After having had the spotlight turned on his confidential online political marketing activities by American think-tank Atlantic Council last month, Franco-Tunisian communications adviser Lotfi Bel Hadj has already moved on. Last month, he signed PR and lobbying contracts with the Togolese presidency.
Despite controversy over the real identity of some its shareholders, the Busanga hydroelectric dam is almost finished.
The former Guinean prime minister, who is today in charge of the Nimba project, considers that prospects for the development of the iron ore deposit there have been damaged by the coronavirus pandemic after having been already called into question by UNESCO on environmental grounds.
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Mining Morocco has yet to grant Senegal's request to fly in its airspace or land planes on its territory to repatriate its citizens. The delay protects Royal Air Maroc's landing slots approved by Dakar, to the detriment of Air Senegal.
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With elections just around the corner, Interior Minister George Simbachawene, who used to be the energy minister, had the heads of the country's three biggest oil marketers arrested as part of a crackdown tied not only to dwindling fuel supplies but also to pre-poll image management.
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Energy Amina Mohamed enjoys the full support of her president's diplomatic arsenal in her bid to see off African and global competition for the top job at the World Trade Organization.
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