The best-connected intermediary in the Sahel, Mustapha Chafi, has been asked by Qatar to try to get the Chadian "pre-dialogue" process back on the rails, as it drags on without result to the despair of the authorities.
To counter Russia's invasion, Ukraine has requisitioned six choppers deployed with the UN's peacekeeping mission in Mali, compromising the force's operational capacity.
The holding company of Turkish businessman Ahmet Calik, who is said to be close to President Erdogan, is trying to obtain permits in other countries on the continent, having entered the mining sector in Africa via the exploration activities of his company Lidya Madencilik in Guinea and DRC.
China National Petroleum Corp and Nigerien oil minister "Abba" have failed to settle various issues relating to the project to export crude from Agadem to Benin via a pipeline, yet the two plan to meet again next month.
Setbacks over a €286m contract with Senelec, its top client and shareholder, have prompted the company to seek business elsewhere in Africa. It's already taking a good look at Rwanda.
American President Joe Biden is keen to strengthen US military presence in the Horn of Africa, which is still plagued with attacks by Al-Shabaab. The long postponed proposal of launching strikes from Kenyan territory is now back on the table.
Responding to calls from President Mokgweetsi Masisi's administration, the Indian diamond group Pramukh Gems, which already operated a subsidiary in Botswana, is moving to Gaborone.
Initially scheduled for March, then postponed to April, the murder trial of former PM Motsoahahe Thomas Thabane and his second wife, Maesiah Thabane, is finally set to resume on 26 July in the Lesotho High Court
Three of Madagascar's Masonic lodges have enacted a rapprochement under the auspices of the island's largest lodge, the GLTSM.
Moroccan port construction leader has contacted Israel's desalination giant IDE Technologies with plans to make a joint bid for the construction of the Casablanca plant, which is projected to cost nearly €1bn.
Since early April, Egypt and Israel have been ramping up cooperation between their navies in the Red Sea.
