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In Focus | South Africa
Eskom's fate caught up in the clash between Ramaphosa and Mantashe

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (right) and his Minister of Mining and Energy, Gwede Mantashe. © Gianluigi Guercia/AFP

South Africa's head of state supports the development of renewable energy, yet the energy minister opposes it and is promoting the benefits of coal. Caught in the crossfire of this political struggle is Eskom's CEO, Andre de Ruyter, who has come up with a recovery plan to save the ailing company.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Central Africa

Chad
Kaka names another southerner to key oil position

After the eviction of the president's personal secretary, Idriss Youssouf Boy, oil minister Djerassem Le Bemadjiel now has free rein to appoint his own people.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics

Gabon
Libreville pushes for new chairman of AfCFTA

Four months after his appointment as Minister of Commerce for Small and Medium-sized businesses, Yves Fernand Manfoumbi is running for chairman of the council of ministers for the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA).

Subscribers only Diplomacy

West Africa

West Africa
Tycoon Bonkoungou launches new airline in Togo

Following on from his company Liza Transport International (LTI), Mahamadou Bonkoungou, head of the EBOMAF group, is preparing to launch a new carrier in Togo dedicated to regular flights.

Subscribers only Business

Mali
Juniors on the lookout for local nickel

Mali is seeing a rise in the number of nickel exploration applications as demand for this metal essential to energy transition continues to grow across West Africa.

Subscribers only Mining

Senegal
Ousmane Sonko's close aides raised funds on European tour

Senegalese opponent Ousmane Sonko. © Cooper Inveen/Reuters

Ahead of the upcoming legislative elections, several members of Senegal's main opposition leader's entourage travelled to Paris and Brussels this month. Funds were raised from the Senegalese diaspora through a number of events organised during the trip.

Subscribers only Politics

Burkina Faso
GEOS and Securicom to provide security for the European delegation

In May, two successful private security companies walked away with an important contract for European diplomats in Burkina Faso, worth €11m over six years.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Kenya
Odinga's plans for diplomacy reform at odds with Kenyatta's legacy

To carry out his international and commercial agenda, presidential candidate Odinga is planning to overhaul the Kenyan diplomatic apparatus. Yet this is a domain in which his scope for manoeuvre is limited while the outgoing president is still in the picture.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Ethiopia, Somalia
Abiy irked by choice of Somalia's new PM

Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (right) appointed Hamza Abdi Barre as Prime Minister on 15 June. © Presidential Press Service/Handout via Reuters

Appointed on 15 June by Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, Prime Minister Hamza Abdi Barre is a new thorn in the side of his Ethiopian counterpart.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

Botswana
Masisi-Khama standoff casts shadow on Debswana vs Infotrac trial

Botswana President Mokgweetsi Masisi (right) and Ian Khama. © Monirul Bhuiyan/AFP

The trial of a former private intelligence provider against the diamond giant Debswana is making ripples that can be felt as far as the presidential palace in Gaborone. President Masisi's side see the case as yet another front in its dispute with exiled former head of state Ian Khama.

Subscribers only Mining

North Africa

Libya
Aguila Saleh Issa pushes president al-Menfi to join Bashagha camp

Head of the Libyan Presidential Council Mohamed al-Menfi. © Christophe Petit Tesson/EFE/EPA/MaxPPP

The head of parliament is trying to save the coalition he formed around Fathi Bashagha, appointed to replace Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba. He has promised Mohamed al-Menfi a new term as council chairman if he joins the alliance.

Subscribers only Politics

Libya
Libya Holdings faces major Turkish competition over operation Misrata port

Libya Holdings, founded by Ahmed Mostafa Ben Halim, is in negotiations with the Misrata Free Zone to operate part of its port, yet its offers have so far been rejected.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

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