algeria, Guinea-Bissau
Arezki family wins bid for new strategic project

The Senegalese company run by Algerian Tarek Arezki will be charged with the renovation of the RN2 road connecting Gandembel and Jegue, frontier posts with Guinea and Senegal respectively.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

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