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Spotlight | DRC
Prosecutor opens investigation into $300m finance ministry account

Last month in the utmost secrecy, the Kinshasa prosecutor's office opened an investigation into an account held by the finance ministry at the First National Bank containing over $300m. It is a sensitive case that could involve irregular transactions.

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The Continent

Inner circles | Africa, Turkey
Turkish foreign minister Cavusoglu builds his Africa dream team

Turkish foreign minister Mevlüt Çavusoglu. © Oren Ziv/dpa/picture-alliance/Newscom/MaxPPP

To further extend Ankara's influence on the African continent, Turkey's foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has made a number of important changes within the ministry in recent months.

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Africa, UAE
Dubai takes advantage of war in Ukraine to boost business in Africa

The Dubai Multi Commodities Centre sees the challenging commodity market environment as an opportunity to strengthen its trading position in Africa by welcoming Russian and Swiss traders and promoting the use of cryptocurrencies.

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West Africa

West Africa
Architect Goudiaby Atepa's grand vision for natural resources of Dakar, Conakry and Freetown

The Senagalese architect PCA. © Groupe Atepa

Pierre Goudiaby Atepa is shortly due to officialise a project for a joint venture between Senegal, Guinea Conakry and Sierra Leone that will enable these countries to process their mineral resources on the African continent.

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Africa, France
Jean-Yves Le Drian's departure is rued from Brazzaville to N'Djamena

Former Chadian president Idriss Déby and Jean-Yves Le Drian, the then defence minister, in December 2016. © Aliou Mbaye /Panapress

Jean-Yves Le Drian was removed as foreign minister in the most recent reshuffle after more than ten successive years in the French government, first at defence and then at foreign affairs. This is a loss for numerous African leaders, for whom the minister from Brittany was their go-to contact in France.

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Nigeria
Government plans PR campaign on natural resources to attract foreign investors

In order to increase the mining sector's contribution to the country's GDP, the Nigerian government is preparing a PR campaign to promote its national resources. But it first has to wait for the findings of a geological survey currently in progress.

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Senegal
Services giant Petrofac prospects far from home for BP and Tullow

After building its base in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the British-Emirati services colossus is venturing south of the Sahara. It is hoping to make the most of opportunities that will arise from the giant Tortue gas field that straddles the border between Senegal and Mauritania.

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Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Kenyatta champions devolution with one eye on presidential election

The chair of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat (left) and the Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta at opening of the 9th Africities summit in Kisumu on 17 May 2022. © State House Kenya/Twitter

There was a big turnout of allies of the Kenyan president in Kisumu, the country's third largest city, for the pan-African Africities summit. It was one of his last opportunities to score a diplomatic success before the end of his second and final term, as well as a chance to exert his influence on the imminent presidential election.

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Southern Africa and islands

Mozambique
Galp's offshore divestment plans extend beyond Angola

The Portuguese company is in need of a quick source of cash to finance its colossal project in Brazil and wants to pull out of Mozambique as well as Angola.

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Namibia
Mingjie prospects for new marble deposits for its luxury hotel clients

A marble quarry operated by Mingjie Stone in Namibia. © Mingjie Stone/Twitter

The Chinese firm Mingjie, the leading exporter of Namibian stone, is stepping up its vast prospecting programme in the south of the country in the hope of identifying new deposits of the attractive construction materials that are much sought after by its Asian, Middle Eastern and European clients.

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North Africa

Egypt
Embraer hopes to profit from Cairo-Brasilia rapprochement

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is hoping to sell its KC-390 military transport aircraft to the Egyptian Air Force following the industrial cooperation agreement signed last week by Egypt and Brazil. But Washington has already been vaunting the merits of its Lockheed Martin C-130 for several months.

Free access Defence, Business

Libya
Madrid gets involved in attempt to disarm militias

Just a few days after a meeting organised by the Swiss HD Centre, Spain and the Toledo International Center for Peace held a seminar on the possible future disarmament and reintegration into civil society of Libyan militia and their members.

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