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The New Guard
Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana, Egypt

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

Senegal Ousseynou Ly, PASTEF's media man in fight against Sall

Cameroon Jacques Jonathan Nyemb, multi-tasking lawyer

Ghana Edmund Akoto Bamfo, young security successor

Egypt Bassam Rady, Sisi's loyal diplomat in Rome

DRC
Despite Tony Blair's insistence, GIP finally says no to the Grand Inga project

The US-based Global Infrastructures Partners, owned by Nigerian businessman Adebayo Ogunlesi, has finally decided not to get involved in the scheme to build vast dams on the mighty Congo river.

Central Africa, Gabon
Francophonie secretary of state Zacharopoulou to visit Libreville

The French Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships, Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, will travel to Libreville from 5 to 8 July.

West Africa
EU wants four African navies to fight piracy together

The European Union plans to use the European Peace Facility to provide operational support to four West African navies, which are to take on a regional leadership role to counter the persistent threat of piracy in the Gulf of Guinea.

Togo
Miners eye up Togo as the new uranium frontier

Previously known for investments in countries with a well-established mining sector, British junior Power Metal Resources (PWR) has decided to tackle a territory previously explored only for its phosphates: Togo.

Ethiopia
Abiy cornered due to inter-ethnic violence in the West

The alliance between the head of government and the Amhara political elite is hanging by a thread. The massacre in Tole and the explosion of ethnic violence between the Amhara and Oromo in the west of the country have made life difficult for Abiy Ahmed Ali in Addis Ababa.

South Africa
Will the Koeberg Nuclear Power Station shut down in 2024?

Work to extend the power plant's life keeps running further and further behind schedule as load shedding becomes a daily occurrence in South Africa. The steam generators have not yet been replaced, causing delays further down the line.

Egypt
Sissi steps up efforts to secure Sinai pipelines, at the heart of EU-Egypt-Israel gas deal

Egyptian gas terminals are a recurring target for an Islamic State branch in Sinai. After the EU signed in June an MoU to receive Israeli gas liquefied in Egypt, confronted with the boycott of Russian gas, the protection of these infrastructures has become a major issue for Cairo.

Morocco
French businessman Yazid Sabeg caught up in Samanah Country Club's hellish paradise

The man who once served as former French president Nicolas Sarkozy's diversity commissioner has quietly taken the helm of a major luxury property scheme in Marrakesh. This prompted the original developers of the beleaguered project to try to win back control through the courts in France and Morocco.

Tunisia
German President tries to re-establish contact between Kais Saied and G7 countries

The EU and the ambassadors of the G7 countries are trying to arrange a joint meeting with Tunisian president Kais Saied to preserve contact with Carthage Palace while the head of state is in the process of finalising the draft of the new constitution.