The SADC member countries fighting terrorist groups in Cabo Delgado province have each taken on a different role in the operation. Angola has been tasked with delivering equipment to the troops on the ground.
Now that the runway at Kinshasa's N'Djili airport has been upgraded, attention is turning to the facility's new terminal, still a long way from completion three years after construction began.
Angola and the DRC are in dispute over three offshore oil blocks. Angola's has not changed its approach to the problem, however. It has absolutely no intention of sharing them.
Anatole Collinet Makosso has still not named his new staff, more than four months after taking office. The only notable appointment he has made is that of his secretary general, poached from foreign minister Jean-Claude Gakosso, who in the process loses one of his most valuable men.
French manufacturer #Arquus has submitted several light armoured vehicle offers to N'Dj'amena in the past few weeks. #Chad
Niger lost the two key positions it held within the G5 Sahel bloc in July.
A guide aimed at reducing the risk of terrorist financing and money laundering via the mining sector is in the works, as the government steps up its counterterrorism efforts.
Senegal and Mauritania have become priority targets for British diplomacy since the gas discoveries at the Tortue field, which is being developed by BP.
One of Nitin Collappen's first operations since taking over the helm of the Mauritian trust Nexus Global Financial Services in August, was to reigster a holding company on 22 September.
The president of Djibouti wants to strengthen diplomatic, but above all economic, relations with the principality of Monaco.
The German business consultancy hired earlier this year by the Sudan Ports Corporation to run the country's only international port aims to double container traffic.
The Moroccan telecommunications authority ANRT will be hard pressed to ignore alarm signals from all sides about the dominance of the Chinese group's products in Morocco when drafting its roadmap for the rollout of a 5G network.
While parliamentary activities are suspended, some Tunisian MPs have been able to travel abroad in recent days. Others seem to have left the country before the president's 25 July power grab.
