The Rwandan president has made the development of civil nuclear power a priority and wants his country to be the sector's continental leader by 2050. The Rwanda Atomic Energy Board is central to Kagame's plans.
The French president, keen to promote the potential of Central Africa's rainforests, will attend a summit on the issue in Gabon early next year. But he also wants to see Congolese President Denis Sassou Nguesso, who has abysmal relations with his Gabonese counterpart, involved.
The Forces Armées de la République Démocratique du Congo (FARDC) are looking to simplify the decision-making process in conducting the military response to various rebel groups, particularly the M23.
The Irish-founded company has been fighting an intransigent Nigeria over a failed gas project for more than a decade. To boost its chances of success in a US court, it has taken on two attorneys from a firm with a history of vanquishing states whose debts their clients had purchased.
The Senegalese authorities are increasing recruitment in the gendarmerie and the police ahead of the 2024 presidential election. This has alarmed some officials, who fear that the security forces may be used for partisan purposes.
Having made the Hustler Fund a pillar of his election manifesto, the president has made a personal mission of drumming up contributions. One bank alone has already smashed funding goals.
The African Union Peace and Security Council (AUPSC) is due to meet tomorrow morning, 30 November, to discuss the elections in South Sudan.
Breaking news published on 28/11/22 at 1pm - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is due to arrive in Addis Ababa on 28 November for a visit of several days. In the Ethiopian capital he'll meet PM Abiy Ahmed Ali following the signing of a peace agreement by the Ethiopian government on 2 November.
Beyond its flagship projects in Erongo, the Canadian junior has been busy over the past year gathering exploration licences elsewhere in Namibia.
The Swiss trading giant and its Belgian rail partner, which now hold the concession for operation of the line, are discussing with mining and logistics groups, as well as shipping companies.
Lecourtier is ending his tenure as DG of Business France, having been lined up to take over the French embassy in Rabat. That role has been vacant for several months and is key to rebuilding diplomatic and economic relations between France and Morocco.
With the inauguration of a House of Artificial Intelligence in Oujda this year, Morocco has confirmed its determination to take part in the fourth industrial revolution. Since it launched the Al Khawarizmi programme with funding of €4.
Several oil companies that are looking to withdraw from Tunisia are having to contend with government inaction, which has prevented the Italian major ENI, who had found a buyer for its licences, from completing the transaction.