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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) and his Mozambican counterpart Filipe Nyusi.

In Focus | Mozambique, South Africa
Pretoria, Kigali and Maputo act out their rivalry in gas-rich Cabo Delgado

More than a year after Rwanda and southern African countries begin their armed interventions in the province of Cabo Delgado, Rwanda and South Africa remain suspicious of each other. Recent closer relations between South Africa and Mozambique could, however, change the balance of power in the region.

Subscribers only Energy, Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

Congo
TotalEnergies and ENI tax privileges soon to be buried

Congo's finance ministry is stepping up pressure on oil firms. It has discreetly overseen the drafting of a presidential decree outlining new tax measures and putting an end to tax advantages they have enjoyed for decades.

Subscribers only Energy

Gabon
Frédéric Bongo hits the comeback trail via intelligence

After three years of being sidelined, Frédéric Bongo, Ali Bongo's half-brother, is working on creating a system for coordinating the intelligence services. It's a project that's being discreetly supported by the president's son, Noureddin Bongo.

Subscribers only Politics

DRC
Gulf Catering wins $63m MONUSCO contract

UAE-based Gulf Catering Co. (GCC Services) is about to begin servicing the MONUSCO peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo for $63m.

Subscribers only Defence

West Africa

France
Cameroon and Senegal are the main beneficiaries of Macron's FARM initiative

Backed by the European Union, France's FARM initiative has resulted in the creation of a system of concertation among public and private parties in the cereals sector. Egypt and Algeria have decided not to take part but Senegal and Cameroon have seized the opportunity.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

Niger, United States
Washington boosts Niger's army with new armoured vehicles

The US administration is getting ready to provide the Nigerien army with some forty mine-resistant vehicles via the contractor Amentum, thus underlining Niamey's leading role in the fight against armed groups in the Sahel.

Subscribers only Defence

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Djibouti
Sakom sets sights on Chabelley US airbase

The US Air Force has decided to renovate its airbase near the international airport, where the living conditions are rather spartan, and to this end has retained the services of private service providers such as Sakom Services.

Subscribers only Defence, Business

Kenya
Ruto's hawks persuade him to back poll body purge

Under pressure from government hardliners, the head of state is supporting a bid to rid Kenya's election commission of four members who challenged his victory in August's presidential election. The change of heart could backfire.

Subscribers only Politics

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
Cyril Ramaphosa deploys Operation Vulindlela to sidestep defiant ministers

The government's Operation Vulindlela, jointly run by the presidency and the treasury, is trying to implement structural reforms in several key sectors of the South African economy, from transport to telecommunications and visas.

Subscribers only Politics

Malawi
Global Sovereign Advisory, discreet architect of Lilongwe-IMF agreement

To obtain its $88m emergency financing support, Malawi called on the small French firm Global Sovereign Advisory to help it negotiate with the International Monetary Fund.

Subscribers only Finance

North Africa

Workers unload wheat at the Banha grain silos, in Qalyubia Governorate, Egypt, the 25th May 2022.

Egypt
Big players weather Egypt wheat crisis but many small firms may perish

Major disruption in Egypt's wheat processing sector continues as the country awaits an IMF loan due next month. Only a handful of major players are managing to get supplies, while many smaller flour mills may not survive.

Subscribers only Commodity traders

French President Emmanuel Macron (L) and Morocco's King Mohammed VI during the inauguration of a high-speed line at Tangier railway station, Morocco, 15 November, 2018.

France, Morocco
Emmanuel Macron to visit Rabat in January to reset bilateral relations

After having very discreetly renewed contact with Mohammed VI, the French head of state is set to make an official visit to Morocco in January. Before that, French foreign minister Catherine Colonna will travel to the Moroccan capital in December.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Morocco
Masen CEO Mustapha Bakkoury remains out of the picture

Mustapha Bakkoury, head of Morocco's sustainable energy agency, has definitely fallen from grace. He is no longer invited to meetings on the topic, and several potential successors have already been named.

Subscribers only Energy

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

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