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Spotlight | Kenya
From Washington to the Horn, Ruto's new diplomatic strategy

Kenyan president William Ruto speaks during the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, on 21 September 2022, in New York. © Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images via AFP

The new president is keen to build on the alliances forged by his predecessor, but is also on the lookout for new international partners. However, he has limited manpower and room for manoeuvre to transform the regional map.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy

Central Africa

DRC
Oil giant ADNOC deploys supertankers to boost trade in Africa

The Emirati firm has since 2018 been strengthening and diversifying its oil trading business, including by poaching staff from TotalEnergies. Since the invasion of Ukraine, it has been making inroads in Africa by dispatching supertankers to countries with no storage capacity of their own.

Subscribers only Energy, Commodity traders

DRC
Qatar Airways Group fine-tunes its plans for Congolese airports

The Qatari state-owned airline and Felix Tshisekedi's government are putting the finishing touches to a contract for the renovation and management of three airports in the DRC.

Subscribers only Infrastructure

Central African Republic
Fuel shortages persist in Bangui

Fuel shortages remain acute in Central African Republic, despite the recent arrival of barges carrying fuel supplies.

Subscribers only Energy

West Africa

Ghana
Shell and GNPC blame Tema LNG delays on war in Ukraine

Ghanaian workers walk at the construction site of Tema Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal Project in Tema, Ghana, on 5 January 2021. © Xu Zheng / Xinhua News Agency/Newscom/MaxPPP

The developers of Ghana's gas import terminal keep postponing the start of the project. The war in Ukraine has been added to a long list of excuses about why it is so far behind schedule.

Subscribers only Energy

Ivory Coast
Corruption probe engulfs more banks

An investigation into money laundering involving the Société Générale Côte d'Ivoire, has spread to three other banks in Ivory Coast which are all thought to have been the victim of similar fraudulent schemes.

Subscribers only Finance

Eastern Africa and the Horn

Africa
Ructions over appointment of new AU legal counsel

With Guy-Fleury Ntwari tipped to be the bloc's next legal counsel, the also-rans' backers have made their ire known to the head of the AU Commission.

Free access Politics

Ethiopia
Imbroglio over Tigray at UN Security Council

Throughout September, Paris tried in vain to put the conflict in Ethiopia on the agenda of the UN Security Council, which it was chairing. But it was thwarted by African members backed by Beijing and Moscow.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Southern Africa and islands

South Africa
South Africa resists expanding BRICS bloc

South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, 16 September 2022. © Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

In January, Pretoria takes over the rotating leadership of the non-Western bloc that groups it with India, China, Brazil and Russia. President Ramaphosa has several reasons for hesitating to admit new members.

Subscribers only Diplomacy

Namibia
Noronex expands foothold in Kalahari copper

Less known than its fellow Australians Rio Tinto and Sandfire Resources, the mining firm Noronex Resources is expanding in the Namibian Kalahari with five new permit applications in the pipeline. By early 2023, the company should have over 70,000 hectares to explore in this disputed copper region.

Subscribers only Mining

Namibia
TotalEnergies and Shell step on the gas in Orange Basin

A second TotalEnergies well, called Venus-2, is expected to begin drilling in Namibia's Orange Basin in the coming weeks.

Subscribers only Energy

North Africa

Tunisia
EU envisages removing Ben Ali clan from sanctions blacklist

Discussions are underway regarding the possibility of lifting sanctions on members of the Ben Ali clan, which could make it even more difficult to recover assets from Tunisia's former presidential family.

Subscribers only Politics

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