Sudan's interim leader is telling anyone who cares to listen that, five months after the resignation of Abdalla Hamdok, he wants to appoint a new prime minister. That would allow him to consolidate power by further destabilising the already bitterly divided political class.
Two years after it was signed, the Congolese authorities have terminated a contract with Luc Gérard Nyafé's Strategos Group for the development of the Maluku SEZ.
The 89-year-old Cameroonian head of state has been residing in his native village since the Africa Cup of Nations, but in the past few days he has suffered a series of ailments.
Though in the midst of selling off its African logistics assets to the Italian-Swiss company MSC, the French giant Bolloré will continue to supply French bases in central Africa, from Gabon to Chad and the Central African Republic.
There was a great deal of buzz about Rwandan President Paul Kagame's April 11 to 13 visit to Brazzaville during which he met with Denis Sassou Nguesso. His visit led to the signature of eight economic cooperation agreements.
Propharmed, a pharmaceutical wholesaler being probed by the French tax authorities for not paying VAT on drugs it exports to Africa, has close links to the Ivorian president's office, which is anxiously monitoring the investigation.
After years of fighting to recover a gold permit in Guinea, the US firm Blox is now facing a new legal battle over the same mining dispute in its home country. The new case is linked to Guinean regulations on research permits.
In a bid to boost trade with France, Kagame has decided to appoint an ambassador with an economic background. After three years in Doha monitoring the emirate's multiple Rwandan investments, François Nkulikiyimfura is expected to arrive in Paris in the coming weeks.
There is considerable local interest in future services contract opportunities for the development of Cabo Delgado's liquefied natural gas reserves. The question now is who could apply and in what area.
Leaders of the African National Congress have been targeted in a wave of assassinations in KwaZulu-Natal province. They began during the local elections last November in an embittered power struggle as the party loses traction and will certainly grow in the run-up to the national conference in December.
In post since 2018, the European Union's Italian ambassador in Antananarivo, Giovanni Di Girolamo, will be stepping down this summer.
The Tunisian government is seeking a relaxing of the conditions for the disbursement of a tranche of the €300m that the EU has earmarked for macro-financial assistance. But community institutions are still concerned at some of the political measures being taken by Kais Saied.
Resisting all pressure from Libya's outgoing Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah who was hoping to be received in Tunis as soon as possible, Tunisia's President Kais Saied turned a deaf ear to his demands.
